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Ottawa’s $60-million infusion to young entrepreneur program will help 6,250 businesses, Fraser says
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 ...
Five Corners Properties talk 3,000 unit housing project in Bible Hill
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 ...
New Upper Canadian owners for two central Nova Scotia golf courses
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 ...
Local job fair coming to the Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro, N.S.
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 ...
MEET THE MAKERS - In good company: Chantal Paupin’s business name honours the women in her pottery class
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 ...
2024 Outlook: Busy tourism season expected in southwestern Nova Scotia
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 ...
THE WRAP: $100 million in soda, streamlined shellfish, and only the poor change eating habits
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 ...
New Compass rum enters the market smoothly
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 ...
MEET THE MAKERS - Focusing on crafts: Crocheting, sewing and sign making also part of creative process for photographer
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: An up and down week at the pumps
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