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Bill Stewart, director of forestry and logistics at Port Hawkesbury Paper Corporation, stands in the Point Tupper mill’s wood yard recently. (AARON BESWICK)
AARON BESWICK TRURO BUREAU
When pulp trucks rolled into the Point Tupper paper mill on May 13, it marked the latest result of hard bargaining by the mill’s new owner. The...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 8:18pm
Business
Acadia University is Irving Oil’s first compressed natural gas customer in Nova Scotia. The university will start work in the next month on a $3.1-million project to convert its steam plant. (CONTRIBUTED)
JOANN ALBERSTAT STAFF REPORTER
Irving Oil Ltd. has signed up Acadia University to be its first compressed natural gas customer in Nova Scotia. The Wolfville institution plans to...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 6:54pm
Business
Aaron Hiltz is worried about regulations affecting his Kings County farm, which has several hundred pastured hens. (CONTRIBUTED)
BRUCE ERSKINE Business Reporter
Aaron Hiltz just wants to make a living off the land. “I’m trying to be an entrepreneur and I’m being penalized for it,”...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 6:42pm
Business
 Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest smartphones Galaxy S4 during its unveiling ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 25, 2013. The Galaxy S4 will go on sales in the domestic market on April 26 and in overseas market on the following day. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
BILL POWER BUSINESS REPORTER
A tune with a Nova Scotia link is helping build YouTube traction for a short film promoting the new Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. The Galaxy S4...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 6:22pm