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Jan. 21, 2019—Photo of Saint Vincent’s Nursing Home to go with future stories on senior care facilities. The group that represents non-profit nursing homes, which has grown to include some privately owned residences, hopes Stephen McNeil’s government will move quickly to hire more people and implement other recommendations in last week’s report from the expert panel on long-term care.
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Shelburne pharmacist Colleen MacInnis delivers the COVID-19 vaccine to a patient at the prototype vaccination clinic in Shelburne. The three-day clinic for people 80 and over was held at the Shelburne Community Centre.

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Judy Brown of Southampton stands beside a large sign she erected in front of her home. She said it’s a way for her community to send their thoughts to the victims of the Portapique shooting and their families. Darrell Cole – Amherst News

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Debbie Dunham is excited to finally welcome patrons to Hole in the Wall, a new upscale dining establishment on Water Street in Windsor.

Hole in the Wall Italian restaurant opens in downtown Windsor

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Chorus Aviation announces aircraft leasing deal with Sky Alps
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Charlottetown restaurant owners launching passenger boat business
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Benjamin Bridge ages bottles beneath surface of Northumberland Strait
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Outdoor dining in Cape Breton expected to attract pandemic-fatigued clientele
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The biotech craze: Cape Breton is attracting more companies with cutting-edge technology
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ROGER TAYLOR: Halifax Partnership helps small business develop online presence
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The Portside Sydney eatery sits on the waterfront overlooking the boardwalk. The seasonal restaurant has proved very popular over its first three summers of operation and has inspired the in-the-works establishment of a Port Hawkesbury location. Jeremy Fraser/Cape Breton Post

Recipe for success: Portside Sydney inspires similar business in Port Hawkesbury

Updated Apr 08, 2021 at 4:10 p.m.

A new "Transitioning Toward Growth" initiative by by the P.E.I. Business Women's Association will target unemployed or underemployed women directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to help them acquire skills for career advancement or entrepreneurship opportunities.

New P.E.I. program helps women hone entrepreneurship skills

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Jason Hopper poses for a photo in his Halifax home on Wednesday. Hopper's company Hyperion Gray was recently acquired by QOMPLX, a U.S.-based company. Hopper took the position of Director of Internet Research with QOMPLX.

Acquisition at home: Halifax man's 'workplace' changes dramatically while he works from same server-filled home basement

Updated Apr 07, 2021 at 7:36 p.m.

Murray and Nadia Sallis operate the Anchor Motel and Suites in Bedeque, P.E.I.

THE PIVOT: P.E.I.'s Anchor Motel changes tack

James Risdon
Updated Apr 07, 2021 at 4:10 p.m.

The owner of the Anchor Motel and Suites, just outside Summerside, improved his bottom line during the tourism season-crushing pandemic last year by renting out rooms on a weekly and monthly basis. “Prior to COVID-19, we rented essentially ...

Donald Richard, left, and Jake Charron recently won the top $25,000 prize for their new business Spacecamp Productions at this year's Francophone Ignition Contest in Abram-Village.

P.E.I.'s SpaceCamp Productions wins $25,000 pitch competition

Terrence McEachern
Updated Apr 07, 2021 at 10:10 a.m.

If you can't book time and go to a recording and production studio in person, then Donald Richard and Jake Charron's new business can bring the studio to you. "We can just set up in anybody's house or in any space that we would ...

Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin chats with members of the Cape Breton Regional Chamber of Commerce during a Zoom call on Tuesday morning. Following some brief opening remarks, Rankin fielded questions from the chamber members. DAVID JALA/CAPE BRETON POST

Premier says province committed to economic recovery in Cape Breton

David Jala
Updated Apr 06, 2021 at 9:30 p.m.

Premier Iain Rankin says his government will not forget about Cape Breton as the province works toward strengthening Nova Scotia's COVID-19-battered economy. And, in a virtual roundtable discussion with members of the Cape Breton Regional ...

The Lucky Bean Cafe in Montague and Stratford won two Eastern P.E.I. Chamber of Commerce awards recently for new business and community impact. Shown, from left, are Matt Clendinning holding seven-month-old Violet (Baby Bean), along with Griffin and Tiffany, who are holding the two awards.

Lucky Bean cafés in Montague, Stratford win new business, community impact awards

Terrence McEachern
Updated Apr 06, 2021 at 9:30 a.m.

Matt Clendinning is usually a strong and polished public speaker. But when The Lucky Bean Cafe owner's name was called to accept an Eastern P.E.I. Chamber of Commerce award, Clendinning was caught off guard, shocked and felt a bit like a ...

Great Canadian Gaming Corp. runs the Casino Nova Scotia locations in Sydney, pictured, and Halifax. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST

ROGER TAYLOR: U.S. fund's acquisition of Great Canadian Gaming clears another hurdle

Roger Taylor
Updated Apr 05, 2021 at 8 p.m.

A U.S. fund's acquisition of Great Canadian Gaming Corp., operator of the two casinos in Nova Scotia, took another step closer to completion Monday after the proposed $45-per-share deal received approval under the Investment Canada ...

Jennifer Kwan makes a breakfast sandwich at her Goodfare Halifax cafe and takeout restaurant on Monday. Goodfare opened in December on Walter Havill Drive in the Armdale neighbourhood.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

ARTHUR GAUDREAU: Finding Goodfare Halifax worth the effort

Arthur Gaudreau
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Updated Apr 06, 2021 at 8:32 a.m.

Hidden at 56 Walter Havill Dr. is Goodfare Halifax, a cafe and pantry. And I mean hidden. You enter the Stoneridge Centre between two residential buildings and then take the hallway on the left to the end, where you find a delightful bright ...

Nyanza, Cape Breton-based Big Spruce Brewery is releasing its own take on a stout recipe that is part of a campaign to raise awareness of racial injustices.

Cape Breton's Big Spruce fights racial injustice with new brew

SaltWire Network staff
Updated Apr 05, 2021 at 4 p.m.

NYANZA — A Cape Breton brewery is releasing a new brew to call out racial injustice. Big Spruce Brewery announced the release of its own version of Black is Beautiful, the flagship beer of an international brewing project. The ...

Two Cape Breton seafood processors will receive a total of $536,753 from the federal seafood stabilization fund. STOCK IMAGE

Cape Breton seafood processors receive federal seafood stabilization funds

Jessica Smith
Updated Apr 05, 2021 at 4 p.m.

SYDNEY — Two fish and seafood processors in Cape Breton are receiving over $536,000 as part of the federal government’s Canadian Seafood Stabilization Fund. Lobsters ‘R’ Us Seafood in Lower L’Ardoise is receiving ...

Fabric & Flour owner Kelly Dolan with one of the doll dresses, and several other unique items, that she is now offering. KIRK STARRATT

Meet a ‘mompreneur’: Creativity, family the inspiration behind Dolan’s Fabric & Flour

Kirk Starratt
Updated Apr 01, 2021 at 7:28 p.m.

A Kings County “mompreneur” is putting skills that she learned by making things out of fabric and flour for her family to work. ...

Citizens need access to a reliable vaccine and the confidence to have it widely administered. This has become obscured by federal failures as a consequence our developed country is languishing behind ones we recently scorned, says Blake Doyle

BLAKE DOYLE: The cadence of recovery

Blake Doyle
Updated Apr 03, 2021 at 7:24 p.m.

For the last 13 months our economic metronome has swayed at a sedentary pace. That, now, must change. It is time for our elected leaders to lead, pull back the comfort of the emergency measure blanket and demonstrate courage required to reset the ...