The CAT
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Yarmouth-to-Maine ferry to return to waters ahead of 2022 seasonEarlier this month, Bay Ferries Ltd., which operates the provincially-subsidized ferry service, said the CAT will start sailing again in the spring of 2022.CanadaOct 22, 2021
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‘We’re still very hopeful’: province not yet waving white flag on CAT seasonSummer is just about over and the Yarmouth ferry has yet to run ,but Nova Scotia's provincial government still isn't prepared to call the sailing season a bust.PoliticsAug 29, 2019
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Bar Harbor, Maine council votes unanimously for 5-year CAT leaseNova Scotia taxpayers are likely to shoulder the burden of any potential move of the CAT with preliminary estimates pegging the cost to be at least US$4 million.CanadaOct 17, 2018
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N.S. knew about million-dollar commitments to shift CAT service to Bar Harbor since June: documentsDocuments reveal that Nova Scotia has known about a series of commitments made between Bay Ferries Ltd., and Bar Harbor since June and that they have implicitly approved the deal around the high-speed ferry service.CanadaOct 10, 2018
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Exclusive: Bay Ferries set to move the CAT’s American port to Bar Harbor, MaineA draft version of a lease agreement between Bar Harbor and Bay Ferries indicates that a move is well on its way to becoming reality, with the lease agreement — if passed — set to go into effect on Dec. 1, 2018.CanadaOct 9, 2018
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June passenger count for CAT ferry shrinks by 13 per cent compared to 2017The figures are the first numbers to be released since the province backed a plan from Bay Ferries Limited — the company that operates the CAT — to move service from Portland to Bar Harbour, Maine.PoliticsJul 24, 2018
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Nova Scotia to fund $1.5M in security upgrades to Maine’s CAT terminalIf the upgrades had not been funded, the U.S. border protection agency said it would end service at the facility as it no longer met federal services -- effectively ending the ferry's 2018 season before it even began.PoliticsMar 15, 2018
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Bay Ferries ‘nailed’ operating Yarmouth ferry: Geoff MacLellanTransportation Minister Geoff MacLellan is singing the praises of Bay Ferries, despite a lacklustre ferry season.PoliticsSep 15, 2016
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Low ferry numbers won’t put taxpayers on the hook for more cash: MacLellanThe Yarmouth ferry's low ridership won't force taxpayers to pony up more cash according to Transportation Minister Geoff MacLellan.EconomyAug 10, 2016
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Yarmouth ferry passenger numbers available in Portland but not N.S.Bay Ferries will provide monthly reports to the municipality of Portland on passenger numbers for the Yarmouth to Portland ferry.PoliticsJun 17, 2016
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