Atlantic Canada Business News

LISTEN: This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - unemployment rises in three of the four Atlantic provinces, hospitality workers across the region report shrinking tips, and Moncton gets ready to host the first Small Biz Riot conference. In Nova Scotia, Emera agrees to merge with Calgary's Canadian Utilities, and four credit unions vote to combine as East Coast Credit Union.

LISTEN: This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - Newfoundland and Labrador sides with Ottawa against France's snow crab plan, minimum wages rise in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, workers rally in Halifax against proposed federal strike rules, and Moncton prepares for the Small Biz Riot Conference. Nova Scotia rents lead the country, Halifax Water seeks rate increases,...

LISTEN: This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - an independent panel urges the four Atlantic provinces to operate as a single economy, small businesses push back on highway tolls, and new reports track school spending and worker financial stress. We also check liquor and cannabis sales, fuel prices and a Moncton small business conference. In Nova Scotia, the electric vehicl...

LISTEN: This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - fuel prices climb across the region, the Canada Investment Summit generates nearly $500 billion in commitments, and commercial property taxes and inflation weigh on Atlantic businesses. Housing completions jump, Moncton readies the Small Biz Riot conference, and Nova Scotia unveils new battery storage, a stadium pitch, a gold ...

LISTEN: This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - Canada's first-ever national investment summit opens in Toronto aiming to catalyze one trillion dollars in investment, with New Brunswick pitching more than thirty billion dollars in major projects. Moncton hosts the inaugural OMISTA Small Biz Riot conference, and Nova Scotia opens its new SNS Studios production facility, move...

LISTEN: This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - ACOA unveils a refreshed overview of more than $335 million in regional project funding and sends a 28-company delegation to Germany's SMM Hamburg shipbuilding show, FINTRAC fines gaming Crown corporations in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, RBC backs a new community solar program featuring Holland College, and Nova Scotia exten...

LISTEN: This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - Ottawa unveils a $7.5-billion tariff response package as premiers renew calls to buy local, Nova Scotia orders demolition of the former Northern Pulp mill site, and New Brunswick lands a two-billion-dollar NATO explosives plant near Belledune plus a new Tantramar gas plant.

Plus, the U.S. tightens ...

LISTEN: This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - Canada-U.S. trade talks collapsed, triggering a 50 per cent tariff on roughly $28 billion in Canadian goods and leaving New Brunswick's forestry sector exposed to steep softwood lumber duties; national business and labour groups offered sharply different reactions. The federal Atlantic Economic Panel is preparing its September...

LISTEN: This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - a new Oxford Economics report warns Canada could lose more than 100,000 jobs if CUSMA breaks down, as 50% US tariffs on Canadian goods take effect August 19th, while small business confidence falls nationally for a third straight year. Ottawa's new $40,000 Oyster Licence Retirement Grant Program targets wild oyster harvesters ...

LISTEN: This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - Statistics Canada's July Labour Force Survey showed mixed results across Atlantic Canada, with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick holding steady while Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador slipped, as national unemployment fell to a two-year low. In Nova Scotia, the federal government is putting more than $1.2 million ...

LISTEN: This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - Ottawa is reviewing ownership rules for Atlantic Canada's $3-billion inshore fishery and gathering input for a national Rural Development Action Plan. Nova Scotia is forecast to lead most provinces in growth this year as the Halifax Regional Food Hub opens in Dartmouth.

New Brunswick sees new owner...

LISTEN: This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - Canada's premiers wrapped their summer meeting in Charlottetown, meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney on trade, energy, and Canada-US relations, while a fresh US tariff threatens New Brunswick and Nova Scotia's forest sector. All four Atlantic provinces signed a new deal allowing direct-to-consumer alcohol sales, and New Br...

LISTEN: This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - a new Fraser Institute study found Canadian business investment per worker has fallen to 54 percent of the US level, as federal and provincial finance ministers met in Charlottetown for pre-budget talks. New Brunswick improved its interprovincial trade grade even as skilled tradespeople stayed on strike in Moncton, while Princ...

LISTEN: This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - Statistics Canada’s June jobs data revealed an uneven recovery, with Nova Scotia leading the region while New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island lost ground. Ottawa awarded Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems the $22-billion submarine program, with six vessels to be serviced in Halifax, while ISAR Aerospace commi...

LISTEN: This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - Saint John-based Cooke Incorporated is acquiring Mowi Canada East’s Atlantic salmon farming assets for $225 million, a deal spanning New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Atlantic Canadian universities are racing to expand artificial intelligence programming, with new degrees and certificate...

LISTEN: This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - Atlantic Social Services ministers meet in Charlottetown on affordability and labour shortages, Statistics Canada reports inflation running well above the national rate across all four provinces. Marine Atlantic’s essential-service dispute escalates after Unifor sought a board review, while Ottawa commits $270 million to...

LISTEN: "This week on the Atlantic Canada Business Report with Peter McCully - the federal government backs an Atlantic ocean technology trade mission to Scotland, SOFIAC partners with Atlantic Baptist Housing on a major energy retrofit across three provinces, and a new Leger survey shows Atlantic Canadians lag the national average on AI-assisted shopping. Halifax Stanfield is on pace for a record year with transatlantic capacity u...