FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE17 July 2010Kingston-upon-Hull, UKA spectacular welcome greeted the crew of Cape Breton Island – Nova Scotia’s Masterpiece as they arrived back in Hull at the end of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race, finishing in third place overall. For the non-professional crew on board all ten ocean racing yachts, the return to Hull Marina marks the end of a 35,000-mile challenge of a lifetime as they battled the elements in search of victory and the title of Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race champions. Read more

Prince Edward Island tourism officials hoping for big gains may experience just that after New York Based Live! with Regis and Kelly taped four shows from Charlottetown Monday and Tuesday. With the help of local and international media attention, PEI became Google’s second most popular search topic in the US as a result of the tapings and the Charlottetown broadcasts have been the highest rated remote episodes of the popular talk show. Read more

MoneySense Magazine published their annual Best Places to Live index, and two east coast communities have made the Top 10.  In their April issue, Fredericton and Moncton, New Brunswick were awarded the 4th and 5th best places to live in Canada, respectively.  Ottawa was crowned the #1 spot while Halifax and Toronto were ranked at #14 and #85 out of 179 communities. Read more

The Halifax 2011 Canada Games torch made its debut at the official torch lighting ceremony on the first of May 3 in Ottawa. The 2011 torch was lit from the centennial flame monument. The event included performances by Jimmy Rankin and members of Halifax’s Sacred Heart Concert Choir. Read more

By Peter Josselyn East Coast Connected is proud to present the third annual Atlantic Business Summit on Friday, June 18, 2010 in Toronto, where the focus will be on demographics. As a lead up to the Summit and its theme, eastcoastconnected.ca will be presenting perspectives on the key demographic issues facing the Atlantic Provinces. This April, Peter Josselyn reflects on the case of New Brunswick. Read more

“Cape Breton” is a name with global recognition, but before the Clipper Round the World Race of ‘09-‘10, word probably didn’t travel this fast. Well, 24 nautical miles an hour fast in a yacht nicknamed “The Big Blue Canoe.” The seventh around-the-world race is currently in its eighth leg, part of a sprint of 35,000 miles, with stops in fourteen ports of call on five continents. Started by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston in 1995, the race is performed by ten 68 ft yachts from a diverse range of global communities. Including Canada, this year’s participants are Scotland, Jamaica, China, Singapore, Ireland, Finland, England, Australia, and the United States. Each ship has a crew of approximately fifty people, with around eighteen people on board a boat at any given time. Crew rotate in or out at ports of call, with some staying on for the entire global journey. Read more

GPI Atlantic, the Halifax based think tank, made headlines in the late nineties for introducing the ‘Genuine Progress Index’ which valued well being and sustainability instead of GDP when measuring the success of a region. Now, through a partnership with the government of Bhutan, they are helping the small Asian country sustain its ‘gross national happiness’ as they struggle to maintain traditional values in an increasingly wired world. Read more

Nova Scotia's green economy is continuing to grow through a new venture led by the province of Nova Scotia and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Ltd. (DSME). Announced in early March, DSME will establish a wind turbine tower and blade manufacturing facility at the former TrentonWorks site, creating hundreds of jobs. The province is investing a total of $80-million and getting an equity stake in the Pictou County operation. Read more

Globe and Mail business writer and Codfathers author Gordon Pitts writes a piece on Lunenberg, NS-based High Liner Foods and how the seafood producer has weathered the storm of fluctuating US currency rates. Read more