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WEDGEPORT, YARMOUTH COUNTY, NS  - If you’re looking forward to growing cannabis plants of your own, but have never planted them before, a Wedgeport, Yarmouth County, company has developed a “super soil” for newbies . ...

SOUTHWESTERN NS – Changes in federal legislation, two industrial accidents at offshore drilling sites within the last two years and pending seismic activity near Georges Bank and the North Atlantic right whale critical habitat in Roseway Basin ...

NORTH RIVER, N.S. A combination of late frost followed by a hot summer, and large flocks of hungry starlings has resulted in the grape harvest at Goose Landing Vineyard near Truro being cancelled this year. “Normally, we double net ...

HALIFAX, N.S. - In the 10 years since Airbnb was launched, it has become a household name and lawmakers are struggling to keep up. Despite telling Ottawa last month that the company is on board with paying taxes, there are no federal regulations ...

The percentage of Atlantic Canadians living paycheque to paycheque may have gone down since last year.  But a recent survey by the Canadian Payroll Association still shows nearly half of Atlantic Canadians polled (49 per cent) are ...

Increasing the amount of consumer debt isn’t necessarily bad as long as it’s affordable, according to Matt Fabian, director, research and industry analysis, at credit research company TransUnion. TransUnion studies Canadian debt and ...

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - Greg Rivard hears concerns about the number of Airbnb units popping up in Charlottetown all the time.  The Charlottetown councillor, who serves on the P.E.I. capital’s planning board, says he has directed a staff ...

SYDNEY, N.S. - After taking the rental accommodation market by storm, Airbnb is sending shockwaves through the more traditional lodging establishment, globally and across Atlantic Canada. Founded just 10 years ago by a pair of 20-something San ...

MIDDLETON, NS - When a well-known Middleton restaurant came up for sale, John Bartlett started thinking about coffee. Good coffee. Before most people knew that Pasta Jax was for sale this past spring, Bartlett bought it. Ever since then he’s ...

WEST PARADISE, N.S. - As a musician, how would you like to record your first album in paradise? West Paradise, to be specific. That’s just what Valley-based singer, songwriter Jeff Shearer is doing. Shearer, and the album’s producer ...