Truro News

BAR HARBOR, MAINE – And then there were two. A Bar Harbor company that has long thought about delving into international ferry service between Maine and Nova Scotia is hoping the town of Bar Harbor will give its proposal the same ...

DEBERT, N.S. A love of animals has inspired one Debert teen to come up with a novel business idea. In February, Jaeden MacNeil set up JARC- Jae’s Animal Rescue Clothing, with 10 per cent of the money raised going to animal welfare ...

There’s a new women’s clinic in Truro, but many people don’t know it’s there. The Truro Women’s Clinic, at 640 Prince Street, is home base for the obstetrics and gynaecology practices of Dr. Angus Murray and Dr. Aaron ...

There will be some changes taking place around the Colchester Community Workshops buildings. The foundation purchased the Halliday’s building, on Arthur Street, earlier this year, and have made preliminary plans for the space. The New to ...

YARMOUTH, N.S. – The Cat ferry’s numbers are in for the month of June and, according to Bay Ferries, during 16 round trips the ferry carried 6,723 passengers over a three-week period from the time the season started on June 8. This ...

OXFORD, N.S. – Nova Scotia had a bumper blueberry crop in 1967 when John Bragg decided to take a leap into the processing business establishing Oxford Frozen Foods. In 1968, the year he opened his blueberry processing facility, the crop ...

SACKVILLE, N.B. – When Liandra Fahey began doing online research for a possible business start-up, the idea of a bike rental company quickly struck a chord. “It just felt like something that would do really well in Sackville,” ...

Things are going so well at the salt mine in Pugwash that ownership doesn’t want to talk about it. Since the potash mine in Sussex, N.B., closed, which also ended the production of salt as a by-product, road salt for New Brunswick has ...

A aron Little, the man responsible for the spectacular horticulture and golf course at Fox Harb’r Resort, says growing grapes isn’t that different from growing grass, flowers and shrubs. In 10 years or so, we’ll know if ...

The new Esso building is taking shape on Pictou Road. The business – fuel pumps, convenience store and Canada Post services - will be closed from August 7-19, while things change over to the new building and the old one is demolished. The ...