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St. John's Pilates studio helping those with Parkinson's: Classes offered free to those with the disease to help keep people moving
Pilates studios are experiencing a new wave of popularity thanks to social media platforms like TikTok. Sarah Joy Stoker has noticed the increased interest at Pony Pilates, her St. John's-based studio on Water Street. "I've had people come in over ...
Time to double the quota? Owner of only N.L. fish plant to process exclusively northern cod thinks stocks are ready and is working to regain its position in global marketplace
For more than three decades, the commercial northern cod fishery has been a closed book, but Alberto Wareham believes it’s time to write a new – and happier – chapter. Wareham is president and chief executive officer of Icewater Seafoods, a fish ...
Clarenville's SubC Imaging gets nearly $500K in N.L. government funding for new ROV project
Clarenville-based SubC Imaging is set to make more waves in the ocean tech sector with $467,500 in provincial funding. The firm is contributing matching funds for a project to develop a new underwater multi-channel inspection system for ROVs, ...
CBRM seeks land-use bylaw change for supportive housing units
A municipal bylaw change may be in the works that would allow secondary housing units on a single-family residential lot to apply to properties deemed as supportive housing. Currently, the Cape Breton Regional Municipality’s land-use bylaw allows ...
Ottawa’s $60-million infusion to young entrepreneur program will help 6,250 businesses, Fraser says
Nova Scotia MP Sean Fraser was in a Bedford coffee shop on Monday to tout the federal government’s $60-million spring budget allocation to help young entrepreneurs. The minister of housing, infrastructure, and communities talked about the boost for ...
Five Corners Properties talk 3,000 unit housing project in Bible Hill
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 ...
New Upper Canadian owners for two central Nova Scotia golf courses
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 ...
Local job fair coming to the Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro, N.S.
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 ...
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 ...
St. John's-based business Hempware celebrating nearly three decades in business
When Nycki Delisle and her partner, Stephane, opened Hempware nearly three decades ago, it was intended to be a short-term venture. “When the Cabot 500 celebrations were happening, I was finishing my education, and that fall me and my partner were ...