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Roll Up to Win confusion: Cape Bretoners disappointed after Tim Hortons email mistake
Paula Cleveland cried when she read the prize recap email from Tim Hortons. The email came before lunch on April 17, the day the Roll Up to Win contest closed, which listed the prizes she won for 2024. The 2024 Tracker Targa 18 WT Boat and Trailer ...
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 ...
Leon's furniture store completes relocation from Charlottetown to Summerside
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 ...
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 ...
Telus Cup crowds have Membertou businesses prepared for busy week in Cape Breton
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 ...
N.B. bottle exchanges close in face of stricter requirements
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 ...
'Orthodontics has come full circle': New Galway clinic using digital approach to help predict outcomes, reduce treatment time
St. John's resident Dennis Budden, 43, got his braces off 20 years ago. But in February 2023, he started to notice a gap between his teeth. Budden believed the gap came from not wearing a retainer, so he decided to go to his dentist, who suggested ...