Professional event planners create events to remember (for the right reasons).

Tighter markets, higher rents are pushing businesses out of downtown.

A profile of Yves Gagnon, Atlantic Canada’s leading wind power exponent.

John Risley laments the scarcity of sound public policy.

Tim Banks says governments create unfair competition.

Dawn Chafe ponders Francis McGuire’s music preferences.

We embrace the words as the faithful do their relics: with devotion, hope and a flawed understanding of their meaning. Indeed, “The Leadership Principle” appears everywhere in the capitalist code of conduct, ready to bestow boons if only we believe in their mystical power to change our uncompetitive ways.
Those who we imagine have been touched[.....]

Fresh from the Sea
Europeans with a hankering for fresh Atlantic lobster now have an alternative to the expense of flying the crustacean across the ocean. It’s an option that will see the delicacy delivered fresh from the sea.
Halifax-based Aqualife North America is working with the Maersk shipping company to carry live lobsters from Halifax to[.....]

Attention Mr. Boss Man and Ms. Management Queen: step away from the grill. You may want to show your staff and colleagues how you’ve conquered coals and mastered meat, but current advice says you might be better off delegating this particular task to the pros.
“Companies used to have the managers cook for the big summer[.....]

STEPHEN LUND, President & CEO
Nova Scotia Business Inc. (Halifax)
One of seven children, Stephen Lund left the Maritimes after graduating from university to seek his fortune. He made his name in the financial sector, first in commercial banking, and later as vice president of Canada’s largest national venture capital firm. Now, as president and CEO of Nova[.....]