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Inside Newfoundland’s Tech Boom with Andrea King
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Posted 6 November 2026 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

Inside Newfoundland’s Tech Boom with Andrea King

https://media.transistor.fm/e1152fff/a1b86031.mp3 On this week’s Insights podcast, Don and David speak with the new CEO of TechNL, Andrea King. Newfoundland and Labrador’s tech sector is booming. Some of the most interesting tech companies in Canada are based there including Verafin, Kraken...

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The Wes Armour Legacy and the Future of Atlantic Trucking
Posted 30 October 2026

The Wes Armour Legacy and the Future of Atlantic Trucking

https://media.transistor.fm/818e6af4/e9927730.mp3 On this week’s Insights podcast, Don and David speak with Donnie Fillmore, President & co-owner of Atlantic Pacific Transport about the life and legacy of Wes Armour. Wes took a company of 11 employees in 1968 and by the time he sold it...

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The Wes Armour Legacy and the Future of Atlantic Trucking
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Posted 29 October 2026 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

The Wes Armour Legacy and the Future of Atlantic Trucking

https://media.transistor.fm/818e6af4/e9927730.mp3 On this week’s Insights podcast, Don and David speak with Donnie Fillmore, President & co-owner of Atlantic Pacific Transport about the life and legacy of Wes Armour. Wes took a company of 11 employees in 1968 and by the time he sold it...

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Could the tariffs be an opportunity for Canada?
Posted 29 October 2026

Could the tariffs be an opportunity for Canada?

https://media.transistor.fm/7ddc2922/0e8db0c2.mp3 On this week’s Insights podcast, Don and David are talking trade and tariffs with Dr. Herb Emery from the University of New Brunswick.  What will be the impacts specifically in our region?  How many jobs are at risk? What industries?  We spent a...

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Seafarmers Conference Podcast
Posted 29 October 2026

Seafarmers Conference Podcast

https://media.transistor.fm/96c219f6/83789773.mp3  At the recent 2025 Seafarmers Conference sponsored by the Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia, Don Mills and Bill Lahey, the President of King’s College were the kick-off panel keynote speakers focused on the challenges and...

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Australian Mining Company Pulls Plug on Nova Scotia
Posted 29 October 2026

Australian Mining Company Pulls Plug on Nova Scotia

https://media.transistor.fm/f43d8a67/ab3b1715.mp3 If Nova Scotia wasn’t already considered one of the most difficult jurisdictions to conduct business in the mining sector, the province’s reputation will not be improved by Australian based mining company, St. Barbara Limited’s...

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Yarmouth making ambulances for the King of Jordan?
Posted 29 October 2026

Yarmouth making ambulances for the King of Jordan?

https://media.transistor.fm/2c54a008/6367b415.mp3 It may surprise many that Tri-Star Industries, founded by Keith Condon in 1973, in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia have sold their customized ambulances to 46 foreign companies. Tri-Star has also supplied all the ambulances in Nova Scotia under a lease...

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The Business of Leading a Major Capital Campaign
Posted 29 October 2026

The Business of Leading a Major Capital Campaign

https://media.transistor.fm/c2179426/0637ccab.mp3 The QEII Foundation is in the midst of a major $100 million capital campaign under the theme of “We Are”. The campaign is being led by Sherry Porter, our guest on this episode of the Insights Podcast, is a long-time board member of...

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Jennifer LaPlante Talks About the Emerging Role of AI within Atlantic Canada
Posted 29 October 2026

Jennifer LaPlante Talks About the Emerging Role of AI within Atlantic Canada

https://media.transistor.fm/261b9893/b456262f.mp3 Many people would be familiar with the ChatGPT app as a tool for research purposes and composition. But the use of artificial intelligence is much more complicated and sophisticated than that. For example, do you know the difference between...

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Minister John Herron on how New Brunswick can stop the decline in GDP from mining
Posted 29 October 2026

Minister John Herron on how New Brunswick can stop the decline in GDP from mining

https://media.transistor.fm/8b4e92b2/1e02b19a.mp3 On this week’s Insights podcast, Don and David speak with the Honourable John Herron, Minister of Natural Resources with the Government of New Brunswick. No other province in Canada has seen a larger decrease in economic activity associated with...

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