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02 Nov / 26

Canada’s Housing Correction: What It Means for Halifax Tenants and Landlords

In his Globe and Mail article, “Four and a half years on, the housing correction is an Ontario and B.C....

15 Oct / 26

A Touch of Beirut Chic on Halifax’s Waterfront: Peggy Elias Opens JM Gems in Style

Music, elegance, hospitality and an extraordinary gathering marked the grand opening of JM Gems Boutique by Peggy. Beyond the diamonds...

14 Oct / 26

When Artificial Intelligence Decides What We Pay: From a Big Mac to Halifax Housing

by Simon Yammine Could dynamic pricing make markets more efficient, or will it become another mechanism for extracting more money...

05 Oct / 26

Modular Housing Is Moving From Theory to Investment: A Follow-Up for Nova Scotia

By Simon Yammine When Cedar Whispers published “Can Modular Construction Help Nova Scotia Build Faster and Cheaper?” in August, the...

29 Sep / 26

What Perennially Higher Interest Rates Could Mean for Nova Scotia Construction

For years, Canadians got used to one broad trend: interest rates kept falling. Mike Moffatt, writing in The Globe and...

25 Sep / 26

Can Buildings Learn to Sweat? New Cooling Materials and an Old Lebanese Wisdom

New coatings can reflect sunlight, radiate heat and even store rainwater to cool buildings without conventional air-conditioning. The science sounds...

18 Sep / 26

A Smarter Immigration Strategy: What It Could Mean for Nova Scotia and Construction

Canada’s immigration debate is often reduced to one question: are the numbers too high or too low? RBC’s September 2026...

15 Sep / 26

Canada Needs More Business Investment. But Should Government Pay for It?

In a September 11 Financial Post commentary titled “Fix bad policy if Canada wants investment,” economist Jack M. Mintz challenges...

09 Sep / 26

The AI Jobs Apocalypse Has Not Arrived. But the Boom May Be More Fragile Than It Looks

For several years, one of the dominant fears surrounding artificial intelligence has been that it would rapidly eliminate white-collar jobs....

07 Sep / 26

The Economists Who Saw 2008 Coming Look at Today’s Bond Rout

In an August 24, 2026 article for Project Syndicate, Nouriel Roubini examines the sharp rise in government bond yields across...

01 Sep / 26

Sweden’s Big-State Libertarianism: A Lesson for Canada

An August 2026 article in The Economist describes Sweden through an apparent contradiction. It is one of the developed world’s...

23 Aug / 26

Can Modular Construction Help Nova Scotia Build Faster and Cheaper?

A recent Washington Post article, “Once banished to trailer parks, manufactured homes are moving to suburbia,” describes a quiet change...

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