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MEET THE MAKERS - In good company: Chantal Paupin’s business name honours the women in her pottery class
As a young adult, Chantal Paupin took pottery classes as a way to spend time with her mother. It soon, however, became much more than that. “Taking classes at Thrown Together Pottery and Art in Truro has brought me so much opportunity, learning and a ...
2024 Outlook: Busy tourism season expected in southwestern Nova Scotia
A strong 2023 season has tourism operators in southwestern Nova Scotia optimistic for 2024. Not only will the region be hosting the World Acadian Congress (Congrès mondial acadien, CMA 2024) in August, but the Digby Wharf Rat Rally is celebrating a ...
THE WRAP: $100 million in soda, streamlined shellfish, and only the poor change eating habits
Cove spilling into U.S. big box market “It wasn’t very long ago our goal was $10 million (in revenue),” John MacLellan, co-founder of Cove drinks, said during an interview on Tuesday. Now they're looking at a $100 million revenue forecast following a ...
New Compass rum enters the market smoothly
Compass Distiller’s first batch of its new Hell Isle rum went out the door so quickly that head distiller Miranda Parker had to take a break from bottling the second batch to talk about it. “This product is launching directly through the NSLC, which ...
MEET THE MAKERS - Focusing on crafts: Crocheting, sewing and sign making also part of creative process for photographer
Originally, Susanna Green’s plan was to start a photography business, but then things changed and she ended up focusing instead on crafting. At the time, Green was just doing photography and crafts as hobbies but eventually picked the craft angle to ...
Prices at the Pumps: An up and down week at the pumps
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HALIFAX RETALES: Danielle Latour tapping the Korean rice beverage market
Danielle Latour has opened a tap room for Mak 902 at the production site at 3600 Kempt Rd. in the north end of Halifax. Mak 902 specializes in Korean alcoholic rice beverages. Makgeolli is traditional Korean alcohol. It's a kind of sparkling rice ...
Cove Drinks of Halifax has begun shipping its no-sugar sodas to 575 Costco stores in the U.S., forecasts revenue of $100 million
Eight years after Ryan and John MacLellan founded their company at a kitchen table in Malignant Cove, Antigonish County, Cove Drinks is forecasting annual revenue of $100 million this year. And that could double the following year. “It wasn’t very ...
Over 50 employers and service providers taking part in job fair in New Glasgow, N.S.
Nova Scotia Works Career Connections in New Glasgow has been busily preparing for this year’s Pictou County Job Fair, scheduled for Wednesday, April 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pictou County Wellness Centre. The job fair aims to help connect ...
Kings, N.S., council allows amendments to controversial Canning development agreement
Amendments to a controversial development agreement that could see 442 residential units built in Canning have been approved. Kings County council gave second and final consideration to the amendments following a public hearing on April 2. Council ...