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Passenger traffic on the Marine Atlantic ferry service surged in July and August to numbers surpassing those recorded before the arrival of the pandemic, the corporation's CEO said Thursday.
Shawn Leamon, manager of the Blow Me Down cross-country ski club in Corner Brook, says membership is up this winter because people are attracted to the spacious 42 kilometres of groomed trails that provide outdoor winter exercise.
A surge in commercial traffic helped Marine Atlantic endure one of its toughest ever years in 2020-21, but it wasn't enough to offset some big losses as passenger traffic slumped badly due to pandemic travel restrictions.
Posted: Jan 17, 2021 4:51 PM NT | Last Updated: January 17 This is the gatehouse at Humber Valley Resort. Jurors viewed footage from four cameras in this area, showing a snowmobile whizzing across the bridge at 4 a.m. Feb. 19, 2017.(Colleen Connors/CBC ) Nine witnesses have taken the stand so far at the trial of Thomas Whittle in Corner Brook. The 29-year-old is accused of dangerous driving causing death and impaired driving causing death after the snowmobile he was driving collided with a taxi near Marble Mountain in 2017. Whittle's passenger, Justyn Pollard, was killed. Whittle is repr...