How Joyce Carter Plans to Save Air Travel in the Maritimes
The CEO of the Halifax International Airport Authority has an ambitious plan to bring air traffic back to its pre-pandemic levels by 2025.
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Podcast: The Often-Ignored Solution to the Maritimes’ Housing Crisis
Is modular housing really the answer to New Brunswick’s housing crisis? Brandon Searle says it can be an important part of it, especially once lingering image problems are fixed.
Podcast: Andrew Oland on Moosehead’s ‘Export or Die’ Strategy
Moosehead Breweries is a New Brunswick icon. The company has been in business for more than 150 years and is described as “the last major brewery in Canada still owned by Canadians.” This week, Don and David sit down with the company’s CEO and president.
Podcast: Rhiannon Davies on Why Women-Led Companies are a Better Investment
Only 2.8 percent of the world’s venture capital is given to women entrepreneurs, yet women-led startups outperform their male counterparts.
Podcast: Ed Moriarity on Why Newfoundland and Labrador is a Mining Powerhouse
The head of Mining Industry NL has a fascinating chat with Don and David about the “very, very bright” future for mining in his province, and how resource extraction can help Canada meet its net-zero goals.
Podcast: Northern New Brunswick’s Titan of Forestry Jean-Claude Savoie
Don and David talk to one of rural New Brunswick’s most important employers about the rural economy, labour shortages, and how the housing crisis might be even worse outside of the cities than it is within.
Podcast: How Jacques Dube Really Feels About Your Tax Bill
Halifax’s recently retired CAO serves up a few spicy takes he never could have got away with in his old role. Did our leaders make a mistake with amalgamation? Are rural residents paying their fare share of taxes? Listen to find out.
Podcast: The Entrepreneur Fighting To Dismantle P.E.I.’s Development Roadblocks
PEI’s biggest developer, Tim Banks, talks about the Island’s housing shortage and some of the impediments limiting developers’ ability to provide enough homes.
He also talks about the time he almost sued the premier, losing workers to the public sector, and his $60 million Blackbush resort development near Grand Tracadie.
Podcast: The Unheralded Co-Founder of Clearwater Foods, Colin MacDonald
In a rare and very candid conversation, Colin MacDonald, one of the region’s least-known but most successful entrepreneurs, talks about his long partnership with John Risley and the reasons for their estrangement.
Podcast: A Most Consequential Premier
Don Mills considers Stephen McNeil to be Nova Scotia’s most consequential premier in the last half-century. Find out more about this important Nova Scotian and his legacy on the latest “Insights” podcast.
