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A proposal from Five Corners Properties offers 3,000 new residential units in the Bible Hill area. Image Five Corners Properties

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 ...

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Ottawa’s $60-million infusion to young entrepreneur program will help 6,250 businesses, Fraser says

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Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing Infrastructure and Communities looks on s David Eisnor Atlantic Lead of Futurpreneur takes questions folloing a news conference concerning a fundin g announcement for youth entrepreneurship at the Mellow Mug in Bedford Monday April 22, 2024.

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New Upper Canadian owners for two central Nova Scotia golf courses

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Golfers chipping onto the green at the Mountain Golf and Country Club April 20. Richard MacKenzie

Workplace deaths trended down in Nova Scotia in 2023

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Local job fair coming to the Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro, N.S.

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UK pay settlements edge lower in first quarter, industry survey shows

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Musk's X Corp appeals dismissal of lawsuit against anti-hate group

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(Reuters) - Elon Musk's X appealed the dismissal of its lawsuit against the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate, which faulted him for letting hate speech spread on the social media platform once known as Twitter. X filed a notice of ...

Australia's Lynas Rare Earths' Q3 sales revenue falls 58%

Reuters |Updated 3 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Australia's Lynas Rare Earths posted a 58.3% drop in its third-quarter sales revenue on Wednesday, hurt by subdued prices for rare earths and increased output in China, a dominant producer, further weighing on demand. The world's ...

A view of Cobre Panama mine of Canadian First Quantum Minerals, one of the world's largest open-pit copper mines, during a media tour, in Donoso, Panama, January 11, 2024.

First Quantum Minerals cuts debt by over $1 billion in first quarter

Reuters |Updated 52 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals said on Tuesday that it has cut its debt by $1.14 billion in the first quarter. The company in February had announced a series of capital restructuring measures that would strengthen its balance ...

US is reviewing risks of China's use of RISC-V chip technology

Stephen Nellis |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce is reviewing the national security implications of China's work in open-source RISC-V chip technology, according to a letter sent to U.S. lawmakers. RISC-V, pronounced "risk five," ...

Trans Mountain expects first ship to load from expanded pipeline in second half of May

Nia Williams |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Nia Williams (Reuters) - The first ship carrying crude from the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline is expected to load at the Port of Vancouver in the second half of May, the company building the project said on Tuesday. The expanded pipeline ...

The offices where the London Metal Exchange is headquartered are seen in the City of London, Britain, January 18, 2018

LME moves to stop gaming of Russian aluminium sanctions-based rule

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - The London Metal Exchange (LME) moved on Tuesday to stop traders from taking Russian aluminium from its approved warehouses and returning it at a later date to profit from rule changes to comply with new sanctions. The U.S. and ...

Newfoundland-based SubC Imaging is developing a new multi-channel inspection system that includes up to six cameras providing complete situational awareness for an ROV. - SubC Imaging

Clarenville's SubC Imaging gets nearly $500K in N.L. government funding for new ROV project

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

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, ...

A general view of the city skyline of Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, October 30, 2021.

Risk asset resilience, Indonesia's rate call

Jamie McGeever |Updated 2 minutes ago |3 min read

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Investors continue to breathe life back into risky assets, paving the way for a positive market open in Asia on Wednesday as attention in the region turns to the latest ...

With provincial plans to ultimately phase out institutional settings for people with disabilities, such as Sydney River’s Breton Ability Centre, there will be a greater need for accessory dwelling units for supportive housing. IAN NATHANSON/CAPE BRETON POST FILE

CBRM seeks land-use bylaw change for supportive housing units

Ian Nathanson |Updated 1 hour ago |5 min read

SYDNEY, N.S. — 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 ...

A Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner taxis past the Final Assembly Building at Boeing South Carolina in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States, March 31, 2017.

FAA probes union claims Boeing retaliated against two engineers in 2022

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it is investigating claims by a union that Boeing retaliated against two employees who in 2022 insisted the planemaker re-evaluate prior engineering work on 777 and 787 jets.