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A proposal from Five Corners Properties offers 3,000 new residential units in the Bible Hill area. Image Five Corners Properties

Five Corners Properties talk 3,000 unit housing project in Bible Hill

Entrepreneur Evan Price hopes to build a Bible Hill community hub. Announced on April 1, Price's company, Five Corners Properties, applied to develop a 69-hectare plot between Brookside and Pictou Roads in Bible Hill. It was approved by Colchester ...

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Ottawa’s $60-million infusion to young entrepreneur program will help 6,250 businesses, Fraser says

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Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing Infrastructure and Communities looks on s David Eisnor Atlantic Lead of Futurpreneur takes questions folloing a news conference concerning a fundin g announcement for youth entrepreneurship at the Mellow Mug in Bedford Monday April 22, 2024.

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New Upper Canadian owners for two central Nova Scotia golf courses

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Golfers chipping onto the green at the Mountain Golf and Country Club April 20. Richard MacKenzie

Workplace deaths trended down in Nova Scotia in 2023

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Local job fair coming to the Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro, N.S.

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China's BYD seeks to redefine luxury for the EV generation

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Disappointing Meta forecast pulls down tech peers in extended trade

Stephen Culp |Updated 19 minutes ago |1 min read

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) - Disappointing forecasts from Facebook parent Meta Platforms has proven contagious, sparking a sell-off in tech and tech-related stocks in after-hours trading. Meta said it expects increased spending on AI ...

An Amazon shopper and courier loads groceries into his trunk outside a Whole Foods Market grocery store in Pasadena, California, U.S., March 31, 2020.

Court revives Whole Foods worker's lawsuit over 'Black Lives Matter' masks

Daniel Wiessner, Jonathan Stempel |Updated 26 minutes ago |2 min read

By Jonathan Stempel and Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court revived a lawsuit accusing Whole Foods of illegally firing a worker who refused to remove her "Black Lives Matter" facemask and complained about racism at the upscale ...

A passerby is reflected on an electric monitor displaying the graph of recent moments of the Japanese yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan May 2, 2023.

Morning Bid: Japan's FX no-show, Meta plunges

Jamie McGeever |Updated 28 minutes ago |3 min read

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The depreciation of Asian currencies against the U.S. dollar, and the steps monetary authorities may take to prevent further weakness, dominate the market landscape across ...

BHP considering potential buyout offer for Anglo American, Bloomberg reports

Reuters |Updated 8 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) -Global mining giant BHP Group is considering a potential buyout of British multinational mining company Anglo American Plc, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Deliberations are at an early ...

Microsoft-backed Rubrik prices IPO above range at $32 per share, source says

Echo Wang |Updated 29 minutes ago |2 min read

By Echo Wang NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rubrik, the cybersecurity software startup that counts Microsoft among its investors, priced its initial public offering at $32 per share on Wednesday above its indicated price range, according to a person ...

O'Reilly Automotive's profit misses on higher costs

Reuters |Updated 48 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Auto parts distributor O'Reilly Automotive missed analysts' estimates for first-quarter profit on Wednesday, hurt by increased costs, sending its shares down more than 3% after the bell. Investments in store expansion and securing ...

United Rentals profit beats expectations on higher equipment demand

Reuters |Updated 48 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Equipment rental firm United Rentals beat analysts' estimate for first-quarter profit on Wednesday, backed by robust demand across its markets. Shares of the company, which operates across North America and rents out equipment to ...

In this Saltwire file photo, a person rolls up the rim of their Tim Hortons cup to see if they are a winner or not, which was how the contest was run until 2021 when they decided to make it a digital-only game. SALTWIRE FILE

Roll Up to Win confusion: Cape Bretoners disappointed after Tim Hortons email mistake

Nicole Sullivan · Multi-media journalist |Updated 1 hour ago |6 min read

GRAND MIRA SOUTH, N.S. — Paula Cleveland cried when she read the prize recap email from Tim Hortons. The email came before lunch on April 17, the day the Roll Up to Win contest closed, which listed the prizes she won for 2024. The 2024 Tracker Targa ...

Walmart in Mexico posts 14% rise in Q1 net profit

Reuters |Updated 8 minutes ago |1 min read

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Walmart's Mexico and Central America unit on Wednesday posted a 14.4% year-on-year rise in its first-quarter net profit, reaching 13.18 billion pesos. The retailer's revenues landed at 226.19 billion pesos. (Reporting by ...

Tyler Technologies beats Q1 revenue estimates on strong demand for IT services

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Tyler Technologies beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Wednesday, helped by strong demand for its information technology services as enterprise clients are moving towards digital solutions. The increase in ...