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Image: Saint John Airport Atlantic Canadian airports are applauding the federal government’s plan to provide billions of dollars of financial support to Air Canada. The federal government agreed this week to give Air Canada $5.9-billion to help the airline through the Covid-19 pandemic. As part of the deal, Air Canada must bring service back to airports it abandoned during the Covid-19 pandemic, including six in Atlantic Canada. The airline will bring back weekly flights to Montreal from Sain...

39 domestic flights departed YVR carrying COVID-19 infected passengers so far this month

I’m sure there was a lot of disappointment this week when it was announced that Monday’s planned reopening of the Atlantic Bubble has been put off for another couple of weeks. After seeing the grim statistics of Covid caseloads in New Brunswick’s Edmunston area I breathed a sigh of relief. Also, I don’t have any close friends or family in either New Brunswick or PEI but for those of you who do I feel your pain. For struggling businesses who were looking forward to an influx of Atlantic ...

The Globe and Mail Newsletter Nestruck on Theatre: Three cheers for a summer of theatre liberated from Anne of Green Gables: The Musical (and Big Shakespeare too)! Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Stoo Metz Photography Here are a couple of great pieces of theatre news out of Prin...

The reopening of the Atlantic bubble has been pushed back by at least two weeks until May 3. A release from the Council of Atlantic Premiers indicated the decision was made based on expert advice from the region’s Chief Medical Officers of Health. “Given the recent surge in cases of COVID-19 in parts of Atlantic Canada and the emergence of more transmissible forms of the virus, the Council of Atlantic Premiers has agreed to delay the reopening of the Atlantic Bubble,” the release reads. P...

A look at COVID-19’s impact on the collapse and recovery of car dealerships

The Globe and Mail Opinion Canada’s problem today is a shortage of vaccines. Will tomorrow’s be a shortage of people willing to get vaccinated? The Editorial Board Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer BLAIR GABLE/Reuters In Canada, ending the COVID-19 pandemic is about one thing...

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Bridgewater, NS, Canada / Country 100.7 Apr 14, 2021 3:34 PM Could a Mini-Bubble with P.E.I and Nova Scotia work? The tourism industry in P.E.I. wants it (Since the Atlantic Bubble is on hold…again….): This could work really well! Just use the Ferry’s and cut out New Brunswick for the time being. Heck, lets even make it a Tri-Bubble with Newfoundland! Thoughts?

The Globe and Mail Cindy Nguyen Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer The Globe and Mail Last year, summertime didn’t look the same on Prince Edward Island. The province’s patios weren’t packed with visitors enjoying lobster and drinking craft beer; the historic streets of downto...