Truro News

SOUTHWESTERN NS – Market conditions for live lobster exports appear to be prime heading into the season opening for LFAs 33 and 34. Export markets to Europe and China are strong, as is the U.S. economy. Add to that stable exchange rates and ...

HALIFAX, NS – Fisheries innovation was being put to the test earlier this month in southwestern Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy with the start of a pilot study on the effectiveness and practicality of ropeless fishing gear technology for the ...

SOUTHWESTERN N.S. – The largest commercial lobster season in the region, the province and the country gets underway next week in southwestern Nova Scotia and along the province’s south shore with the opening of the LFA 34 and 33 lobster ...

YARMOUTH, N.S. – The first time Miguel D’Eon and his business partners stepped back and took a look at their work, they knew they had nailed it. Their Yarmouth-based online retailer Saltwreck has seen local, provincial and national ...

Cannabis legalization has had a local hydroponics shop seeing green. “It’s really picked up,” says Dustin Guthro, owner of Gardenhub Inc., a shop that sells gardening equipment designed for growing cannabis. “It’s ...

YARMOUTH, N.S. – Dustin DuPrat got his first paycheck as a labourer at the age of 13 with one of his uncle’s companies. Growing up in a rural area, he was either running through a farmers’ field or he was on a job site with a ...

It isn’t uncommon to be stressed out and worried about your finances. But when that stress and worry affects your life and mental health, it’s time to get help. And, as Laurie Campbell, CEO of Credit Canada says, worrying ...

The federal government has cut the waiting period for employment insurance benefits to one week. Reducing the waiting period will mean more money for EI-eligible individuals when they become unemployed or leave work temporarily due to health or ...

MONTREAL — Bombardier Inc. was on the defensive Monday after chief executive Alain Bellemare steered clear of a special meeting, hastily arranged to deal with the imminent layoff of 2,500 of the company's Quebec workers. The province's ...

HALIFAX, N.S. – John Bragg’s still got game. “I have this saying that, ‘every day I go to work I try to bring value,’” said Bragg. “It’s not always easy to do, but I work at it.” Bragg, now ...