Tax Hikes For Big Box Stores, Tax Cuts For Small Businesses Under New Halifax Plan
Halifax Regional Municipality will make major changes to its commercial tax laws so that some large companies will pay significantly more.
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Salesforce CEO Among Investors In Fredericton Company’s $4-Million Raise
The just over $4-million CAD round of financing was led by Brightspark Ventures and included investment from Build Ventures, NBIF, and TIME Ventures. TIME is Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff’s venture fund.
Nova Scotia Will Implement $15 Minimum Wage By 2024
The Government of Nova Scotia has accepted a series of recommendations that will grow the province’s minimum wage to $15 an hour and guarantee minimum wage rises faster than inflation.
Scotia Recycling Buys Out Smaller Halifax Competitor
A shakeup in the waste management industry has seen a 25-year-old Halifax company bought up by its larger local competitor.
Most N.S. Covid Restrictions Could Be Gone By April
The Nova Scotia government has laid out a three-phase plan to eliminate nearly all its Covid-19-related public health restrictions.
Historic Halifax Inn To Be Altered With Ten-Storey Tower
The plan would see the back wing of the Waverley Inn removed to make way for the tower and some parking created inside the structure.
How Covid-19 Has Made Nova Scotia Beer Drinkers Think Local
A Craft Brewers Association of Nova Scotia report shows that craft beer now represents about 20 percent of the province’s beer market.
Emera’s Cynicism Reveals Why Public Services Should Not Be In Private Hands
Trevor Nichols’ problem with Emera isn’t necessarily how it runs Nova Scotia Power, it’s that it’s even running it at all.
N.S. Craft Brewers Paying Higher Taxes After Changes That Benefit Big Businesses
A change to Nova Scotia’s craft brewery laws that gave a multinational company a local producer tax break is now costing at least one craft brewery hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Halifax Airport Bleeding Money As Passenger Traffic Stalls
Things had started looking up for the airline industry in the summer of 2021, but when Omicron ushered in a new round of travel restrictions, traffic at the airport fell.
