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ROGER TAYLOR: Dartmouth-based artificial intelligence company on a hiring spree
There’s a small company in Dartmouth’s Woodside Industry Park, which could soon become the global leader in an estimated $4 billion-a-year marine risk management business. Global Spatial Technology Solutions Inc., operating out of ...
ROGER TAYLOR: Despite early approval of COVID-19 vaccines, N.S. companies still see need for coronavirus research
Just because some pharmaceutical companies have released their COVID-19 vaccine, it doesn’t mean research into the creation of a better immune response in vaccine recipients has ended. For instance, the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines must be ...
The basics of federal pandemic programs for business
There are three federal programs offered to businesses because of the pandemic: the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, the Canada Emergency Business Account and the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy. LOANS The Canada Emergency Business Account is a ...
TOOL KIT 2021: Pandemic's lesson for business owners is embrace the change
No one teaches Pandemic 101 in business school, so surviving the fallout from COVID-19 is a big learning experience for most business owners and leaders. The entire economy has been affected. Some businesses thrived, others struggled and others ...
ROGER TAYLOR: RBC says Canadian economy will function differently post COVID-19
A report released by the Royal Bank of Canada on Wednesday suggests that not all industry sectors will come out of the COVID-19 pandemic equally and, according to RBC senior vice president John Stackhouse, the same could be said about the ...
ROGER TAYLOR: Steele Auto Group acquires a couple of dealerships in Texas
Nova Scotia businessman Rob Steele has a real attraction to Texas. He says it starting with a love of music and attending the annual South by Southwest event in Austin. SXSW is described as film, interactive media, and music festivals and ...
ROGER TAYLOR: MedMira ups COVID-19 test production to meet increased demand
MedMira Inc. increased its workforce from 12 to 50 in May in order to raise the production level of its REVEALCOVID-19 total antibody test, currently being sold in the United States and Europe. The Halifax company, which operates out of a U.S. ...
Rob Steele makes $2-million donation to SMU's Sobey School of Business
Saint Mary’s University revealed Wednesday that Halifax businessman Rob Steele, CEO of Steele Auto Investments Ltd., has made a sizable donation to the university and its Sobey School of Business. Talks with SMU president Robert ...
ROGER TAYLOR: Box maker Maritime Paper bets on post-pandemic economy
Packaging company, Maritime Paper Products Limited Partnership in Dartmouth has purchased some new technology, which will “reduce its manual operations with increased automation.”Despite that, Sheldon Gouthro president and CEO of Maritime ...
ROGER TAYLOR: New plastic recycling technology aided by Michelin
In Nova Scotia, the LaFarge Brookfield cement plant burns nearly 400,000 scrap tires a year, which the cement company says will cut its carbon emissions by 40 per cent from 1990 levels by 2030. While LaFarge continues to burn tires with the ...
