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Bedford AI company to pitch investors at Boston accelerator
Bedford AI startup Innerlogic is one of 12 companies from around the world taking part in the Techstars Boston Accelerator in Cambridge, Mass. CEO Bryce Tully said while accelerators in general are fairly common, the one run by Techstars is one of ...
Prices at the Pumps: Petroleum 'snap-back' is coming
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First-time shop owner brings new life to Halifax's Trident Booksellers & Café
By Nour Hafid Charlotte Ashley sits in the back room of Halifax’s Trident Café, surrounded by a dozen boxes, all full of books. She gently picks each book up one by one, gently before assigning each a label and price. She picks them up with the ...
‘A step into the future for the farmer’s market’: Pictou County council asks for more info before supporting farmers market expansion
The Municipality of Pictou County (MOPC) council wants more information before signing a letter of support for the proposed expansion of New Glasgow’s Farmer’s Market (NGFM). During the council meeting on March 4, councillors were confused about what ...
MEET THE MAKERS - Creations from the bay: Mother-daughter duo operate Ol’ Dirt Road Candle Co.
Two kitchens. One business. That’s how the Ol’ Dirt Road Candle Co. operates. It all began in 2013 when Ashley Kenneally of Harbourville on the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia started her candle journey. Not long after that, Kenneally’s mother, Pam ...
Partnership with local business bringing RONA to Barrington Passage
BARRINGTON PASSAGE, NS – What was once the maintenance shed for the company that constructed the Cape Sable Island Causeway in the 1940s is the newest RONA store in Nova Scotia. MSJ Building Supplies in Barrington Passage, Shelburne County, has ...
THE WRAP: Winemakers’ beef, Wendy’s gets grief, and Bedford catches the ferry
New wine policy: Pairs well with pork? Premier Tim Houston says a policy change favouring bottlers of imported wine and grapes is about trade and jobs. Nova Scotia grape growers and small wineries suggest it’s more about helping a friend. The ...
Kindness in the kitchen: Halifax’s Fawn restaurant cultivates a more genial workplace
By Charlotte McConkey Chef Natalie Rosen is making crabcakes, salad, and ginger cookies. Not for the guests of Fawn, an upscale, casual downtown Halifax restaurant she co-owns, but for the staff. Many restaurants provide staff meals, but rarely are ...
Prices at the Pumps: Gas and diesel going in different directions
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THE WRAP: Tax Cut Tories, Hall of Fame stories and feds in their feels about eels
Tax and spend, Tories Auditor General Kim Adair scolded the Houston government Thursday for three years of pulling in tax windfalls and blowing it out the door on unbudgeted spending. Not much for housing, either. That said, they cut your income tax ...