Halifax Seaport Cider & BeerFest Friday, August 9, 7-9:30pm and Saturday, August 10, 2-4:30pm and 7-9:30pm Cunard Event Centre, 961 Marginal Road $45-70 I f this were a YA novel, it’d be The Sisterhood of the Travelling Beers. This weekend, dozens of Maine-based breweries are coming to the Halifax Seaport Cider & BeerFest. Even more […]
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New Brunswick’s high hopes for cannabis
1. With Canada’s Cannabis Act, Bill C-45, passing its second senate reading, recreational legalization is middling toward reality across the country. As the provinces scramble to prepare for the unknown date, New Brunswick is notably on the ball when it comes to cannabis industry development. The province’s 2016 Economic Growth Plan naming cannabis as a […]
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Green is the new gold
“What would you do-o-o for a Klondike Bar?” sings the commercial, a nod to the epic discovery of gold in the Yukon in 1896. In the ensuing gold rush, after news of the Klondike’s riches reached the outside world, tens of thousands of would-be gold-diggers giddy’d up and headed for Canada’s north. News of Justin […]
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Halifax’s Amazon bid to be repackaged for other potential investors
The municipality’s pitch for Amazon’s second headquarters will be used to influence other potential investors—and even Haligonians themselves—should the bid prove unsuccessful. But the details of what’s in that offer aren’t being released to the public. A glimpse into that submission was released Friday in the form of a declassified council report. The in-camera document broadly […]
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What’s the First Nations economy worth?
The performance of Atlantic Canada’s Indigenous economy is worth $1.14 billion, according to a new study released Wednesday. The pan-provincial assessment, completed by the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat, aims to shift stereotypes about Indigenous communities and their contribution to the economy, says secretariat executive director and study co-chair John G. Paul. […]
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Nova Scotian “economic development” and the rigged game
I’m not sure how I missed this announcement last week: A gaming technology solutions provider in Sydney is positioning itself to compete for new contract opportunities in national and international markets. The province, through Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI), is supporting Tech Link International Entertainment Ltd. with a $1.5-million secured loan. “In the early stages […]