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SHELBURNE, N.S. –   Hundreds of passengers from the cruise ship Marina made Shelburne a port of call on May 2, disembarking the massive 238.9m (784’) Oceania Cruises liner moored in the harbour to spend the day in town, taking ...

AMHERST – An Amherst-based insurance company has been named the top brokerage in Canada by Insurance Business Canada magazine. This is the fourth year the magazine has shone the spotlight on brokerages that have achieved impressive growth ...

Consumers are going to be hit with hundreds of dollars of extra costs in the first year alone when Canada’s federally mandated carbon pricing schemes come into effect, says an economic think-tank. “It will be about $250 in the first ...

YARMOUTH, N.S. – Yarmouth area-based online retailer Saltwreck has gone national with maps evoking iconic East Coast and Canadian landmarks in the wake of its first big business deal. But it is still very much a local company. On its ...

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL - Take Horton Ridge malt, hops from Berwick, a beer recipe collaboration, and what do you get? A brew day at Annapolis Brewing Company and fingers crossed for a great new pale ale that should be ready to sample in a week or so -- ...

HALIFAX – Cumberland County is playing a valuable part in Nova Scotia Power’s commitment to renewable energy. The power corporation announced Tuesday that it is continuing to produce real results on the road to a low-carbon, clean ...

An Italian-inspired villa surrounded by grape vines, you’d swear you were in Tuscany. But then you see the Ski Martock slopes in the distance ...

Two years after moving to Prince Edward Island, software programmer Abraham Roy lost his job in a corporate restructuring and suddenly had to scramble to find work. He and his wife have two children and had then just bought a house. There were ...

Even with low interest rates on financing, not all renovations are good deals for homeowners looking to up the market value of their houses ahead of a sale. Digging to put a swimming pool in the backyard, installing a heat pump, upping the ...

After the remains of the roast beef supper were cleared from the folding tables at the community hall in Truemanville last fall, the Cumberland County Federation of Agriculture passed a motion that had been three hard years in the making. No news ...