Not All Doom & Gloom

Not All Doom & Gloom

Newfoundland's main ferry service reports a four per cent increase in passenger vehicles travelling across the Gulf of St. Lawrence despite the downturn in the economy. A Marine Atlantic spokeswoman said this is the service's busiest time of the year with 70 per cent of passengers using the ferries in a 10-week period. She added that the good news is surprising because so many organizations predicted fewer people would travel this year. Marine Atlantic is a Crown Corporation owned by the Government of Canada that provides ferry service between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia on Canada’s Atlantic coast.