Acadia Insights

From Chocolate to Boardrooms: The David Ganong Story
Posted 29 October 2026

From Chocolate to Boardrooms: The David Ganong Story

https://media.transistor.fm/112ca2b1/294805c4.mp3 Discover the remarkable story of David Ganong, one of New Brunswick’s most influential business leaders. In this episode of Insights, we dive into his five decades of leadership at Ganong Bros., Canada’s oldest candy company. Hear how David...

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Building Skills, Driving Growth: Inside CCNB’s Role in New Brunswick’s Future
Posted 29 October 2026

Building Skills, Driving Growth: Inside CCNB’s Role in New Brunswick’s Future

https://media.transistor.fm/0a973121/edf4ac0c.mp3  his week on Insights, Don and David sit down with Pierre Zundel, President and CEO of Collège Communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB), to explore how this French-language college network is shaping New Brunswick’s economy. From training talent...

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From Veterinarian to Majority Owner of the Halifax Tides
Posted 29 October 2026

From Veterinarian to Majority Owner of the Halifax Tides

https://media.transistor.fm/116a3d62/d98f621d.mp3 In this week’s Insights Podcast, our guest is Courtney Sherlock, the Co-Founder & CEO of the Halifax Tides FC, one of the six inaugural teams in the Northern Super League, the newly formed professional women’s soccer league. The...

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Powering the World from Rural Nova Scotia: Surrette Battery’s Journey from Lead-Acid to Lithium
Posted 29 October 2026

Powering the World from Rural Nova Scotia: Surrette Battery’s Journey from Lead-Acid to Lithium

https://media.transistor.fm/2db3fa45/c968177f.mp3 Discover how a family-owned Nova Scotia company powers the world. On this episode of Insights, Don and David talk with Jeff Myles of Surrette Battery—Canada’s leading deep-cycle battery maker with customers in 40+ countries. Hear how Surrette is...

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How a 193-Year-Old Sawmill Is Using AI to Reinvent Rural Development in Atlantic Canada
Posted 29 October 2026

How a 193-Year-Old Sawmill Is Using AI to Reinvent Rural Development in Atlantic Canada

https://media.transistor.fm/3f4d1f37/98c6b083.mp3 Discover how Freeman Lumber—a family-owned sawmill since 1832—is reinventing rural development in Atlantic Canada. In this episode, COO Marcus Zwicker and CFO Georg Ernst share insights on tariffs, export diversification, Crown land harvesting,...

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Best of Insights: Nova Scotia’s Bold Energy Future with Premier Tim Houston (Replay)
Posted 29 October 2026

Best of Insights: Nova Scotia’s Bold Energy Future with Premier Tim Houston (Replay)

https://media.transistor.fm/c5a75a7a/2ccff714.mp3 This standout episode of the Insights Podcast takes you inside Nova Scotia’s ambitious plan to become a global energy leader. Premier Tim Houston shares his vision for transforming the province through offshore wind development—including the...

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Inside PEI Leadership: Premier Robert Lantz on Challenges, Change, and Canada’s Future
Posted 29 October 2026

Inside PEI Leadership: Premier Robert Lantz on Challenges, Change, and Canada’s Future

https://media.transistor.fm/164f3969/d5825464.mp3 On this week’s Insights podcast, we are continuing our series of conversations with the region’s premiers.  Prince Edward Island Premier Robert Lantz joins Don and David to talk about his whirlwind introduction to provincial leadership.  (This...

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How New Brunswick Plans to Win: Susan Holt on Economic Strategy, Talent & U.S. Pressure
Posted 29 October 2026

How New Brunswick Plans to Win: Susan Holt on Economic Strategy, Talent & U.S. Pressure

https://media.transistor.fm/4bdc9dfe/3f7f83e5.mp3 On Insights with Don Mills and David Campbell, New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt shares a candid year‑one report and her blueprint to grow the province’s economy. We dig into the new Growth Office—designed to coordinate opportunities across...

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Aldéa Landry on her long career and legacy
Posted 29 October 2026

Aldéa Landry on her long career and legacy

https://media.transistor.fm/d55a5b9e/a0403e5b.mp3 We have a very special guest on this week’s Insights podcast.  Don and David are joined by Aldéa Landry to talk about her long career and legacy.  Aldéa was born in Sainte-Cécile, a small village in the Acadian Peninsula.  She showed early...

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Cherubini has Quietly Become the Largest Structured Steel Fabricator East of Montreal
Posted 29 October 2026

Cherubini has Quietly Become the Largest Structured Steel Fabricator East of Montreal

https://media.transistor.fm/abe34679/61358511.mp3 Cherubini Metal Works was founded in 1967 by two brothers, John and Jack Cherubini, originally from Italy. The company began as an ornamental railing fabricator and was acquired in 1972 by Renato and Danilo Gasparetto, who remain the...

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