Tag: Atlantic

  • Atlantic Schooners say 6,000 season-ticket applications sold

    Atlantic Schooners say 6,000 season-ticket applications sold

    [ad_1] Proponents for Halifax’s proposed CFL team say they have now sold more than 6,000 season-ticket applications, and will soon unveil plans for a stadium. Atlantic Schooners founding partner Anthony LeBlanc said that level of ticket sales is in line with what the organization expected. LeBlanc said his group plans to unveil drawings for a…

  • CFL to host regular-season game in Atlantic Canada in 2019

    CFL to host regular-season game in Atlantic Canada in 2019

    [ad_1] Football is returning to Atlantic Canada as a part of the 2019 CFL schedule.  Details are still very limited at this point surrounding the game but the Toronto Argonauts and the Montreal Alouettes will play on Aug. 25 in the first CFL game in the region since 2013 — and the first presented by the Atlantic Schooners.   This comes as a group…

  • Atlantic Canada’s highest opioid overdose rates in Cape Breton, Moncton

    Atlantic Canada’s highest opioid overdose rates in Cape Breton, Moncton

    [ad_1] Cape Breton and Moncton, N.B., had the most people in Atlantic Canada showing up at the hospital with opioid poisoning in 2017, according to a new study by the Canadian Institute for Health Information. That year, there were 27.9 hospitalizations in Cape Breton and 27.3 in Moncton due to opioids. But a Cape Breton health-care expert says…

  • First healthy adult Atlantic whitefish seen since 2014

    First healthy adult Atlantic whitefish seen since 2014

    [ad_1] For the first time in 4½ years, a healthy adult Atlantic whitefish has been discovered in its lone refuge outside Bridgewater, N.S. The critically endangered relative of the Atlantic salmon — a 33-centimetre female — was found in a fish trap on Dec. 7, ending a worrisome drought. “It’s the first adult whitefish we’ve seen since 2014.…

  • More North Atlantic right whales spotted in gulf, few in shallow waters

    More North Atlantic right whales spotted in gulf, few in shallow waters

    [ad_1] Research shows North Atlantic right whales are visiting the Gulf of St. Lawrence in greater numbers but are more likely to encounter fishing gear in deep waters — a finding that may have implications for next season’s lobster and crab fishery restrictions in New Brunswick. In a technical briefing hosted by the Department of…

  • Name for proposed Halifax CFL franchise is Atlantic Schooners

    Name for proposed Halifax CFL franchise is Atlantic Schooners

    [ad_1] The Atlantic Schooners will be the name of a proposed CFL expansion franchise in Halifax after the winner of a contest was revealed by the Maritime Football Partnership and the league on Friday night. Maritime Football, the group behind the campaign to bring the CFL to Atlantic Canada’s largest city, put forward an initial…

  • Virgin Atlantic in talks over takeover bid for Flybe | City & Business | Finance

    Virgin Atlantic in talks over takeover bid for Flybe | City & Business | Finance

    [ad_1] Virgin Atlantic, the carrier partly owned by Sir Richard Branson, has opened discussions with Flybe’s advisers about making an offer for the London-listed company, Sky News wrote. Virgin Atlantic would be interested in the smaller carrier for two main reasons, sources told Sky. On top of providing a wider passenger traffic into Virgin Atlantic’s long-haul…

  • Only 411 North Atlantic right whales left, says new report

    Only 411 North Atlantic right whales left, says new report

    [ad_1] A new report says there are just 411 North Atlantic right whales left of the rapidly declining species, in what scientists are calling a “significant drop” in the population. On Friday, the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium released its 2018 report card for the endangered whales, which lists fishing-gear entanglements and whale strikes as the leading…

  • Endangered Atlantic whitefish rescued for second time in five months

    Endangered Atlantic whitefish rescued for second time in five months

    [ad_1] Two dozen critically endangered Atlantic whitefish may have been rescued for a second time in just five months — first from invasive predators and now from Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Dalhousie University geneticist Paul Bentzen says he was “surprised, shocked and dismayed” when CBC News revealed DFO planned to return the endangered Atlantic…

  • A short-lived rescue for critically endangered Atlantic whitefish

    A short-lived rescue for critically endangered Atlantic whitefish

    [ad_1] Just months after removing two dozen critically endangered Atlantic whitefish from a Bridgewater, N.S., watershed infested with invasive predators, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans is planning on throwing them back. In May, the department took every juvenile whitefish it could find in the Petite Riviè​re watershed and moved them for safekeeping to a federal…

  • U.S. considers further measures to protect North Atlantic right whales

    U.S. considers further measures to protect North Atlantic right whales

    [ad_1] A new U.S. government assessment of the plight of the North Atlantic right whale is questioning whether local fishing closures are enough to save the endangered species, pointing to the threat posed by vertical sea floor-to-surface fishing lines throughout their range. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) evaluation of “recovery challenges” was released…

  • Great white shark tagged in Atlantic Canadian waters for first time

    Great white shark tagged in Atlantic Canadian waters for first time

    [ad_1] Scientists have successfully tagged a great white shark in Atlantic Canadian waters for the first time. Heather Bowlby, a researcher with Halifax’s Bedford Institute of Oceanography, says the three-metre juvenile male shark was tagged off southwest Nova Scotia last week. “This animal, based on its size, would be about 20 years old and it…

  • Tiny pieces of plastic easy to find in vast Atlantic waters

    Tiny pieces of plastic easy to find in vast Atlantic waters

    [ad_1] On a gently rolling sea outside historic Lunenburg harbour in Nova Scotia, what looks like a fancy butterfly net is skimming the ocean surface. Researchers on board a Boston Whaler are collecting tiny pieces of plastic smaller than a grain of rice. “Almost every sieve, we find plastic,” says Ariel Smith, project co-ordinator with the Bluenose…

  • Non-native genes create more trouble for endangered Atlantic salmon

    Non-native genes create more trouble for endangered Atlantic salmon

    [ad_1] A program to prevent the extinction of Atlantic salmon in the inner Bay of Fundy has helped maintain numbers in a few rivers but after 15 years, efforts to rebuild the stock have failed and non-native genes have mixed into the population, according to a federal report. The review by Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the near-total loss of…

  • North Atlantic right whale disentangled 1 week after being spotted

    North Atlantic right whale disentangled 1 week after being spotted

    [ad_1] It took an hour and a half to disentangle a 10-year-old North Atlantic right whale that was spotted more than a week ago wrapped in fishing gear.  It was spotted by the Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station Sunday afternoon, and reported to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), and the Campobello Whale Rescue Team, which ended…

  • Efforts to protect North Atlantic right whale are working, says researcher

    Efforts to protect North Atlantic right whale are working, says researcher

    [ad_1] The Canadian government’s dramatic efforts to save the North Atlantic right whale have upset fishermen, but one researcher says they’ve made a difference in protecting the animals.  There have been no reported deaths or entanglements this year. The federal government will announce an update on the status of the endangered species later today, but Kim…

  • Ariana Grande Attends Boyfriend Pete Davidson’s Show in Atlantic City

    Ariana Grande Attends Boyfriend Pete Davidson’s Show in Atlantic City

    [ad_1] A supportive girlfriend! Ariana Grande was in attendance at boyfriend Pete Davidson’s stand-up show in Atlantic City on Friday, June 1, Us Weekly can confirm. Unlikely Celebrity Couples Davidson, 24, opened up for Dave Chappelle at his sold-out show at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa’s The Event Center. A source tells Us exclusively that…

  • Atlantic salmon group strikes deal to stop Greenland fishery for 12 years

    Atlantic salmon group strikes deal to stop Greenland fishery for 12 years

    [ad_1] The Atlantic Salmon Federation has reached an agreement with Greenland and Faroe Islands fishermen to stop commercial fishing of salmon. Salmon from more than 2,000 rivers converge on Greenland and Faroe Islands waters. Some are healthy, but others are endangered salmon from the St. John River and Penobscot River in Maine. “It’s a huge win for wild Atlantic…

  • Marine Atlantic ferries are on watch for endangered right whales

    Marine Atlantic ferries are on watch for endangered right whales

    [ad_1] Marine Atlantic is getting ready to take action if a significant number of endangered right whales are spotted in the Cabot Strait. Spokesperson Darrell Mercer said Marine Atlantic has received confirmation that the right whales have left their wintering area off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass., and are expected to move through the Cabot Strait to…

  • Lightning take control of Atlantic after frantic win over Sabres

    Lightning take control of Atlantic after frantic win over Sabres

    [ad_1] Nikita Kucherov became the second player in the NHL to reach 100 points this season, and the Tampa Bay Lightning took a two-point lead in the Atlantic Division by beating the Buffalo Sabres 7-5 Friday night. Kucherov scored in the first period and got his 100th point assisting on Dan Girardi’s goal 1:04 into…

  • Tiangong-1 to re-enter atmosphere over South Atlantic on Monday

    Tiangong-1 to re-enter atmosphere over South Atlantic on Monday

    [ad_1] Yuan Chen | VCG | Getty Images A Long March-7 Y2 carrier rocket carrying China’s first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 blasts off from Wenchang Space Launch Center on April 20, 2017. China’s Tiangong-1 space station is forecast to re-enter the earth’s atmosphere over a remote part of the South Atlantic between 8:11 a.m. and 9:33…

  • Virgin Atlantic boss confident on post-Brexit flying rights

    Virgin Atlantic boss confident on post-Brexit flying rights

    [ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Virgin Atlantic’s chief executive said he was confident a deal would be done to secure Britain’s flying rights after Brexit, as the airline launched an extra legroom economy seat to try to stand out from the crowd amid intense competition. FILE PHOTO: A Virgin Atlantic passenger jet flies past the Union…

  • Virgin Atlantic bets on more legroom in economy in trans-Atlantic battle

    Virgin Atlantic bets on more legroom in economy in trans-Atlantic battle

    [ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Virgin Atlantic said it would offer a new type of economy seat with extra legroom, as it tries to stand out from the crowd at a time when low-cost airlines are intensifying competition on trans-Atlantic routes. FILE PHOTO: A Virgin Atlantic plane arrives at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in Liverpool northern…