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A company owned by a member of the Irving family has acquired a U-S-based distributor of equipment for the petroleum sector.
John Irving’s Ocean Capital announced yesterday its buying Rhode Island’s John W. Kennedy Co., found in 1930.
The company has about 60 employees and operations in Vermont, Maine, New Jersey and Florida.
Ocean capital already owns several companies including firms in the petroleum, construction, real estate and radio sectors.
(The Canadian Press)
(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
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The C-E-O of a Nova Scotia green hydrogen company says he is trying to work with the Newfoundland and Labrador government.
Trent Vichie of EverWind Fuels says there are fantastic wind resources in Newfoundland and Labrador, but the company’s efforts in Nova Scotia are further along.
EverWind is one of three companies who were stripped of their Crown land last month for not paying their bills to the Newfoundland and Labrador government.
EverWind has proposed wind-hydrogen projects in both provinces, and it just landed 240-million for its proposal in Nova Scotia from a New York investment firm.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Ont-NS-Alcohol)
Ontario and Nova Scotia have agreed to let their residents buy alcohol directly from the other’s province.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says his goal is to have free trade countrywide and this agreement is a stepping-stone toward that.
Houston says knocking down interprovincial trade barriers is a bit like whack-a-mole, but that direct alcohol sales is a great one to tackle because it is so visible for consumers and producers.
Currently, Ontario consumers can only buy alcohol from another province if it is listed by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, through the L-C-B-O’s private ordering program, or if they were in another province and brought some bottles home.
(The Canadian Press)
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Nova Scotia’s N-D-P leader is calling on the provincial government to immediately create a women’s health strategy.
Claudia Chender says only seven per cent of Canadian research funding goes towards women’s health and that needs to change.
She says a recent survey found that 70 per cent of respondents at the IWK Health Centre felt the system did not meet their health care needs.
Chender also says the government has yet to deliver on its promise to create a Menopause Centre of Excellence.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Doctor-Problems)
Health P-E-I says improving access to care is its highest priority amid reports of several family doctors leaving the province.
It notes a new physician services agreement includes an extra 188-million dollars in funding.
P-E-I health says it will create a new advisory panel by the end of the month to hear from primary care providers.
It will report back by the end of August.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Missing-Kids)
The stepfather of two Nova Scotia children missing since May has been arraigned on charges of assault, unlawful confinement and sexual assault.
Daniel Martell was arrested in January and will return to court for election and plea on March 30.
He’s the stepfather of Lilly and Jack Sullivan whose disappearance has made national headlines.
The charges against Martell are not related to the disappearance of the children.
(CTV News)
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