Yarmouth ferry extended; province seeks long-term solution
YARMOUTH: People and businesses that rely on the Yarmouth ferry can continue to do so with an extension agreement signed by the Province and Bay Ferries Ltd. The service between…
SailGP Canada 2026 generates $64.7 million economic spinoff for Halifax
HALIFAX: The 2026 Canada Sail Grand Prix generated an estimated $64.7 million CAD ($46.3 million USD) in total economic impact for Halifax, a nearly four percent increase compared with the…
PHOTOS/VIDEO: SailGP Halifax completes exciting weekend, bringing in thousands of fans
HALIFAX: Spain’s Los Gallos SailGP Team won the Canada Sail Grand Prix Halifax in the first-ever SailGP four-boat final in front of a nearly capacity crowd of 6,000 official ticketed…
Communities, Culture, Tourism, Heritage issues statement on museums, VIC closures
HALIFAX: The provincial Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism, and Heritage issued a statement on the closure of museums and visitor information centres across the province. The spokesperson said that museums…
In 2020, N.S. provincial parks were filled with local visitors
HRM: Nova Scotia’s provincial parks had another successful year, welcoming more than 247,000 visitors at camping parks and over one million at day-use parks. The number of campsite night bookings…
N.S. announces commercial property tax relief for owners of hotels, motels, and inns
A release from the N.S. government HALIFAX: Nova Scotia’s hotel, motel and inn operators are getting assistance with property tax bills to help with COVID-19 recovery. The Tourism Accommodations Real…
Nova Scotians, Maritimers encouraged to keep rediscovering N.S. this fall
HALIFAX: Tourism Nova Scotia launched new marketing campaigns this week encouraging locals and Maritimers to keep rediscovering Nova Scotia throughout the fall. “These campaigns support extending the tourism season by…