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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 ...
ROGER TAYLOR: Emera CEO says coal generation could end 10 years earlier than planned
If the ambitious Atlantic Loop energy project takes off as expected, it could mean the retirement of Nova Scotia’s coal-powered generating plants about 10 years earlier than scheduled. In a conference call with industry analysts Friday, ...
ROGER TAYLOR: Plans for container shuttle along Halifax rail cut nearly complete
The long-proposed movement of shipping containers along the railway cut that connects the two cargo terminals at either end of the Halifax peninsula has become more than the pipedream some believed it was. Capt. Allan Gray, CEO of the Halifax Port ...
ROGER TAYLOR: Atlantic Canada think-tank recommends using COVID-19 crisis to upgrade and diversify
The worst effects of COVID-19 on the Atlantic region’s economy may already be behind us, according to an Atlantic Provinces Economic Council report, but that doesn’t mean we’re on the verge of full recovery. Atlantic exports were ...
ROGER TAYLOR: CPP executive says sticking with oil and gas companies will help wind, solar development
Climate change is important to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, but it’s not ready to divest of its holdings in conventional oil and gas. Although a segment of the Canadian population may want the CPPIB to drop conventional energy, ...
ROGER TAYLOR: Loblaw introduces new health app in Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canadians are the first people in the country with access to Loblaw Cos. Ltd.’s new app, which aims to change how people access health care. The company announced the launch of the free PC Health app on Thursday for the Atlantic ...
ROGER TAYLOR: Cherubini fills $100m bridge contract for Toronto Port Lands redevelopment
Cherubini Group of Dartmouth is building bridges with the City of Toronto in mind. The Nova Scotia metal fabricator has the contract to build four steel bridges, costing a total of $100 million, for Toronto’s $1.25-billion Port Lands Flood ...
