Stakeholders Say N.S. Lobster Prices Could Break Records This Season
Some LFAs have had record opening lobster prices this year, and stakeholders are hoping for the same on Nova Scotia’s South Shore.
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Nova Scotian Outdoor Outfitter Stakes Out Moncton Home
Sue Stanfield’s two adventure lifestyle retail stores, Take It Outside and the Trail Shop, will soon be ready to equip Greater Moncton to explore the great outdoors.
The PIER Innovation Lab Opens On Halifax Waterfront
The Port of Halifax calls The PIER (short for Port, Innovation, Engagement, and Research) “Canada’s first living lab for transportation, supply chain, and logistics.”
Report: 1 In 4 Children In Nova Scotia Live In Poverty
Nova Scotia has the third-highest child poverty rate in Canada. More than 41,000 kids live in families with incomes below the low-income measure poverty line in the province.
U.S. Increases Duties On Canadian Softwood Lumber
The U.S. Commerce Department announced November 24 that tariffs for most producers would increase to 17.9 percent. That is nearly double the current rate of 8.99 percent.
East Coast Lifestyle Building New Bayer’s Lake Headquarters
The new headquarters, which founder Alex MacLean expects to finish by the fall of 2022, will also allow the company to hire more people. Right now, the clothing brand has 20 employees and MacLean wants to bring on 10 more.
Australian Travel Company Acquires Halifax’s Trip Ninja
Less than three months after announcing it was ceasing operations, the local startup travel company has been bought by Webjet.
No ‘Major Impacts’ From Employee Vaccine Mandate, Say N.S. Premier
New data shows 97 percent of government employees are fully vaccinated, and two percent are partially vaccinated. The province’s mandatory vaccine mandate for provincial employees comes into effect November 30.
Owls Head Developer Backs Out
Lighthouse Links says it’s “reluctantly” withdrawing from its letter of offer with Nova Scotia because it doesn’t feel it has the support from the government “necessary to make this project a reality.”
More Than Half Of Nova Scotia’s $100-Million Relief Fund Still Unspent
Near the beginning of the pandemic, the province awarded Dalhousie University a contract to distribute funds through programs like the Small Business Impact Grant and the Small Business Reopening Grant
