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MacPolitics: Poll In First Week of NS Election Shows Majority Terrain For Tim Houston Conservatives
Kelly Bennett To Head Up National Polling Firm’s Expansion In Halifax – Abacus Data Establishes Atlantic Beachhead
Travelling Nurse Program Among Houston’s Healthcare Proposals, Bridge Tolls to Help with “Whack-a-Mole” Traffic Woes
NDP Would Ban Fixed-Term Leases, Implement Coastal Protection Act: Chender
MacPolitics: Liberal Zach Churchill Has A Plan To Save NS Families $3,000 A year; Create 40 Medical Clinics
MacPolitics/MacHistory: A Look At Elections Past In Nova Scotia
MacPolitics: ‘Old Tory’ Roger Porter Does Not Support Houston Regime – States Case On Election Sign
Colin Patrick MacDonald Writes From Calgary – Memories As A Cape Breton Post Paperboy In Antigonish
MacPolitics: An American In Halifax Can Only ‘Hope’ For Kamala Harris Victory: Tuesday Is U.S. Election Night
MacPolitics: Retired ST FX Prof Gary Brooks Election Night Treats For U.S. Presidential Campaign
Jim David: My Take On…Fall Dining Near Peggy’s Cove
It’s That Time Of Season: Old Farmer’s Almanac Predictions For Atlantic Canada 2025
The Notebook Soundtrack: Celtic Thunder – Here In Halifax, November
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Alex Whalen: All Parties Should Commit To Growing Nova Scotia’s Economy
MacPolitics: Tim Houston’s First Job As A Paperboy, Also Flipped McDonald Hamburgers On Lacewood
MacPolitics: A Chat With Hugh Wright On Liberal Campaigning
MacPolitics: NDP Stalwart Dan O’Connor Has Experience With Snap Elections
MacPolitics: Don Cameron: On Why He Removed Tolls On Canso Causeway In 1991
Exclusive: MacPolitics: Why Jordi Morgan Can’t Run For Poilievre Conservatives In Halifax West, After All
Gardening: Planting Fall Garlic, Growing A Gigantic Castor Bean Plant
Nearly 40 Years Ago, Brian Peckford Tried To Pioneer Hydroponic Gardening; AeroGarden Used The Technology But Now Closing
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Business
The Charm Of Saltscapes Magazine
Sep 1, 2017 | Business
Legal Talk: Is One Of The Big Three Law Firms In Halifax, Subject To A Take Over?
Sep 1, 2017 | Business
Undertaker Donald Walker On Dying Biz Trends
Sep 1, 2017 | Business
Serious Tire-Kicking Over $31,000 Bottle Of Scotch in Halifax
Sep 1, 2017 | Business
When Denis Ryan & Bob Mussett Brewed Classic Beer In Cape Breton
Sep 1, 2017 | Business
Retailing A $5,000 Bottle Of Wine In Halifax
Aug 25, 2017 | Business
The most expensive wine at a Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. store in Halifax is priced at a whopping $5,000.
Truro Car Dealer Expands In New Glasgow & Antigonish
Aug 18, 2017 | Business
Leading Truro car dealership operator Duane Rath has beefed up his enterprise in New Glasgow and expanded into Antigonish.
More Hoteliers Chime In On Meaning Of Nova Centre’s Hotel Offering
Aug 4, 2017 | Business
Former three decade long hotelier Nick Carson says the 300 hotel rooms at the Nova Centre are critical for the facility, and there is room for them along with the 3,000 hotel units in downtown Halifax.
A Hotelier Braces For Nova Centre Hotel Offering
Jul 28, 2017 | Business
When Joe Ramia’s hotel portion at Nova Centre opens in the fall of 2018, it will contain 300 hotel rooms, putting pressure on the existing 3,000 units in downtown Halifax.
Faith Drinnen’s New Career Move
Jul 28, 2017 | Business
I recently reported that Faith Drinnen sold her subscription magazine company in Dartmouth to a Montreal software firm.
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