By Andrew Macdonald Dave Morgan is diversifying his Port Hastings, Cape Breton Celtic Air Services with a new business line called AxAir Aviation, a new air charter service in Eastern Canada, based at the Allan J. MacEachen Regional Airport, which he runs in a...
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Dave Morgan Launches AxAir Aviation In Cape Breton – Aims For Air Charter Biz
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Don Cameron: On Why He Removed Tolls On Canso Causeway In 1991
By Andrew Macdonald Over recent years, I had many phone chats with Don Cameron. who served as Progressive Conservative premier of Nova Scotia from 1991 to 1993. During the chats, he would often discuss his government’s policies, and in the last year and half, those...
Don Cameron: A Friend Of Highway Twinning Considered An ‘Atlantic Expressway’ To Cape Breton
By Andrew Macdonald Long before former Nova Scotia Liberal leadership contender, Labi Kousoulis talked about a twinned highway from Yarmouth to Industrial Cape Breton, the idea was broached by former Progressive Conservative premier Don Cameron. Time was not on his...
Memory Lane 1991: Cameron Cuts Canso Causeway Tolls And ‘Canada Joins Cape Breton’
By Andrew Macdonald The Progressive Conservative government of Don Cameron removed tolls from the Canso Causeway on Dec. 13, 1991, shortly after its election. Quickly following the announcement in Halifax, crews removed the toll booths, which had been positioned at...
Road Building: ‘The Man In Motion’, Lloyd Hines, Maintains Highways Portfolio & Gives Up Infrastructure Files
By Andrew Macdonald Topic: Road Building: Lloyd Hines Still On The Job Overseeing Multi-Billion Dollar Road Budget as Highways minister When Iain Rankin became the new Nova Scotia Liberal Premier, I was hoping that he would keep Lloyd Hines in the Highways department,...
Halifax Port: Robust Cargo Movement Recorded At Port City Halifax
By Andrew Macdonald Halifax Port: Robust cargo movement strong The Port of Halifax reported some news that shows optimism during a deadly pandemic - and we can all use some good news. Reporting its first quarter containerized cargo movements for the period from Jan...
An Unusual Sailboat That Fits Into An SUV Trunk
By Andrew Macdonald With the boating season soon upon us - and during a recent visit to the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron a few weeks ago, I spotted both powerboats and sailboats already in the waters of the Northwest Arm. I even spotted a Rossborough powerboat -...
Exclusive: Halifax-Chester’s Scott Carroll & Chris Power Nab Another Exclusive Powerboat Brand
By Andrew Macdonald Over the recent weeks, we told you about a new Halifax-Chester boat brokerage entity formed by veteran boating enthusiasts Scott Carroll and Chris Power. Their fledgling firm, Atlantic Yacht Sales, has a new, sophisticated website www.atlyachts.com...
Halifax Port: Finance VP Paul MacIsaac Proud Of Port’s 2020 Performance – Port Stayed Open During Pandemic
By Andrew Macdonald In 1992, Queen Elizabeth II termed the year “horribilis annum” - but that is not the case with the financial performance of the Port of Halifax. In our Notebook Journalism Deep Dive, we go all out on the Halifax port - and its just-released...
Exclusive: Halifax Port: Bonuses Paid In 2020 – Figure Down From 2019
By Andrew Macdonald Tom Hayes, the chair of the Port of Halifax, says there were bonuses in 2020 to port authority staffers. “Executive compensation for the Halifax Port Authority is determined in accordance with contract provisions and includes a combination of base...
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