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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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How The Globe & Mail Retreated From Atlantic Canada
Jun 23, 2017 | Business
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
Frank McKenna To Host Great One and Next Great One In NS
Jun 2, 2017 | Business
Why Olands Is Praying For Sunshine
Jun 2, 2017 | Business
Rejoice: It’s Fiddlehead Season
Jun 2, 2017 | Business
Bizman Francis McGuire To Head Up ACOA
Jun 2, 2017 | Business
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