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MICHAEL WYSE, newly appointed chief executive officer of the Black Business Initiative, took a deep breath and paused for a moment Wednesday before outlining what the organization will be up to this year.
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The Nova Scotia government sent draft legislation for a controversial labour bill to cabinet before consulting with business and employer organizations, according to documents obtained by those groups under the Freedom of Information Act.
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The Halifax region is in the midst of one of its biggest booms in apartment building construction in 40 years.
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Delta Air Lines will resume service from Halifax Stanfield International Airport to three U.S. destinations beginning May 26.
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The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board has turned down an application by Halifax Regional Municipality to limit the scope of a developers appeal.
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A grassroots business venture is blossoming thanks to a heavy-hitting retail partner.
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The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency will continue to play a key role encouraging renewable energy research and development in the region despite recent funding cuts, says the minister responsible for the agency.
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Negotiations on a new collective agreement for Halifax Shipyard workers are continuing and are not in jeopardy of collapse, the union's lead negotiator said Wednesday.
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OTTAWA A second round of major cuts to the public sector is slicing off the hands that serve the public and the heads that serve the federal government.
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Reports that employees of a shuttered Point Tupper paper mill are mulling over a contract offer have buoyed the Strait-area business community.
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Every now and then, something so ridiculous happens on Wall Street that all one can really do is just sit back and laugh. OK, most days something ridiculous happens on Wall Street, but usually it is not such a laughing matter (for me, at least).
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HALLS HARBOUR A proposed large-scale wind farm on North Mountain in Kings County is raising concerns among residents just as council is reviewing its regulations governing such developments.
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Another Alberta project for Shear Wind Inc. is forging ahead.
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Six months after the Natural Resources Department promised to axe whole-tree harvesting there are still questions and concerns about what's being done to put plans into action.
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Nova Scotia Power needs $8.4 million in backup.
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Buying a newly constructed home will be easier for first-time homebuyers in Nova Scotia.
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Canada's most famous underwear maker has won a $1.259-million contract to supply fabric to the Correctional Service of Canada.
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Sixty-two civilians with the Department of National Defence in Nova Scotia found out Wednesday that their jobs are likely being cut as a result of last week's federal budget.
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OTTAWA There will be fewer staff and more ads for CBC as the public broadcaster seeks to cut millions in spending following last week's federal budget.
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OTTAWA The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency will eliminate 65 positions across the country, including 16 in Nova Scotia, The Chronicle Herald has learned.
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A Timberlea businessman is urging drivers to boycott two of the country's biggest oil companies in an attempt to bring down the price of gasoline.
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Nova Scotia-based Empire Theatres is adding an Imax screen to one of the busiest theatre corridors in the Toronto market.
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Redeeming $18 million worth of convertible debentures gives aggressive Halifax investment company Clarke Inc. elbow room to make more future investments, the company's vice-president says.
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The winds of change have blown through two Nova Scotia wind project developers.
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Cyclists lobbying for a bicycle corridor along Agricola Street say they're more than just commuters, they're consumers too.
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SAN FRANCISCO Yahoo said Wednesday it would lay off 2,000 employees, or about 14 per cent of its workforce, as part of a broader restructuring effort.
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They may be based in Canada but two Halifax-headquartered biotechnology companies have announced breakthroughs in the United States.
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MONTREAL Cellphone users are doing less talking and more texting, emailing and Internet surfing on their devices, habits that are being driven by the increased use of smartphones, says a report.
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A long-awaited wrongful dismissal suit against CIBC World Markets Inc. got underway Wednesday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court.
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While Ben Bernanke may say his mentor has always been Stanley Fischer, here at IceCap we are able to see through this charade. Mr. Bernanke's inspiration has always and will always be the 1978 cinema classic - Grease.
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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. Suncor Energy faces three federal charges relating to a reported spill of synthetic-based mud from an offshore drilling rig last year off Newfoundland.
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CanJet Airlines of Halifax has become the first Canadian customer for a Boeing landing gear exchange program.
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We're predicting the URB will increase the price of gasoline by 1 cent a litre on Friday. That would make the price in Halifax $1.439 a litre for self-service regular unleaded.
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There won't be a Herald Insider on Friday because of the holiday.
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Tuesday's provincial budget had few surprises for this fiscal year but had an eye to the future economic promise of the huge federal shipbuilding contract and a coming election.
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Finance Minister Graham Steele may have exuded optimism about the government's ability to get back to balance as he tabled Tuesday's provincial budget.
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The NDP government set the table for an early election by presenting a spring budget Tuesday that focuses on an HST cut that is two years away.
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OTTAWA Nova Scotia's embassy in the national capital is closing up shop.
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Nova Scotia's sputtering economy is hurting the coffers of provincial Crown corporations, according to budget documents unveiled Tuesday.
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Tuesday's provincial budget was met with generally positive reviews from the Nova Scotia business community.
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District health authorities have had to make cuts but Tuesday's budget shows they'll get as much money from the province as they did last year.
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The executive director of the Alliance of Nova Scotia Student Associations said he was pleasantly surprised with the announcement of new student aid in Tuesday's provincial budget.
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The provincial budget brings funding per student to an all-time high, but school board officials say it isn't enough to avoid impacts on the classroom.
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Successive Nova Scotia governments have relied upon it as a key revenue source, but now the royalties collected from the Sable energy project since 2001 are about to drop off a cliff.
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The provincial government and forestry stakeholders continue to discuss ways to prop up the struggling industry.
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Government-mandated renewable energy investments are driving Standard & Poor's revised credit rating outlook for Emera Inc. and its subsidiary Nova Scotia Power Inc., says Emera president and CEO Chris Huskilson.
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Shares in Merrex Gold Inc. dipped by 16 per cent after a coup in Mali forced the closure of the Halifax exploration companys Siribaya gold project.
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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. The Newfoundland and Labrador Public Utilities Board showed bias when it issued an inconclusive report on the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric megaproject, former premier Danny Williams charged Tuesday.
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WATERLOO, Ont. Shares in Research in Motion were down almost 10 per cent Tuesday amid news that BlackBerry maker is being sued by a Dutch chipmaker for alleged patent infringement involving some of its smartphones.
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Streamlining regulatory processes for energy projects won't compromise the environment, says federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver.
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Youth of the sixties did the Monster Mash and now it's time for preschoolers to do monster math.
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From smartphones to credit cards, the way we pay is an ever-evolving industry and a Nova Scotia parking meter manufacturer is happy to be at the forefront of the sector.
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A Nova Scotia man seriously injured in a Saskatchewan rig accident will see his case against companies that tested and repaired equipment that punctured his skull tried by a judge as it was too complex for a jury.
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