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Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing Infrastructure and Communities looks on s David Eisnor Atlantic Lead of Futurpreneur takes questions folloing a news conference concerning a fundin g announcement for youth entrepreneurship at the Mellow Mug in Bedford Monday April 22, 2024.

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Ottawa’s $60-million infusion to young entrepreneur program will help 6,250 businesses, Fraser says

Xixi Jiang |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

Nova Scotia MP Sean Fraser was in a Bedford coffee shop on Monday to tout the federal government’s $60-million spring budget allocation to help young entrepreneurs. The minister of housing, infrastructure, and communities talked about the boost for ...

A proposal from Five Corners Properties offers 3,000 new residential units in the Bible Hill area. Image Five Corners Properties

Five Corners Properties talk 3,000 unit housing project in Bible Hill

Brendyn Creamer |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

Entrepreneur Evan Price hopes to build a Bible Hill community hub. Announced on April 1, Price's company, Five Corners Properties, applied to develop a 69-hectare plot between Brookside and Pictou Roads in Bible Hill. It was approved by Colchester ...

Golfers chipping onto the green at the Mountain Golf and Country Club April 20. Richard MacKenzie

New Upper Canadian owners for two central Nova Scotia golf courses

Bill Spurr · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

The golf season now starting is the first full year under new ownership at Mountain Golf and Country Club in East Mountain, Colchester County and the Glen Lovat Golf Club in New Glasgow. The Crown Group of Hotels, based in Mississauga, Ont., took ...

The Colchester Job Fair, hosted by Futureworx, is coming to town on Wednesday, May 1 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rath Eastlink Community Centre

Local job fair coming to the Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro, N.S.

SaltWire Network |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |2 min read

The Colchester Job Fair is coming to town on Wednesday, May 1 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rath Eastlink Community Centre. Job seekers will have a chance to meet with over 25 employers that are actively hiring, with on-the-spot interviews, and a ...

Chantal Paupin operates In Good Company Pottery in Londonderry, N.S., Paupin initially took pottery classes as a way to spend time with her mother but it has since grown from a hobby into a business. Steve Currie • Code 1 Coverage

MEET THE MAKERS - In good company: Chantal Paupin’s business name honours the women in her pottery class

Laura Churchill Duke · Freelance |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

As a young adult, Chantal Paupin took pottery classes as a way to spend time with her mother. It soon, however, became much more than that. “Taking classes at Thrown Together Pottery and Art in Truro has brought me so much opportunity, learning and a ...

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

2024 Outlook: Busy tourism season expected in southwestern Nova Scotia

Kathy Johnson |Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |10 min read Premium content

A strong 2023 season has tourism operators in southwestern Nova Scotia optimistic for 2024. Not only will the region be hosting the World Acadian Congress (Congrès mondial acadien, CMA 2024) in August, but the Digby Wharf Rat Rally is celebrating a ...

Cove Soda founders Ryan and John MacLellan outside the Bayers Lake Costco on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Cove Soda will now be available in Costcos across the United States.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

THE WRAP: $100 million in soda, streamlined shellfish, and only the poor change eating habits

Brian Mumford · Digital editor |Updated Apr. 21, 2024 |6 min read Premium content

Cove spilling into U.S. big box market “It wasn’t very long ago our goal was $10 million (in revenue),” John MacLellan, co-founder of Cove drinks, said during an interview on Tuesday. Now they're looking at a $100 million revenue forecast following a ...

Miranda Parker, head distiller at Compass Distillers, with bottles of Hell Isle rum, something of a departure for the company and which is already selling well. - BILL SPURR / THE CHRONICLE HERALD

New Compass rum enters the market smoothly

Bill Spurr · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

Compass Distiller’s first batch of its new Hell Isle rum went out the door so quickly that head distiller Miranda Parker had to take a break from bottling the second batch to talk about it. “This product is launching directly through the NSLC, which ...

Creative Corner Crafts is where Susanna Green focuses on not only making wooden signs, but also crocheting and sewing.

MEET THE MAKERS - Focusing on crafts: Crocheting, sewing and sign making also part of creative process for photographer

Laura Churchill Duke · Freelance |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |6 min read Premium content

Originally, Susanna Green’s plan was to start a photography business, but then things changed and she ended up focusing instead on crafting. At the time, Green was just doing photography and crafts as hobbies but eventually picked the craft angle to ...

Prices at the Pumps for Feb. 28, 2024.

Prices at the Pumps: An up and down week at the pumps

Scott Squires · Producer video/audio |Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |1 min read Video

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