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MacPolitics: As Voting Day Nears, Much Depends on Dollars and Cents
MacPolitics: Poll: PCs lead, NDP in Second Spot
MacPolitics: Surging in the polls, Claudia Chender-Led NDP Launch Last Minute Campaign: ‘Don’t Let Tim Win’
It’s time to scrap political tax credits
MacPolitics: The Lessons Tim Houston & Other Politicos Can Learn From John Buchanan’s Political Midas Touch
MacPolitics/MacHistory: Paging Politicos: Brian & Mila Mulroney’s Vintage Cards Of Christmases Past
MacPolitics: Election Sayings: ‘If It Moves, Give It Welfare; If It Does Not Move, Pave It’
MacPolitics: Retired STFX prof Dr. Gary Brooks Election Night Nibbles for NS provincial Election
A Life Well Lived: Remembering Tom Forrestall
Alison Strachan: LaHave Bakery Celebrates 39 Years In Business
Jim David: A Second Visit To Hali Deli
That’s The End Of The Saturday Edition
MacPolitics: A Tory is A Tory Is A Tory – NS PC Leader Tim Houston Has Distanced Himself from Conservative Party of Canada
MacPolitics: Tim Houston’s Platform Does Not Call For Universal MSI Coverage Of Anti-HIV Drug – That’s a Shame
MacPolitics: Liberal Party Commits to More Highway Twinning
Collaborative Community Health Care: More Than 50 Years Of Doing It In Halifax’s North End
Jim David: My Take: ‘Hali Deli’, Halifax’s Old World Delicatessen
Saturday Edition, Below
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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Real Estate
Coronavirus: Noted HFX Realtor Denise MacDonell Weighs In On Meaning Of Pandemic: Compassion & Kindness Abounds In Face Of Deadly Disease
Mar 22, 2020 | Real Estate
Coronavirus: Matt Honsberger Of Royal LePage Atlantic Offers His Realtors Advice
Mar 20, 2020 | Real Estate
Coronavirus: Nova Scotia Real Estate Commission Advises Limiting Trading Activities
Mar 20, 2020 | Real Estate
Coronavirus: ViewPoint’s Bill McMullin: ‘Most Bets Are Off’ In Housing Market
Mar 20, 2020 | Real Estate
Coronavirus: NS Realtor Association To Waive $89,000 In Monthly April Agent-Broker License Fees Over Coronavirus
Mar 20, 2020 | Real Estate
Exclusive: Halifax Broker Silent On Notebook Sources Detailing A Take Over Bid For Tim Harris’ Tradewinds Realty – Part II
Mar 17, 2020 | Real Estate
Breaking News: Tim Harris Sells Tradewinds Realty
Mar 16, 2020 | Real Estate
By Andrew Macdonald
Breaking News: Tradewinds Realty Sold
Sources tell The Notebook that Tim Harris and his spouse Barb Porter Nunn have done a deal to sell their prominent three-decade-old realty firm, Tradewinds.
Headquartered in Chester, and a dominant force on the Nova Scotia South Shore, and with agents spread across rural Nova Scotia, Halifax and Cape Breton, sources say a Halifax real estate broker has done the purchase and sales take-over deal.
Exclusive: Realtor Rosie Porter: ‘That $600,000 HFX Hydrostone Sale Exception To The Rule’
Mar 15, 2020 | Real Estate
Debbie Hum On The $600,000 Hydrostone House Sale
Mar 14, 2020 | Opinion, Real Estate
Bizman Norvall Collins On The Price Of A Hydrostone In 1979
Mar 14, 2020 | Opinion, Real Estate
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