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Union to launch boycott of Java Blend coffee shops in Halifax

Workers laid off by Java Blend Coffee Roasters in Halifax while attempting to form a union will launch a boycott of the business on Sunday. Tina Oh, an organizer with the Service Employees International Union, which represents the workers, said ...

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Construction boom hits Moncton in first quarter of 2024

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Moncton issued 183 permits for construction worth $56.5 million in the first quarter of 2024. (Via facebook.com/cityofmoncton.villedemoncton)

CBRM throws its support behind new proposed solar gardens projects

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Two solar gardens are being proposed for a pair of Cape Breton locations: one in the Sydney area, a second in the Loch Lomond area. REUTERS FILE

Roll Up to Win confusion: Cape Bretoners disappointed after Tim Hortons email mistake

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CBRM seeks land-use bylaw change for supportive housing units

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Ottawa’s $60-million infusion to young entrepreneur program will help 6,250 businesses, Fraser says

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A proposal from Five Corners Properties offers 3,000 new residential units in the Bible Hill area. Image Five Corners Properties

Five Corners Properties talk 3,000 unit housing project in Bible Hill

Brendyn Creamer |Updated a day ago |5 min read

Entrepreneur Evan Price hopes to build a Bible Hill community hub. Announced on April 1, Price's company, Five Corners Properties, applied to develop a 69-hectare plot between Brookside and Pictou Roads in Bible Hill. It was approved by Colchester ...

Golfers chipping onto the green at the Mountain Golf and Country Club April 20. Richard MacKenzie

New Upper Canadian owners for two central Nova Scotia golf courses

Bill Spurr · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |3 min read

The golf season now starting is the first full year under new ownership at Mountain Golf and Country Club in East Mountain, Colchester County and the Glen Lovat Golf Club in New Glasgow. The Crown Group of Hotels, based in Mississauga, Ont., took ...

Duane, left, and Dave MacDonald, co-owners of Callbecks Home Hardware and now Leon’s Summerside, celebrated the latter’s official opening on April 17. Their company purchased the Leon’s franchise for P.E.I. from D.P. Murphy earlier this year and subsequently relocated it from Charlottetown to Summerside. Colin MacLean

Leon's furniture store completes relocation from Charlottetown to Summerside

Colin MacLean · Journalist |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |5 min read

The cutting of a bright yellow ribbon has marked a homecoming for a long-time Summerside business. Dave MacDonald held the scissors; he is co-owner, along with his brother Duane, of Callbecks Home Hardware and its associated family of businesses. On ...

The Colchester Job Fair, hosted by Futureworx, is coming to town on Wednesday, May 1 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rath Eastlink Community Centre

Local job fair coming to the Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro, N.S.

SaltWire Network |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |2 min read

The Colchester Job Fair is coming to town on Wednesday, May 1 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rath Eastlink Community Centre. Job seekers will have a chance to meet with over 25 employers that are actively hiring, with on-the-spot interviews, and a ...

Chantal Paupin operates In Good Company Pottery in Londonderry, N.S., Paupin initially took pottery classes as a way to spend time with her mother but it has since grown from a hobby into a business. Steve Currie • Code 1 Coverage

MEET THE MAKERS - In good company: Chantal Paupin’s business name honours the women in her pottery class

Laura Churchill Duke · Freelance |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |4 min read

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 ...

Magog Cantonniers hockey players and staff get lunch, courtesy of the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre, before their first day of Telus Cup gameplay at the Membertou Sports and Wellness Centre. The Membertou Trade and Convention Centre is providing lunch and dinner for all six teams throughout the tournament. Mitchell Ferguson/Cape Breton Post

Telus Cup crowds have Membertou businesses prepared for busy week in Cape Breton

Mitchell Ferguson · Local Journalism Initiative Reporter |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |6 min read

MEMBERTOU, N.S. — The return of the Telus Cup national under-18 men's hockey championship to Nova Scotia and the tournament's first time coming to Cape Breton marks a significant step up for Membertou-hosted sports events but also in local economic ...

National Acadian Day celebrations in Pubnico. This year the Acadian culture will take on a huge presence with the World Acadian Congress happening in southwestern Nova Scotia in August. CHRISTIAN WEBBER/TOURISM NOVA SCOTIA

2024 Outlook: Busy tourism season expected in southwestern Nova Scotia

Kathy Johnson |Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |10 min read

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 ...

An employee gets bags of bottles and cans out of customer's car to recycle at A&S Bottle Exchange, Charlottetown. Pratik Bhattarai • The Guardian

N.B. bottle exchanges close in face of stricter requirements

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter John Chilibeck The Daily Gleaner |Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |7 min read

Two New Brunswick bottle exchanges have permanently shut their doors and several others in the province are in danger of folding as they struggle to meet the stricter requirements of a new system. Caissie's Recycling, which operated in Rogersville ...

Aidan Angus, a flight medical technician with the Canadian Army Reserves, demonstrates on a dummy how to open up one's throat for breathing in an emergency situation. Although he joined the forces with no more than a first aid certification, he now has the qualifications to address a variety of medical situations.

IN PHOTOS: Canadian Army Reserves open doors in Cape Breton for job fair

Luke Dyment · Multimedia journalist |Updated Apr. 21, 2024 |8 min read

SYDNEY — As part of a nationwide recruiting campaign by the Canadian Army Reserve, the Cape Breton Highlanders infantry regiment welcomed potential recruits to a job fair in Sydney on Saturday. More than a dozen stations were set up at the regiment's ...

Michael Mondor and Rhonda Scott own Bistro Phare 756, which is set to open later this month at 7551 Main St. in Louisbourg. “This is our dream. We've always wanted to have our own place and we have a blank canvas to do whatever we want,” says Mondor, who describes the Bistro Phare 756 menu as “casual with a flare.” CHRIS CONNORS/CAPE BRETON POST

‘This is our dream’: New Louisbourg bistro blends global and local

Christopher Connors · Multimedia journalist |Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |7 min read

While Michael Mondor and Rhonda Scott have more than 50 years of combined experience in the restaurant business, the couple credits their dog with convincing them to finally open their own eatery. The owners of Bistro Phare 756 (bistrophare756.ca), ...