Premier Stephen McNeil was in Guangzhou, China yesterday, helping promote Nova Scotia seafood to the growing Asian market. The Guangzhou promotion, which involved five seafood companies and Halifax-based JusNova Agriculture, included chef demonstrations, appetizers of Nova Scotia seafood and blueberry juice, business meetings and presentations to Chinese restaurant purchase managers, importers and distributors. The event […]
HALIFAX–Halifax-based Emera announced on Friday night that it will acquire TECO Energy in a transaction valued at US$10.4 billion. When the deal closes, TECO Energy will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Emera, which will then have about US$20 billion in assets and more than 2.4 million electric and gas customers. That will make Emera one […]
FREDERICTON–New Brunswick’s unemployment rate dropped to 10.1 per cent in August, compared to 11 per cent in July according to data released today by Statistics Canada. The national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in August. The unemployment rate in Moncton fell to 5.7 per cent (compared to 6.1 percent in July) while Saint John saw […]
HALIFAX–Nova Scotia start-ups can compete for up to $225,000 through a new competition launched by Innovacorp. The I-3 competition supports early stage knowledge-based companies. “More and more people now see how empowering it is to be an entrepreneur,” said Innovacorp CEO Stephen Duff. The competition will take place in five geographic zones across the province. Each zone winner is […]
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil is leading a delegation to Asia, beginning Saturday, Aug. 29, to promote trade and investment opportunities for Nova Scotia businesses. In 2014, China was Nova Scotia’s largest trading partner in Asia with $275 million worth of exports, an increase of 40 per cent over 2013. Nova Scotia’s exports included more […]
SAINT JOHN — Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.3 in July, Statistics Canada says. In Saint John, the inflation rate rose to 1.1 in July, up slightly from the 1.0 figure in June. Halifax saw its inflation rate increase to 1.1 while the Charlottetown-Summerside region saw its inflation rate remain steady at .01 while St. John’s […]
