The Nova Scotia company pushing haskap berries as the new super food is in the process of opening a facility in Burnside to produce a powdered concentrate.
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Mahone Bay’s Haskapa Juice Expands To Burnside
Jul 7, 2017 | Business
Wolfville Shuttered NSLC To Re-Open In Early July
Jun 30, 2017 | Business
The Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. says it is too early to tell if there will be an impact on the sale of local Valley wines following the abrupt closure earlier this week of its Wolfville store after its ceiling fell to the floor.
Larry Wark On Why Michelin Won’t Ever Be Unionized
Jun 30, 2017 | Business
Back in the 1980s and ’90s, top union leader Larry Wark attempted multiple times to unionize the three Michelin plants in Nova Scotia.
How The Globe & Mail Retreated From Atlantic Canada
Jun 23, 2017 | Business
It’s been a year-and-half since Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe & Mail had an Atlantic bureau chief based in Halifax.
Rick Perkins Could Change Face Of Mergers & Acquisitions In Canada
Jun 23, 2017 | Business
Rick Perkins, fresh from his success in taking over the board of Alberta-based Liquor Stores, is poised to change the face of mergers and acquisitions in this country.
Larry Wark On 30-Year-Old Cod Fishery Collapse
Jun 16, 2017 | Business
The collapse of the Northern cod fishery occurred nearly 30 years ago, and saw giant processing companies like National Sea, predecessor in Lunenburg of High Liner Foods, begin shuttering seafood plants across the Atlantic Canada.
The Life & Times Of Peter Greer: Ultimate Union Leader
Jun 9, 2017 | Business
This spring, in between building a news website, and digging for story ideas for the new The Macdonald Notebook, I also took the time out to reflect on the incredible and remarkable life of a mentor and father figure to me, who in April shuffled off his mortal coil.
Halifax carpenter’s union boss Peter Greer, died at 64 – not old by today’s standards.
St. Ann’s Bay A Marine Protected Area
Jun 9, 2017 | Business
More than 100 people applauded the creation of Canada’s newest marine protected area Thursday night at a Dalhousie University panel discussion on the topic of safeguarding relatively small chunks of the world’s vast oceans.
Making Award-Winning Booze In Arisaig
Jun 2, 2017 | Business
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