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Posted 10 May 2023 | First Nations, Natural Resources, Oil & Gas

Karen Ogen on Embracing Natural Gas as a First Nation

https://media.transistor.fm/6d48024e/c1a9420a.mp3 Across Canada, First Nations have been developing partnerships related to natural resources development, ensuring good stewardship and substantial economic benefits to the communities. This week on the Insights podcast, Don and David talk with...

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Posted 3 May 2023 | Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Natural Resources

Building a Global Seaweed Empire from Halifax, Nova Scotia

https://media.transistor.fm/c050bf8c/9d256bad.mp3  In what David Campbell calls one of his favourite conversations this year, he and Don Mills speak with Jean-Paul Deveau, the president and CEO of Acadian Seaplants Limited. Acadian Seaplants is a Halifax-based seaweed company with a reach and...

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Posted 8 March 2023 | Mining, Natural Resources

Ed Moriarity on Why Newfoundland and Labrador is a Mining Powerhouse

https://media.transistor.fm/bbb3fd03/cacb7050.mp3 On the latest Insights Podcast, we continue to spotlight mining and its importance to Canada’s climate goals. This week, Don and David sit down for a fascinating conversation with Ed Moriarity, the executive director of Mining Industry NL....

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Posted 1 March 2023 | Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Forestry, Natural Resources

Northern New Brunswick’s Titan of Forestry: Jean-Claude Savoie

https://media.transistor.fm/4f260edd/4a04820e.mp3 Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick-based Groupe Savoie is a thriving forest products business with sawmills, pallet production facilities, a pellet manufacturing plant, and other operations across the Maritimes. The company is one of the largest...

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Posted 8 February 2023 | Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Fishery, Natural Resources

Colin MacDonald: The Unheralded Co-Founder Of Clearwater Foods

https://media.transistor.fm/a5f550ba/0330d77c.mp3 It’s hard to think of Clearwater Foods without conjuring to mind John Risley. But while Risley was the public face of the company, his former brother-in-law, Colin MacDonald, was not only the co-founder of the company but responsible for...

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Posted 25 January 2023 | Business Leaders, Mining, Natural Resources

Matthew Allas On A $10-Billion Opportunity To Mine Manganese In New Brunswick

David Campbell and Don Mills continue a series of interviews with leaders in the region’s mining sector. They are joined by Matthew Allas, President and CEO of the Canadian Manganese Company, to talk about a large deposit of manganese located in the Woods

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Posted 11 January 2023 | Mining, Natural Resources

The Mining Industry Is About To Become Much More Important In Atlantic Canada

On the latest “Insights” podcast, Sean Kirby, the Executive Director of the Mining Association of Nova Scotia, says the demand for critical minerals used in electric vehicles, solar panels and wind turbines will increase by six times the current demand.

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Posted 3 March 2022 | Agriculture, Natural Resources, Thought Leaders

Why The ‘Food Professor’ Says Agriculture Should Be A Bigger Economic Driver

In this episode, Don Mills and David Campbell take a closer look at the importance of the agricultural sector to the economy both across Canada and in Atlantic Canada with a wide-ranging conversation with Sylvain Charlebois – one of Canada’s top food expe

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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 11 November 2021 | Mining, Natural Resources

Major Drilling Executives Say More Local Companies Should Consider Going Public

On the week’s episode of the “Insights” podcast, Denis Larocque, President and CEO of Major Drilling and Andrew McLaughlin, the company’s VP of Legal Affairs and General Counsel, weigh in on the pros and cons of being a publicly-traded company. Moncton-ba

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