Bill Spurr
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(Almost) no better place to work than Admiral Insurance
A progressive program of perks was one of the reasons Admiral Insurance of Halifax has been named the fifth-best place to work in Canada. The company received that honour Tuesday from the Great Place to Work Institute, a global research and → Read More
Benjamin Bridge ages bottles beneath surface of Northumberland Strait
Alex Morozov was on a frozen riverbank overlooking the Northumberland Strait, envisioning unemployment. Morozov, the assistant winemaker at Benjamin Bridge, was the point man for the winery’s project in which hundreds of bottles of expensive → Read More
Even the world' largest container ship can't block Halifax harbour
If Halifax becomes the world’s centre of attention any time soon, it won’t be because a massive container ship goes astray and blocks all traffic into the harbour. The Suez Canal reopened Monday after being blocked for six days → Read More
400 Halifax brides say I Do want a virtual wedding showcase
Now expecting her first baby, she has bigger things on her mind, but a year ago Lauren Bresowar was trying to rescue her wedding. Like every other 2020 bride, she’d had her long-made plans thrown into chaos by COVID. “Our original → Read More
QEII lottery home designer builds success through comprehensive control
Emily Rendell is raising three teenage boys and 11 custom houses, and “it’s flat out.” As both the general contractor and the designer for the two grand prizes in the upcoming QEII Home Lottery, Rendell’s work is → Read More
March 7 COVID-19 update: Two new cases in Nova Scotia
Two new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Nova Scotia on Sunday. Both cases are in the central health zone, with one related to travel outside Atlantic Canada. That person is self-isolating, as required. The provincial Health Department said → Read More
Dartmouth confirms love of beer, ice cream
Alderney Landing seeks proposals for waterfront operations → Read More
PEI superfood company to expand to Nova Scotia, create jobs
Tom Margeson remembers the date like it’s his birthday. He’d been brought on board by well-known window manufacturer Peter Kohler to “fix” Kohler’s latest venture, Healthy Berries, based in P.E.I. The two had been → Read More
JAN. 31 UPDATE: No new COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia \
No new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Nova Scotia on Sunday, leaving the province with 10 active cases. Three new cases were reported Saturday. One of the new cases was in the western zone, while the other two were in the central zone, the → Read More
Dartmouth's Cultured Coconut makes probiotic drink with global appeal
Linda Peers ships her coconut milk probiotic from her Dartmouth Crossing factory to the U.S., U.K., Germany, Ireland, Israel and China. And next month, it’ll be in Sobeys. Peers started experimenting with making organic coconut milk → Read More
After 55 years in the business, Halifax tailor Nick Dimitropoulos is still a cut above
Nick Dimitropoulos was 16 years old and didn’t speak a word of English when he landed at the airport in Halifax in November of 1965. He’d flown from Athens to London to Halifax, and had two brothers and a sister-in-law living here. → Read More
Halifax tech company patents 'dirty network' Wi-Fi protection device
Halifax tech company Byos has been awarded the Canadian patent covering its Device and Method for Securing a Network Connection. The Byos technology is also patent-pending in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, the company announced in a release. Its → Read More
Halifax's NovaScotian Crystal to close at end of February
Only a few weeks after getting a shout-out from a Saturday Night Live cast member, NovaScotian Crystal is announcing its doors will close permanently at the end of February. “Due to COVID-19 this past year has been challenging for many → Read More
Dartmouth's Fairley and Stevens Ford dealership sold
John Smith traded in his Mazda CX-9 for a Ford Expedition on Wednesday. Gotta support the team. On the heels of selling Mazda dealerships in New Glasgow and Moncton, Smith this week took possession of the Fairley and Stevens Ford → Read More
Farah bullish on his new Spanish restaurant in Halifax
As an eye-catcher to capture the attention of passersby, it’s hard to beat a life-sized steel bull in front of your restaurant. Khalil Farah spent $13,000 to have the thousand-pound bull built in China. It’s modelled on one → Read More
Thousands without power, mostly in Cape Breton
Luckily it was post-holidays, but the province’s first real blast of winter has left thousands of people in Nova Scotia without electricity. At mid-morning there were 243 outages, with just over 16,000 people without power. The bulk of → Read More
Christmas Eve car thief rams police cruiser
A man arrested Christmas Eve after a police car was rammed in an underground parking garage will be in court on Tuesday. Police were called to the parkade at 3020 Monaghan Lane in Halifax at 7:00 p.m. to respond to a call of a man breaking into → Read More
Uber in Halifax is 'busy like hell'
When it opened for business in Halifax on Thursday, Uber asked people to, for now, only use the app for essential travel. One of Gurmeet Randhawa’s first customers definitely qualified, at least according to a comment left by the → Read More
Halifax bars and restaurants closing for at least two weeks by province
It’s going to be at least a slow start to the holiday season for restaurant and bar owners in Halifax. The province has closed bars and restaurants in all of HRM effective at the close of business Wednesday night. “And it’s at least for the next two weeks, and we’ll monitor the need to go beyond that as necessary,” Dr. Robert Strang, chief medical officer of health, said at a news conference… → Read More
Halifax restaurants forced to close or scale down by COVID concerns
Several Halifax restaurants are closing temporarily → Read More