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Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing Infrastructure and Communities looks on s David Eisnor Atlantic Lead of Futurpreneur takes questions folloing a news conference concerning a fundin g announcement for youth entrepreneurship at the Mellow Mug in Bedford Monday April 22, 2024. TIM KROCHAK PHOTO

Ottawa’s $60-million infusion to young entrepreneur program will help 6,250 businesses, Fraser says

Nova Scotia MP Sean Fraser was in a Bedford coffee shop on Monday to tout the federal government’s $60-million spring budget allocation to help young entrepreneurs. The minister of housing, infrastructure, and communities talked about the boost for ...
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Five Corners Properties talk 3,000 unit housing project in Bible Hill
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A proposal from Five Corners Properties offers 3,000 new residential units in the Bible Hill area. Image Five Corners Properties

New Upper Canadian owners for two central Nova Scotia golf courses
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Golfers chipping onto the green at the Mountain Golf and Country Club April 20. Richard MacKenzie

Local job fair coming to the Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro, N.S.
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MEET THE MAKERS - In good company: Chantal Paupin’s business name honours the women in her pottery class
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2024 Outlook: Busy tourism season expected in southwestern Nova Scotia
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Cove Soda founders Ryan and John MacLellan outside the Bayers Lake Costco on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Cove Soda will now be available in Costcos across the United States. Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

THE WRAP: $100 million in soda, streamlined shellfish, and only the poor change eating habits

Brian Mumford · Digital editor |Updated Apr. 21, 2024 |6 min read Premium content

Cove spilling into U.S. big box market “It wasn’t very long ago our goal was $10 million (in revenue),” John MacLellan, co-founder of Cove drinks, said during an interview on Tuesday. Now they're looking at a $100 million revenue forecast following a ...
Miranda Parker, head distiller at Compass Distillers, with bottles of Hell Isle rum, something of a departure for the company and which is already selling well. - BILL SPURR / THE CHRONICLE HERALD

New Compass rum enters the market smoothly

Bill Spurr · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

Compass Distiller’s first batch of its new Hell Isle rum went out the door so quickly that head distiller Miranda Parker had to take a break from bottling the second batch to talk about it. “This product is launching directly through the NSLC, which ...
Creative Corner Crafts is where Susanna Green focuses on not only making wooden signs, but also crocheting and sewing.

MEET THE MAKERS - Focusing on crafts: Crocheting, sewing and sign making also part of creative process for photographer

Laura Churchill Duke · Freelance |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |6 min read Premium content

Originally, Susanna Green’s plan was to start a photography business, but then things changed and she ended up focusing instead on crafting. At the time, Green was just doing photography and crafts as hobbies but eventually picked the craft angle to ...
Prices at the Pumps for Feb. 28, 2024.

Prices at the Pumps: An up and down week at the pumps

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Danielle Latour, owner of the newly-opened Mak 902, with a glass of lavender makgeolli at her Kempt Road establishment on Monday, April 15, 2024. Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

HALIFAX RETALES: Danielle Latour tapping the Korean rice beverage market

Contributed |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

Danielle Latour has opened a tap room for Mak 902 at the production site at 3600 Kempt Rd. in the north end of Halifax. Mak 902 specializes in Korean alcoholic rice beverages. Makgeolli is traditional Korean alcohol. It's a kind of sparkling rice ...
Cove Soda founders Ryan and John MacLellan outside the Bayers Lake Costco on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Cove Soda will now be available in Costcos across the United States. Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

Cove Drinks of Halifax has begun shipping its no-sugar sodas to 575 Costco stores in the U.S., forecasts revenue of $100 million

Bill Spurr · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

Eight years after Ryan and John MacLellan founded their company at a kitchen table in Malignant Cove, Antigonish County, Cove Drinks is forecasting annual revenue of $100 million this year. And that could double the following year. “It wasn’t very ...
The team at Nova Scotia Works Career Connections in New Glasgow have been busy preparing for the 2024 Pictou County Job Fair, which is set for April 24th from 10am-3pm at the Pictou County Wellness Centre. Pictured are, from left, Jessie Falcitelli, Workshop Coordinator and Ann MacGregor, Employer Engagement Specialist.

Over 50 employers and service providers taking part in job fair in New Glasgow, N.S.

SaltWire Network |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |3 min read

Nova Scotia Works Career Connections in New Glasgow has been busily preparing for this year’s Pictou County Job Fair, scheduled for Wednesday, April 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pictou County Wellness Centre. The job fair aims to help connect ...
Parson Green Developments president Noel Taiani says amendments to a development agreement that could see as many as 442 residential units built in Canning are intended to address changing market conditions and help make up for lost construction time. FILE PHOTO

Kings, N.S., council allows amendments to controversial Canning development agreement

Kirk Starratt |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |8 min read Premium content

Amendments to a controversial development agreement that could see 442 residential units built in Canning have been approved. Kings County council gave second and final consideration to the amendments following a public hearing on April 2. Council ...
An aquaculture site in the Municipality of the District of Argyle. Nova Scotia teams up with the municipality to collect scientific data in designated areas through a pilot project. - Centre for Marine Applied Research / Perennia

Six sites in Lobster Bay and Pubnico Harbour pre-approved for aquaculture development

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Six sites in Lobster Bay and Pubnico Harbour are now pre-approved for shellfish and marine plant aquaculture as part of an aquaculture pilot project aimed at saving time with pre-approved sites for growing shellfish and marine plants. Argyle ...
Construction work continues on the Cunard development on the Halifax waterfront on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

Six more restaurants on the Halifax waterfront when Cunard Residences developments opens soon

Bill Spurr · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Zoey Boosey expects to employ more than 300 people when she and her business partner Kent Scales open a number of new eateries in Halifax. The pair now owns Sea Smoke at Bishop’s Landing and two Vandal doughnut shops, one on Gottingen Street and one ...
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Greg and Aleyda Knight are the owners of Four Seasons Retreat in Upper Economy. They are critical of the three per cent tourism marketing levy imposed by the Municipality of the County of Colchester (in partnership with the Town of Truro, Millbrook First Nation and Town of Stewiacke), stating they know how to market their business better than any government. Nick Gaines
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