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How Ambassatours Became Atlantic Canada’s Largest Sightseeing Tour Company
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Posted 5 June 2025 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

How Ambassatours Became Atlantic Canada’s Largest Sightseeing Tour Company

https://media.transistor.fm/53366a53/1ca6f5e4.mp3 Dennis Campbell, the Founder of Ambassatours, first became interested in the tour business at the age of seven years ago when he accompanied one of his sister’s guided tours and started his company in 1987 while still in high school. At its...

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Converting Wood into Low Carbon Renewable Fuel in Partnership with Greenspring BioInnovation Hub and Bioindustrial Innovation Canada
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Posted 30 May 2025 | Green Energy, Natural Resources

Converting Wood into Low Carbon Renewable Fuel in Partnership with Greenspring BioInnovation Hub and Bioindustrial Innovation Canada

https://media.transistor.fm/ba6ddb8b/e901bba6.mp3 This week’s Insights Podcast is the first in our sponsored BioEconomy Series over the next three months in partnership with the Greenspring BioInnovation Hub and Bioindustrial Innovation Canada and features a conversation with JC Amado,...

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MacKay Meters is Canada’s Only Manufacturer of Parking Meters
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Posted 22 May 2025 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

MacKay Meters is Canada’s Only Manufacturer of Parking Meters

https://media.transistor.fm/b0be9a0f/06ed80bb.mp3 Everyone who owns a vehicle has used a parking meter, whether an old-fashioned coin operated meter or the new electronic smart meters. It is highly unlikely that you have ever heard of MacKay Meters of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, but there is a...

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Homegrown insurance company goes nationwide
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Posted 15 May 2025 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

Homegrown insurance company goes nationwide

https://media.transistor.fm/cf7325ab/87787325.mp3 On this week’s Insights podcast, Don and David speak with Sébastien Dupuis, President & CEO of Assumption Life.  The Moncton-based insurance provider has been around for over 100 years, and recently decided to become a national company. From...

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The Ron Lovett Story, From Juvenile Delinquent to Successful Entrepreneur
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Posted 8 May 2025 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

The Ron Lovett Story, From Juvenile Delinquent to Successful Entrepreneur

https://media.transistor.fm/b3f82a5b/2ba43c46.mp3 By his own admission, Ron Lovett was a juvenile delinquent and a troublemaker on the wrong track in his early life but also a born entrepreneur. His first business was selling weed. He also has had to learn to deal with both ADHD and dyslexia. In...

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Sara Napier, CEO of United Way Maritimes discusses ways they are tackling our biggest social challenges
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Posted 1 May 2025 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

Sara Napier, CEO of United Way Maritimes discusses ways they are tackling our biggest social challenges

https://media.transistor.fm/12409e54/9cc0c3f8.mp3 On this week’s Insights podcast, Don and David speak with Sara Napier, the CEO of United Way Maritimes.  United Way has been supporting the social sector in the Maritime Provinces for more than 100 years.  Recently, seven local United Ways...

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Minister John Herron on how New Brunswick can stop the decline in GDP from mining
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Posted 24 April 2025 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

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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Terry Malley Leads One of Only Four Ambulance Manufacturers in Canada
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Posted 17 April 2025 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

Terry Malley Leads One of Only Four Ambulance Manufacturers in Canada

https://media.transistor.fm/bdc9bdf9/3e990aa9.mp3 It might be surprising to many that Atlantic Canada has two of only four ambulance manufacturers in Canada. One is Dieppe based Malley Industries led by Terry Malley, the company’s CEO and the other is Yarmouth based Tri-Star Industries,...

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The Business of Leading a Major Capital Campaign
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Posted 10 April 2025 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

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
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Posted 3 April 2025 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

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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