King of the supply chain
“Faster than Amazon” e-commerce delivery platform earns franchise owner the title of CBC Innovator of the Year.
The unlikely path that led this year’s CBC Innovator of the Year to our winner’s circle begins in the spring of 2003 at the Harbour Station arena in uptown Saint John, New Brunswick. The Flames, the city’s then-American Hockey League franchise, were in the middle of their last-ever regular season home game. To mark the occasion, organizers of the night’s 50/50 draw had decided that instead of handing out the usual half-the-proceeds cash prize to the draw winner, they would give away a brand-new Dodge Neon. Read more

Feds invest $47-million into Port of Halifax
In an announcement on Sunday, Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau offered up half the cost for an improvement program for the Port of Halifax — about $47.5 million. The $100-million project is two-fold and will increase storage capacity at the port by connecting the South End Container Terminal to the Fairview Cove Container Terminal via an existing rail line, which will help reduce the number of container trucks that pass through Halifax’s downtown.
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