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Posted 24 February 2022 | Accelerators, Incubators

The Atlantic Canadian Farm For Baby Unicorns

Kathryn Lockhart, the CEO of the startup accelerator Propel, says start-up incubators and accelerators are playing a vital role in nurturing the tech sector across Atlantic Canada, supporting, in some way, around 90 per cent of all recent successful tech

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Posted 17 February 2022 | National, Population, Thought Leaders

Values, Not Demography, Are Destiny: A Conversation With Michael Adams

This episode features a fascinating interview with one of Canada’s most distinguished market researchers, Michael Adams, the Chairman and Co-Founder of Environics Research. In this wide-ranging conversation, Michael provides listeners with a data-based an

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Posted 10 February 2022 | Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs

John Risley Unplugged

David Campbell and Don Mills continue their series profiling the region’s top entrepreneurs with one of Atlantic Canada’s most successful business leaders, Clearwater Seafoods co-founder John Risley, someone who has been part of building three different c

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Posted 3 February 2022 | Business Leaders

Much More Than A Lottery: A Conversation With Atlantic Lottery CEO Patrick Daigle

When people think about the Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) they usually focus on lottery tickets and big prizes, but its impact is much greater than that. It’s an important contributor to the economy through its role as an employer and the indirect jo

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Posted 27 January 2022 | National, Population, Thought Leaders

Lisa Lalande Helps Us Imagine Canada With A Population Of 100 Million

The Century Initiative is a non-profit organization that is advocating an audacious long-term population strategy for Canada to achieve a goal of 100 million Canadians by the end of this century. In conversation with co-host Don Mill, CEO Lisa Lalande out

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Posted 20 January 2022 | Investment Capital

The Atlantic Investment Bubble

On this week’s podcast, entrepreneur Blair Hyslop, Kathryn Lockhart, CEO of Propel and Jeff Larsen, head of the Creative Destruction Lab in Atlantic Canada, discuss a new proposal for a new regional equity tax credit to help grow investments in the region

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Posted 13 January 2022 | Business Leaders, Mining, Natural Resources, Public Sector

Francis McGuire Taking ACOA In A New Direction

Francis McGuire has a very interesting background, having been both a Deputy Minister during the Frank McKenna era and the CEO that built Moncton-based Major Drilling into the second biggest company in its sector in the world. In this edition of the Huddl

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Posted 6 January 2022 | Business Leader, Entrepreneurs

Gerry Pond: Code Father

This week’s Insights podcast features a conversation with arguably the most influential IT leader in Atlantic Canada. The chairman and co-founder of Mariner Partners discusses his career starting out in the mid-1960s at NBTel dealing with ‘party line’ com

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Posted 30 December 2021 | Media, Personalities

Steve Murphy On The Most Significant Atlantic Canadian Premiers Of The Last 40 Years

In part two of their conversation with longtime CTV Atlantic broadcaster Steve Murphy, Don and David chat with Steve about his favourite interview in 45 years of broadcasting. Steve also shares his thoughts on the most significant Atlantic Canadian premie

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Posted 23 December 2021 | Media, Personalities

CTV’s Steve Murphy On 45 Years Of Covering Atlantic Canadian News And Business

In the first of a two-part interview, longtime CTV broadcaster Steve Murphy relinquishes his role as an interviewer and becomes the interviewee, as co-hosts Don Mills and David Campbell quiz him about his 45-year career, including the most significant eve

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