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Mersey Seafoods Has Quietly Emerged as a Major Seafood Company
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Posted 13 February 2025 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

Mersey Seafoods Has Quietly Emerged as a Major Seafood Company

https://media.transistor.fm/369647f1/b3bc7307.mp3 On this episode of the Insights Podcast, our guest is Greg Simpson, the President & CEO of Liverpool, NS-based Mersey Seafoods, a company most would know very little about. Mersey Seafoods was founded in 1964 by a dentist, Dr. Bill Murphy and...

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Leading with empowerment: Premier Holt’s first 100 days
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Posted 6 February 2025 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

Leading with empowerment: Premier Holt’s first 100 days

https://media.transistor.fm/241ea0d3/4138483a.mp3 New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt joined Don and David on the Insights podcast this week. She is the province’s 35th premier and, while only been on the job for three months, is already facing an unexpected challenge, the threat of a prolonged...

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Building Momentum for Life Sciences and the Bioeconomy in Nova Scotia
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Posted 30 January 2025 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

Building Momentum for Life Sciences and the Bioeconomy in Nova Scotia

https://media.transistor.fm/348330aa/d9f4f032.mp3 Vision 2025 was an event held last week at the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub focussed on the growing opportunities for the life sciences and bio-science sector in Nova Scotia and featured presentations from four companies in this space...

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Don MacDougall – The Islander Behind the Blue Jays Franchise
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Posted 23 January 2025 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

Don MacDougall – The Islander Behind the Blue Jays Franchise

https://media.transistor.fm/0b7fe29c/03a64eb6.mp3 There is a good chance that you have not heard about Don MacDougall, but he is the person most credited by many for Toronto’s Major League Baseball’s franchise while he was the President of Labatt’s Breweries, where he led the...

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From one to many: The inspiring journey of the growing Bertossi Group
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Posted 16 January 2025 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

From one to many: The inspiring journey of the growing Bertossi Group

https://media.transistor.fm/a916a087/dae03528.mp3 The Bertossi Group of restaurants is the largest privately owned group of fine dining restaurants east of Montreal. Stephanie and Maurizio Bertossi opened their first restaurant , the Perla in the 1980s.  Few who live in or have visited Halifax...

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The future of energy in Atlantic Canada with Heidi Leslie of Crux Energy
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Posted 9 January 2025 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

The future of energy in Atlantic Canada with Heidi Leslie of Crux Energy

https://media.transistor.fm/8340a761/cd0e4f5e.mp3 On this week’s Insights, Don and David talk with Heidi Leslie, founder & CEO of Halifax-based Crux Energy Consulting to discuss the energy sector in Atlantic Canada.  We talk about artificial intelligence and cloud computing and the demand...

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The role of natural gas and its future in New Brunswick
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Posted 2 January 2025 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

The role of natural gas and its future in New Brunswick

https://media.transistor.fm/bf88dbea/23c5db46.mp3 This week Gilles Volpé, President of NB Gas with Liberty Utilities joined Don and David on the Insights podcast. Liberty Utilities is the natural gas distribution company in New Brunswick.  Gilles provides an important tutorial on the sources and...

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Best of Insights- Irving Shipbuilding is a Big Deal in Atlantic Canada
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Posted 26 December 2024 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

Best of Insights- Irving Shipbuilding is a Big Deal in Atlantic Canada

https://media.transistor.fm/56f1b1f5/24b706b8.mp3 On boxing day of 2024, we share one of the most listened to podcasts of 2024.  In this episode of the Insights Podcast, we focus on Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy and the impact of that strategy on Atlantic Canada. Building ships...

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How has tourism changed since the COVID pandemic and what is needed in this sector for success?
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Posted 20 December 2024 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

How has tourism changed since the COVID pandemic and what is needed in this sector for success?

https://media.transistor.fm/af5ab6db/296d67d6.mp3 The tourism industry across Atlantic Canada took a significant hit during the pandemic.  On this week’s Insights, Don and David check in with Joanne Bérubé-Gagné from the Tourism Industry Association of New Brunswick to discuss the rebound...

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Exclusive Interview with Robert Irving, CO-CEO JD Irving
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Posted 12 December 2024 | Atlantic Canada, Business, Economic Growth, Economy, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Public Policy

Exclusive Interview with Robert Irving, CO-CEO JD Irving

https://media.transistor.fm/34d62b65/cfd69f87.mp3   Although JD Irving may not be a household name that is familiar to many, it is the largest vertically integrated conglomerate in Atlantic Canada and one of the biggest in Canada with more than 20,000 employees. It is run by brothers Jim and...

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