By Andrew Macdonald Maritime business Bear River First Nation in southwestern Nova Scotia has confirmed it is now the majority owner of the legendary Digby Pines Golf Resort & Spa near the town of Digby. “The chief and council of Bear River First Nation are excited to...
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First Nation Acquires Majority Stake In Digby Resort

Exclusive: Chester’s Fo’c’sle Tavern Under Offer – Reports Realtor Tim Harris
Exclusive: The Fo‘c’sle Tavern Under Offer - Reports Realtor Tim Harris By Andrew Macdonald Listed a year ago on an exclusive offering by Tim Harris, in Chester, the realtor is now reporting a deal has been signed by an unknown party to buy The Fo'c'sle pub and...

Touring The Luxurious Roy Condos, A Vision From Louis Reznick
By Andrew Macdonald The luxurious Roy Condos are now 50 per cent occupied, and I took a tour of the Louis Reznick-built project on Barrington & Granville streets. Reznick was not able to give the tour, because he is holing up in Toronto where he is waiting out the...

Exclusive: Craig Snow Confirms Re/Max Nova Goes From Renting To Buying Its HQ
By Andrew Macdonald Re/Max Nova Goes From Renting To Buying HQ Craig Snow has confirmed that he did a deal to buy a company headquarters. Currently, at the corner of John Savage Drive and Mellor Drive in Burnside, he is moving the offices to a building former...

Real Estate: Craig Snow Says Re/Max Nova Records Busiest Year In Its 40-Year History
By Andrew Macdonald Real Estate: Craig Snow Says Re/Max Nova Records Busiest Year In Its 40-Year History Over these pages during the last year, The Notebook has touched base with numerous realtors and brokers - it’s no secret the listing and buying of houses during a...

Real Estate: Exclusive: Angie Bryant Explains Why She Is Couch Surfing At Iconic Sites Across NS
By Andrew Macdonald The name Bryant is synonymous with high-end real estate. So talking to realtor Angie Bryant for the above Bedford Bay Estates listing, of course, I had to ask her connection to Sandra Bryant - to my readers, Sandra has a household name, and is...

Recapping The Yarmouth Pasta Primavera Chronicles – We Can All Use Some Fun News In A Challenging Year
By Andrew Macdonald While the Holiday food fare for many of the readership consists of turkey - and lots of it - and don’t mention the leftovers, and others enjoy seafood or fish chowder, and more prefer a Boxing day ham, this is a story of the origins of an Italian...

Real Estate: Exclusive: Angie Bryant On The Job Of Listing Bedford Bay Estates On Toney Shore Drive
By Andrew Macdonald Real Estate: Angie Bryant On The Job Of Marketing Exclusive Bedford Bay Estates On Toney Shore Drive Angie Bryant, an agent with Bryant Realty is marketing an exclusive development on well-heeled Shore Drive in Bedford, on the waterfront. She has...

Maritime Business Column: Yarmouth Invented Pasta Primavera
Maritime Business: Yarmouth invented pasta primavera - A syndicated column Andrew Macdonald While the holiday food fare for many consists of turkey, and lots of it – and don’t mention the leftovers – others enjoy seafood or fish chowder, and more preferably a Boxing...

The Developer’s Lament: If Noah Had To Build An Ark Today
By Andrew Macdonald Our PBS-like 'beg-a-thon' to get holiday greeting cards from our fine men and women politicos resulted in a witty tale from a Notebook reader who wished to remain anonymous. It's not a Christmas card, but sort of on the subject, he wrote, in...