By Andrew Macdonald Fishtocrat John Risley says Halifax business titan Don Mills’ ambitious and controversial plan to rescue Nova Scotia’s ailing rural economy is flawed. In my May 5 edition of The Macdonald Notebook this year,...
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By Andrew Macdonald Burnside cross-border business and tax lawyer Derek Brett, who also does a sliver of complex criminal law, and civil litigation, moved with his wife Lisa to Bedford from a life in Orlando with his now...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Karen Oldfield’s salary as CEO of the Port of Halifax naturally is less than the CEO salary at the port of Montreal, the second largest container terminal in Canada, behind top performer Vancouver. Halifax is...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald It’s true: The Christian Science Church in south end Halifax is considering a sale of its prime piece of real estate. The church is located on the corner of South Park and Inglis streets, adjacent St. Mary’s...
Read MoreBy Brendan Ahern Over 61 businesses applied and 11 were chosen for the 34th annual Nova Scotia Export Achievement Awards presented Tuesday at Pier 21. “The Nova Scotia Export Achievement Awards are a high point in our annual...
Read MoreBy Jordan Parker A little log cabin sits on Agricola Street, tucked between two nonchalant Halifax structures. Fishing Fever is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it little slice of anglers’ paradise, stocked to the brim with...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Anthony Bourdain chowed down on a fabled Halifax donair made by King of Donair in 2014 at a pop-up tent at David Fountain’s garage at his boyhood home in Wolfville as a guest of Devoir Foods Film Festival....
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald The Sam Nahas-owned King of Donair has a franchised KoD outlet in Edmonton that’s been in business for three weeks, and another site is set to open within a month in Grande Prairie, Alta. Sam is semi-retired...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Last weekend, The Macdonald Notebook carried a listing of Top 10 places to see this summer across Nova Scotia, and it got me thinking of the Nova Scotia license plate and its history. So I asked chief...
Read MoreBy Jordan Parker When my cab driver stops at my destination, I look up and realize he’s parked right at the bay doors of Station Six, the fire detachment in Spryfield. To the right of the grandiose service building is...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald As summer begins, a key discussion around the cottage can be the transfer of the favourite property oasis to the next generation, and it’s a pivotal talk cottage owners need to have, says lawyer Catherine...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named Halifax businessman Colin Deacon as an independent member of the Canadian Senate. “Mr. Deacon has led a distinguished career as an entrepreneur and business leader. His...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald A recent poll by Don Mills’ leading Halifax and Atlantic polling company, Corporate Research Associates, shows satisfaction and support for the Trudeau Liberals continue a downward trend across Atlantic...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald The Don Mills poll via his firm, Corporate Research & Associates, and reported in the above news article, was conducted before the G7 twitter explosion by US president Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau’s...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin is now carrying the mental health file that was the hallmark of former Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative leader Jamie Baillie. While definitely not a sexy vote-getter issue, for...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald This political blockbuster arrived on deadline at The Macdonald Notebook. Former Central Nova MP and Mulroney cabinet minister Elmer MacKay has just joined Cecil Clarke’s leadership campaign team in the role...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Stephen Adams has been a Halifax Regional Municipality councillor for 27 years, winning eight municipal elections over that time. With that type of political track record, the other day I asked the...
Read MoreBy Andrew Macdonald Next weekend in The Macdonald Notebook, I will tell you about a very special waterfront property oasis where Mulroney insiders gather for the cottage season. It’s an idyllic Nova Scotia cottage enclave, where...
Read MoreAll-dressed fiddleheads By Heather Chase, blogger theculinarychase.com About The Blog The Culinary Chase was coined by my husband whilst in a coffee shop in Hong Kong back in 2006. We wanted something that would be a play on my...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Clinton Wilkins, a Halifax–Dartmouth mortgage broker recently wrote a book Confessions of A Halifax Mortgage Broker. This is an excerpt of his first chapter. By Clinton Wilkins Chapter: Like A...
Read MoreBy Jordi Morgan Small business has delivered a virtually unanimous verdict on the Atlantic Provinces working together more effectively and efficiently. Just do it. When asked in a recent survey, fully 96 per cent of business...
Read MoreBy Jordi Morgan Dr. Robert Summerby-Murray became Saint Mary’s University’s 34th President on July 1st, 2015. Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, Robert came to Canada in the 1980s, receiving his PhD in Geography from...
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