A friend used to tell me to eat crow when it’s young and tender. Seems Nova Scotia premier Tim Houston took that advice, shelving plans to treat bottlers of imported wines the same as local farm wineries. The premier had taken a beating from Beatrice Stutz and other local wine makers for seemingly favouring a friend who would have benefited from the change.
Show stoppers
Cineplex, still ailing from the pandemic, is shutting down select theatres across the country. Bridgewater, set to close the end of next month, is just the latest.
Halifax developers Wadih Fares and Joe Ramia are big backers of an international French school set to open in September. The private school will offer a French curriculum, taught by French teachers, taking on as many as 185 students from primary through Grade 12.
Crabbers tie government up
Newfoundland crab harvesters say it’s about “free enterprise” and stopped the provincial budget. Sounds political, but it’s really about not returning to the way it was in my father’s father’s day. A doryman, he took what the companies agreed to pay, and sometimes didn’t get even that. Holdbacks are on the table and crabbers aren’t happy with the government or their union.
Mega-cities and mega-expensive cities
Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and Calgary all rack up the GDP numbers of a small country according to BMO Economics, but Halifax has the unwelcome distinction of being the most expensive. May have to stock up on Mr. Noodle.
Tissue issue: recycled paper solves it
If Mike Wadden has his way, you may be using that cafeteria paper plate to clean up afterward. Ever Green Environmental of St. John’s is turning all kinds of paper waste into toilet paper and he says there’s no end to the possibilities.
South By Southwest conference goers roundly booed the boss of ChatGPT, but it seems they won’t be able to avoid dealing with AI in one way or another. More on that here.
That’s The Wrap.
See you next Friday. Meanwhile, I’m looking forward to a week of business as usual.
