More establishments are going with self-serve check-outs that do not deal with cash sales. Why would companies want in-store self-serve centers to make a convenient shopping pleasure for some of their customers, while inconveniencing the other percentage of their...
Communication efforts with Mulgrave Fire Chief Mike
Breen have included efforts to curb his practice of executing spends without
purchase orders, seeking payments without adequate paperwork and failure to
account for the operational and regulatory status of the department.
There are times when we enjoy getting out of Dodge via a day trip or a lengthier vacation.
Those excursions enable us to temporarily put the woes of life on a back burner, to...
There are times when exemplary actions place individuals into categories where others give them the recognition that they deserve. Unfortunately, our society also tends to remember a person for committing something that is a horrific and infamous act.
My praise...
St. Peter’s and Port Hawkesbury restaurants have common
problems with parking lot safety.
Well-marked, but poorly designed signage while trying
to enter or exit the parking lots make for an unsafe entrance or exit for their
customers.
I was a teacher for 32 years, and more recently, for 10 years, a retired board director and consultant with the Nova Scotia International Student Program (NSISP). I have traveled to dozens of countries where I have visited and...
The current pandemic has caused significant disruptions
in the supply chain of food across the world.
The situation is affecting countries to varying degrees
depending on the level of outbreak and the conditions of the restrictions.
Nevertheless,...
Every so often, rightly or wrongly, a government-supported business venture becomes a political football.
From Sydney Steel, to SNC-Lavalin, we’ve seen decades’ worth of fall-out from government intervention in the business community. Occasionally, however, the sticks we use to beat...
If you’ve had a test or procedure in any one of the hospitals or health centres operated by the Nova Scotia Health Authority, chances are that some of the equipment used in your care was purchased by a healthcare...
Doctors are worried about your health.
In the wake of COVID-19, waiting rooms across Nova
Scotia are empty. Patients are not seeing their doctors for routine
appointments.
You might think we’re not providing...