The local food movement has exploded in Nova Scotia over the past decade. More than ever, farmers are bringing sustainably sourced product directly to markets and meeting a need in the agricultural industry. In 2014, a glaring space in the food market was evident to Hana Nelson. She observed consumers having trouble finding access to […]
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Boutique Banking
“It was one of those happenstance moments,” David McQuaid says about running into Ray Frizzell in Toronto. They started talking about furniture and products, and their own vision for a new boutique furniture store in Halifax. As it turned out, they were on the exact same page. Ray and David imagined a place where shopping […]
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Makin’ it New: Creating Sustainable Fashion Before it was Cool
“A challenge is not the challenge itself, but how you respond to it,” Anna Gilkerson says, eight years after starting her curated thrift shop. She says her responses have evolved since the beginning of Makenew, knowing that no matter what challenge she faces, she is contributing to the ever-growing sustainable fashion movement every single day. […]
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When you’re busy working hard, who you gonna call? Room Service.
Do you ever wish you could get something delivered to you anywhere and at any time? Johnathan Cannon did, and this was the first time he thought something like an on-demand convenience delivery service could really work in the HRM. One Christmas as Johnathan and his brother Craig were sitting and talking about careers and […]
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Reality Check: The Business of Virtual Reality
2D films have the ability to let us “check out” for an hour or two. We can travel back in time, to far-off cities, and connect with characters. But what if, while you were in that world, you could occupy that space? 360-degree video lets you do just that. When you put on your headset, […]
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Home, Salty Home—There’s No Place Like New Scotland
Tall ships, strolls down the harbour and having the friendliest neighbourhood Maritimers around makes it hard to consider any other place “paradise.” As Scott Saccary backpacked around the world, it dawned on him how proud he was to be a Nova Scotian. The rest is the making of a business. The Saccary Brothers, Kevin and […]
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Elevate Your Quality of Life and Go Float Yourself
Lindsay MacPhee enters the dark, sensory deprivation tank to get cozy with her intuition. She experiences discomfort, sits with her thoughts, and starts to make sense of what she’s feeling and why. Floating is a way to enhance her meditation practice, to be able to feel her body, get a sense for her physical awareness […]