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Halifax developer Alex Halef just lost a case where he argued installing guardrails meant to protect workers from injuries or death at a building his company is constructing in the city’s north end “will cost an extraordinary amount of time, effort and money, and will cause confusion on the job site.” The Labour Board denied Halef’s company, 5858 Macara St. Ltd., an interim suspension of a compliance order issued under the province’s workplace health and safety regulations after workers were caught breaking the rules.

Workplace deaths trended down in Nova Scotia in 2023

Eighteen Nova Scotians died on the job or because of their work in 2023. That’s down from 24 deaths in 2022. The Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia released its workplace fatality statistics on Monday. “I would never say there is good news ...

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A multimillion-dollar question: Should the lobster carapace size be increased in southwestern Nova Scotia?

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Lobster fishing boats make their way into the Falls Point Wharf in Woods Harbour after a day on the fishing grounds. Kathy Johnson

2024 Outlook: Busy tourism season expected in southwestern Nova Scotia

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National Acadian Day celebrations in Pubnico. This year the Acadian culture will take on a huge presence with the World Acadian Congress happening in southwestern Nova Scotia in August. CHRISTIAN WEBBER/TOURISM NOVA SCOTIA

BDC employees paid over $250 million in bonuses since 2019: documents

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Canada aims to attract Honda and others with EV tax incentives

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LME moves to stop gaming of Russian aluminium sanctions-based rule

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Newfoundland-based SubC Imaging is developing a new multi-channel inspection system that includes up to six cameras providing complete situational awareness for an ROV. - SubC Imaging

Clarenville's SubC Imaging gets nearly $500K in N.L. government funding for new ROV project

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 7 minutes ago |2 min read

Clarenville-based SubC Imaging is set to make more waves in the ocean tech sector with $467,500 in provincial funding. The firm is contributing matching funds for a project to develop a new underwater multi-channel inspection system for ROVs, ...

A general view of the city skyline of Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, October 30, 2021.

Risk asset resilience, Indonesia's rate call

Jamie McGeever |Updated just now |3 min read

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Investors continue to breathe life back into risky assets, paving the way for a positive market open in Asia on Wednesday as attention in the region turns to the latest ...

With provincial plans to ultimately phase out institutional settings for people with disabilities, such as Sydney River’s Breton Ability Centre, there will be a greater need for accessory dwelling units for supportive housing. IAN NATHANSON/CAPE BRETON POST FILE

CBRM seeks land-use bylaw change for supportive housing units

Ian Nathanson |Updated 31 minutes ago |5 min read

SYDNEY, N.S. — A municipal bylaw change may be in the works that would allow secondary housing units on a single-family residential lot to apply to properties deemed as supportive housing. Currently, the Cape Breton Regional Municipality’s land-use ...

A Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner taxis past the Final Assembly Building at Boeing South Carolina in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States, March 31, 2017.

FAA probes union claims Boeing retaliated against two engineers in 2022

Reuters |Updated 31 minutes ago |1 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it is investigating claims by a union that Boeing retaliated against two employees who in 2022 insisted the planemaker re-evaluate prior engineering work on 777 and 787 jets.

Senators hope TikTok will remain in business in US under new owner

David Shepardson |Updated 31 minutes ago |2 min read

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators said they hope TikTok will remain in business in the U.S. under a new owner as the chamber prepared to vote on Tuesday on legislation requiring Chinese owner ByteDance to divest the ...

Baker Hughes beats first quarter profit estimates

Reuters |Updated 1 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Oilfield services firm Baker Hughes on Tuesday beat first-quarter profit estimates on higher international drilling demand. The company reported an adjusted profit of 43 cents per share for the quarter ended March 31, compared with ...

Seagate forecasts higher Q4 profit on boost from cloud customers

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Seagate Technology on Tuesday forecast fourth-quarter profit above Wall Street estimates after beating earnings estimates for the most recent quarter, driven by higher demand for its memory chips from cloud customers. Dublin, ...

Spirit, Boeing enter into memorandum of agreement to improve aero supplier's issues

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Spirit AeroSystems and Boeing entered into a memorandum of agreement to address issues that include the aero parts supplier's higher levels of inventory, contract assets and lower operational cash flows. Under the MoA, Spirit will ...

UAW moving quickly after VW organizing win, union president says

Nora Eckert |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

By Nora Eckert DETROIT (Reuters) - United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain is moving quickly in the union's sweeping organizing push at U.S. plants across more than a dozen automakers after clinching an historic victory at a Volkswagen ...

Mattel's quarterly loss smaller than expected as cost cuts pay off

Granth Vanaik |Updated just now |2 min read

By Granth Vanaik (Reuters) -Mattel posted a smaller-than-expected loss for the first quarter on Tuesday, helped by the Barbie maker's tight leash on costs while demand remains tepid for its toys. The toymaker has planned to exit less profitable ...