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Cooke Acquires U.S. Nutritional Product Company For $500-Million
Dec 20, 2017 by Huddle Staff SAINT JOHN– Cooke Inc., the parent company of Cooke Aquaculture, announced Tuesday that it has acquired Omega Protein Corporation, a nutritional product company known for its specialty oils and specialty protein products. Under terms of the transaction, Cooke has acquired all outstanding shares of Omega Protein for $22 per share in cash, or…
Read MoreOwners of Mrs. Dunster’s Named Huddle Businesspeople of the Year
Dec 20, 2017 by Mark Leger SUSSEX – Blair Hyslop and Rosalyn Mcfate-Hyslop, the owners of the beloved bakery company Mrs. Dunsters, went on an acquisition spree this year, dramatically scaling up their business from a base in small-town New Brunswick. Their ambitious growth earned them the title of Huddle’s New Brunswick Businesspeople of the Year for 2017.…
Read MoreFREE HORSE-DRAWN TROLLEY RIDES AROUND KING’S SQUARE
Posted on November 29, 2017 in FEATURED, UPTOWN SAINT JOHN by Tracy Hanson “City sidewalks, busy sidewalks Dressed in holiday style In the air there’s a feeling of Christmas” Add to your holiday experience by a shopping day in our quaint and charming city centre. There is nothing quite like the seasonal trimmings uptown – the lights, the shop…
Read MoreNexGen Building N.B.’s First Solar Power Generating Station on a Dairy Farm
Dec 14, 2017 by Cherise Letson SUSSEX– A New Brunswick company is helping build the province’s first solar power generating station. NexGen, a renewable energy developer, is almost done phase one of a 500-panel solar power generating station for Frank’s Agriculture, a dairy farm in Studholm near Sussex. Phase one, which will be operational by Christmas, will…
Read MoreAnderson McTague Receives National Recognition at the Insurance Business Awards
Dec 14, 2017 by Huddle Staff SAINT JOHN – Anderson McTague & Associates was named MGA of the Year at the Insurance Business Awards gala in Toronto at the end of November. The Saint John-based company was honoured to win an award like this in a national competition, said Chuck McTague, the president of Anderson McTague. “This award is especially satisfying…
Read MoreFrom potash to premium rum: New distillery ‘a natural fit’ for Sussex
Chris Celeste, Peter Norrad, Marcus de Winter, Carmen Blois, Grant Corey, John Dunfield, Greg McCollum, and Durck de Winter make up the Sussex Craft Distillery. (John Dunfield) By Sarah Trainor, CBC News Posted: Dec 13, 2017 Sussex Craft Distillery will debut its first spirits — a rum and a liqueur — Thursday evening A Sussex-area group is expanding New…
Read MoreFirst N.B. Designated Early Learning Centres Will Be In Saint John, Edmundston
President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Saint John Shilo Boucher says that this is going to transform the child care sector. Saint John and Edmundston have been chosen as the two locations where the first designated New Brunswick early learning centres will be rolled out. The announcement was made in Saint John by…
Read More350 Saint John Grade 5 Students Graduate From The D.A.R.E. Program
A very energetic and loud auditorium at Saint John High where 350 grade 5 students from city schools completed the D.A.R.E. program. Drug Abuse Resistance Education aims to teach kids how to avoid getting caught up in drugs and alcohol and also puts a focus on building self-confidence. Saint John police chief John Bates told…
Read MoreSaint John Housing Market Stronger This Year
Posted on Monday, December 11, 2017 As of the end of November, housing sales in the Saint John region for the year were up by 8 per cent. Realtor Dave Cochrane says the west side has become really popular with sales in Fundy Heights up by 31 per cent. Cochrane believes housing sales are way…
Read MoreThe Kettle Drive Still Needs Volunteers
Posted on Friday, December 8, 2017 If you have some spare time on your hands between now and December 22nd the Salvation Army in Saint John could sure use your help. The Christmas Kettle Campaign is underway but according to Major Harold Bungay, they are short of volunteers to handle those donation kettles, which he…
Read MoreProvince puts $12.2M into improving early childhood learning
By Jacques Poitras, CBC Posted: Dec 07, 2017 The Liberal government has revealed how it plans to spend one chunk of a new federal-provincial child care fund announced earlier this year. The province will devote $12.2 million to improving the quality of early childhood learning in more than 300 daycare centres around the province. Non-profit and for-profit daycares will…
Read MoreA Nice Boost At Christmas From Sobey’s For A Customer and A Charity
Posted on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 When William Marshall, a customer at Sobeys East Point store, won the $25,000 top prize in the company’s 110th Anniversary Giveaway promotion, the store was given an additional $5,000 by Sobeys head office to donate to a local charity or community group. The management and staff at the East Point…
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