Category: Business

• Business is Jammin’ and other stories: A conversation with Matthew Martel – CEO, Black Business Initiative (BBI), Nova Scotia

  

  A conversation with Matthew Martel, CEO of Black Business Initiative (BBI) a Nova Scotia not-for-profit, about BBI during COVID, BBI Youth Summit 2019, BBI Business in Jammin’ 2019 and the importance of seeing people like yourself.

  Sheryl Dubois

  January 11, 2021

  Adults, BBI, Black Business Initiative, Business, community, education, Entrepreneur, Free, Halifax, Halifax Regional Municipality, HRM, non – profit, Nova Scotia, Youth

  Adults, BBI Youth Summit, Black Business Initiative, Business is Jammin', education, Entrepreneur, Matthew Martel, Youth

• Full steam ahead for Steamates

  

  Conversation with Karim Kerachni, founder and CEO Steamates in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Steamates.ca

  Sheryl Dubois

  December 11, 2020

  Business, Cleaning company, Entrepreneur, Halifax, Halifax Regional Municipality, HRM, The Halifax Wire

  Entrepreneur, Halifax, HRM, Karim Kerachni, Nova Scotia, Steamates, The Halifax Wire

• Community of volunteers and entrepreneurs a great asset, in pictures (2017 – present)

  

  Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) ‘s community assets in pictures. Stories by Sheryl Dubois.

  Sheryl Dubois

  November 16, 2020

  Abilities, Adam Ghazoul, Adults, AIDS, Amy Holloway Photography, Animals, Art, BBI, Beaver Bank Bus, Birding, Birds, Black Business Initiative, Boys and Girls Clubs of Halifax, Bread, Brunswick Street Mission, Business, Canada, Candidate profiles, Children, Chronicle Herald, Cleaning company, community, Conservation, Dance, Definitions, Democracy, Depression, Disabilities, Disaster, Don’t Throw it Away, Donations, Easter Seals Nova Scotia, Economical, elephant, Entrepreneur, Environment, Etsy, Federal Election 2019, Fishing, Food, Freedom Kitchen, fundraise, Gratitude, Halifax, Halifax Regional Municipality, HIV, Home Insurance, Homeless, HRM, Human rights, Insurance, Jay Aaron, Jay Aaron Roy, Knox United Church, Lawrencetown, Lori Lewis, Lyle Mailman, Makers, Mariah Rose, Meals, Mental Health, mini homes, Mobile homes, Modo Yofa, non – profit, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Bird Society, Petal and Crow, pets, Rainie Murphy, Rescue, Research, Sackville Area Warming Centre, Sackville NS, Sackville Youth Expo, Salt Marsh Trail, Salt News, Samara Canada, Solopreneur, The City Voice, Trails, Travel, Videos, volunteer, volunteers, VON Frozen Meals Delivered, VON Victoria Order of Nurses, Wise Group, Wise Group Canada, Writing, Yoga, Youth, Zero-waste society

• IWD 2020: Gina McFetridge

  

  KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) — In celebration of International Women’s Day, 2020, Saltwire ran a series of 24 articles called Amazing women doing wonderful things on the East Coast in their paper and digital newspapers. Among those women was Gina McFetridge, president of Archway Insurance and Atlantic Canadian original with over 31 locations and more than 200…

  Sheryl Dubois

  April 21, 2020

  Business, Chronicle Herald, community, Easter Seals Nova Scotia, fundraise, Halifax Regional Municipality, Insurance, non – profit, Nova Scotia, The City Voice

  2020, Archway Insurance, Chronicle Herald, Drop Zone, Easter Seals Nova Scotia, Gina McFetridge, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Saltwire, South Shore Breaker, The City Voice

• Need a fundraiser? Check out Urban Rustic DIY in Sackville, NS

  Sheryl Dubois writes: Urban Rustic DIY in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia opened September 2019 by self-proclaimed “serial volunteers,” Laurie and Mike MacDonald.

  Sheryl Dubois

  March 6, 2020

  Art, Business, community, Entrepreneur, fundraise, Halifax Regional Municipality, HRM, Sackville NS, The City Voice

  Courses, Entrepreneur, Events, Gatherings, Sackville NS, Urban Rustic DIY