Nova Scotia's sailing ambassador will no longer make its long-awaited return to an American festival this week, with the vessel's operators citing, in part, "uncertainties" that come with cross-border travel these days.

The Lunenburg-based Bluenose II had been scheduled to attend the Gloucester Schooner Festival in northeastern Massachusetts at the end of the month for the first time in seven years.

In a Facebook post, the Lunenburg Marine Museum Society, the organization that operates the schooner for the province, said it had made "the difficult decision" to skip the festival and spend more time visiting communities in its home province.

"A few things shaped that choice: plans involving cross-border travel come with more uncertainties this year, and at the same time, Nova Scotia is ex

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