Keith Colwell

• Nova Scotia announces $5-million fund for cleaner, efficient farm technologies

  The program will target the use of technologies that will assist the year-round availability of food through such things as improved greenhouse lighting.

  Consumer

  Mar 22, 2021
  
• Nova Scotia fisheries receive nearly $45 million in funding from federal, provincial governments

  The $44.7 million announced on Thursday is being split between 11 different companies to assist the sector to be more effective and sustainable.

  Politics

  Feb 4, 2021
  
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• N.S. sends ‘test’ lobster shipment to China after month with no market

  Premier Stephen McNeil says a flight with 67 tonnes of live lobster left for China on Saturday.

  Economy

  Mar 10, 2020
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• Fisheries producers shifting gears to adjust to coronavirus impact on markets 

  The owner of Labrador Gem Seafood had counted on attending Seafood Expo North America in Boston this month, but learned Tuesday the event is being postponed.

  Economy

  Mar 4, 2020
• Nova Scotia sees downturn in lobster exports to China due to coronavirus

  Keith Colwell says it's still too early to say how long the disruption will last, so the province is talking to people in the industry about temporary contingency plans.

  Economy

  Jan 29, 2020
• Wild blueberries: Nova Scotia pushing for product innovations

  The goal of the Wild Blueberry Innovation Challenge is to develop new products and markets - and generate more jobs.

  Canada

  Dec 14, 2019
• Nova Scotia announces $570K Seafood Accelerator Program

  Nova Scotia says the program will assist seafood companies to "improve current products, create new ones and look at new export markets."

  Canada

  Jun 25, 2019
• Nova Scotia Christmas tree farmers worry late-season freeze will have ‘significant’ impact

  Christmas tree growers believe 50 per cent of their trees won’t sell this year due to the untimely frost.

  Environment

  Jun 27, 2018
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• Stephen McNeil to pitch federal panel on offshore oil, gas exploration off N.S. coast

  Stephen McNeil says he will tell a hearing of the National Advisory Panel on Marine Protected Area Standards in Moncton, N.B., that real jobs and economic opportunities for Nova Scotians are at stake.

  Canada

  May 3, 2018
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• Salmon killed after ‘unusual’ outbreak at two Nova Scotia fish farms

  Colwell says there are no health concerns for humans because the virus only affects salmon.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2018