Province throws ferry service $4.4M lifeline
YARMOUTH, N.S. — The Nova Scotia government has agreed to kick in $4.4 million for a ferry sailing between Yarmouth and Maine.
According to the Economic Development Department, the money is to help Bay Ferries mitigate the rising cost of fuel and other expenses.
Acting minister Jamie Muir says without immediate assistance the service would not be able to continue.
Meanwhile, the ferry company — not to mention truckers and shippers that depend on the service — is still looking for a lifeline to save its Digby-St. John run. The contract for that service runs out in January, and the ferry has threatened to end the sailing several times since 2006 because of declining traffic and high fuel costs.
Recently, the federal government insisted it wasn’t going to bail out the struggling service once again, but according to local reports, the province seems to have lured Ottawa back to the bargaining table.
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