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Collaborative Community Health Care: More Than 50 Years Of Doing It In Halifax’s North End
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MacPolitics: Party Leaders’ Debate Shows Philosophical Differences On Housing, Healthcare
MacPolitics: Liberals Charge Susan Corkum-Greek Campaign With Vote Buying
MacPolitics: Peter Zwicker In His Own Words As Liberals Accuse Lunenburg Tory Candidate Of Vote Buying
MacPolitics: ‘Can I Have Your Vote For A Pint Of Dark Rum, A Load Of Gravel?’
MQO Poll: Majority Favours Tim Houston, PCs Lead Everywhere
MacPolitics: Poll Shows Nova Scotia PCs Extend Lead At Halfway Mark Of Campaign
Chender Reaffirms Support for Small, Local Businesses; Promises To Reduce Business Taxes
MacPolitics: Houston Tories Claim NDP’s Lisa Lachance ‘Double-Dipping’ By Collecting $1.1M From Ottawa
MacPolitics: NDP Points Out Tory Candidate’s Company Received Millions To Build Housing For Seniors
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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
Lobster Population Could Spike Due To Global Warming
Jun 2, 2017 | Business
That’s A Wrap: The Maple Syrup Season
May 26, 2017 | Business
Nova Scotia maple syrup producers who tapped their trees early this year had a sweet season.
The folks who didn’t get out ahead of global warming, which had the sap running in early February in some parts of the province, weren’t so lucky.
Are Dark Clouds Brewing Over Olands?
May 19, 2017 | Business
Provincial governments, including the McNeil regime, recently signed into effect a Canada-wide free trade agreement, and it has caused me to question the long term future of the Oland Brewery in Northend Halifax.
Rick Perkins Makes Bid To Return To Booze Industry
May 19, 2017 | Business
Rick Perkins, a South Shore resident, is making a dissenting shareholder’s effort to replace the board of a publicly traded liquor chain in Alberta.
For The Love Of Single Malt: Retailing A $30,000 Scotch Bottle
May 19, 2017 | Business
There is a rare 50-year-old single malt bottle of Scotch safely locked up in a wooden cabinet at a Nova Scotia Liquor Corp store
The Warks: For The Love Of Unions
May 19, 2017 | Business
The Wark family of Hammonds Plains has had a longstanding passion and love affair for union work.
I refer to Joan Wark and Larry Wark, a couple who first met during the Canso Crisis, nearly 30 years ago.
Pink Law Clan Has Rich Heritage
May 19, 2017 | Business
Last week, I reported that the three Yarmouth-raised Pink brothers have come to dominate different segments of the Halifax legal community.
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