Category Archives: News
90 new COVID cases, 180 recoveries (May 18)
Nova Scotia is reporting 90 new cases of COVID-19 and 180 recoveries. There are 64 cases in the Halifax region with the remainder spread out in other zones. Hospitalizations continue to be an area of ...
May 18, 2021
Largest container ship to ever visit Canada arrives in Halifax
One of world’s largest container ships has arrived in Halifax. The Marco Polo is the largest cargo ship to visit Canada. It’s nearly 400 meters long and has the ability to hold more than 1...
May 18, 2021
Largest container ship to ever visit Canada arrives in Halifax
One of world's largest container ships has arrived in Halifax. The Marco Polo is the largest cargo ship to visit Canada. It's nearly 400 meters long and has the ability to hold more than 16,000 twenty...
May 18, 2021
Stepping Up Vaccine Production In Canada
An investment towards mass producing mRNA vaccines in Canada. Federal officials announced Tuesday $402 million will be put towards the initiative, including $200 million going into Resilience Biotechn...
May 18, 2021
Porter Aiming For July Return
Travelers could be flying on Porter Airlines in July. The company announced updated plans Monday to restart air travel on Tuesday July 20 after originally aiming to come back on Monday June 21. Presid...
May 17, 2021
Malcolm Bricklin On EV Sports Cars, Elon Musk And Henry Kissinger
On a special edition of the podcast, David Campbell chats with Malcolm Bricklin, the entrepreneur behind the Bricklin SV-1 that was manufactured in New Brunswick in the 1970s. David and Malcolm talk a...
May 17, 2021
A Rare Interview With Atlantic Canada Business Legend John Bragg
In this episode of the Huddle "Insights" podcast, Don Mills and David Campbell have a look at the challenges of rural economic development and speak to one of the region's biggest proponents of rural ...
May 13, 2021
Stephen Lund On Improving Atlantic Canada's Economic Development Performance
The economy in Atlantic Canada has underperformed the rest of the country despite all the federal, provincial and municipal economic development efforts.Key economic metrics like GDP growth and job cr...
May 06, 2021
Jennifer Watts On Nova Scotia's One-Stop For Immigrant Settlement
On the Insights podcast for the past couple of weeks, Don Mills and David Campbell have been talking about the importance of growing the population of Atlantic Canada. In this episode, Don chats with ...
Apr 29, 2021
Jim Irving On Why We Need Immigration To Grow The Economy
J.D. Irving, Ltd. is among the largest employers across Atlantic Canada and in recent years has been struggling to recruit staff particularly into specific occupations such as truckers and forestry wo...
Apr 22, 2021
