Swoop Postpones Flights to Moncton, Keeps Some Service To Halifax
The decision to postpone these routes come as the entire airline industry has been rocked by the Covid-19 pandemic, says Bert van der Stege, head of commercial for Swoop.
The decision to postpone these routes come as the entire airline industry has been rocked by the Covid-19 pandemic, says Bert van der Stege, head of commercial for Swoop.
Tom Smith, executive director of the Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia, says marine fish farming is one of the most sustainable ways to grow protein in the world.
The Fredericton-based startup can also use its engaging and interactive software to measure the impacts of cultural industries on the economy, and maybe even contain the spread of a virus such as Covid-19.
Facing millions of dollars in cuts thanks to Covid-19, Halifax Regional Council has passed a recast budget that sticks to a small increase in the commercial tax rate and a freeze on the residential rate this year.
Restaurants may be gradually reopening in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, but government support will be needed for the foreseeable future to keep them open.
The Nova Scotia power company is in good financial shape from $2.2-billion in asset sales and is increasing the renewable sources that fuel the grid.
The 45-year old liberal arts university wants to encourage young people ages 16-to-24 to get involved in their communities and learn who the changemakers are in their local area.
Businesses in Halifax are happy to start reopening, but operators still have many challenges ahead in the coming days, weeks, and months.
For many of Halifax’s restaurants, barbershops and gyms, reopening in a world still gripped by Covid-19 has meant completely rethinking how they operate.
The 24-year-old data services technology company, headquartered in Saint John, was recently sold to Calgary-based MNP, one of Canada’s largest national accounting, tax and business consulting firms.