Brian Ward

Jan 17, 2025 | saltwire.com | Brian Ward

•  Article contentWhen Donald Trump says “tariff” I hear the voice of Inigo Montoya from the movie The Princess Bride: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” To Trump, it means free money. To Canadian premiers, it means trouble. To Atlantic businesses, that and more. And, as Quebec’s Francois Legault has told Americans, it means higher prices for Quebec hydro that powers about 20 per cent of Trump Tower.

Jan 10, 2025 | saltwire.com | Brian Ward

•   •  Article contentCanada will be hit first, and worst, in any tariff fight with America’s favorite protectionist insurrectionist. And don’t expect our other trading partners to help. Experts say buyers of Michelin tires or Nova Scotia crab and lobster are more likely to demand discounts before buying what’s been priced out of the U.S. market. Advertisement 2Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentToby Bond dreams about a million-kilometre battery.

Nov 27, 2024 | saltwire.com | Brian Ward

Leopold Koretz swindled so many and so well, he made Charles Ponzi look like a kid stealing lunch money. Writer Dean Jobb filed a terrific yarn this week that tells how a Halifax tailor helped catch the world’s greatest fraudster, who was finally tripped up by a jacket label. Hundreds of boats headed out in Southwest Nova Scotia this week to work the most lucrative fishery in the country. But before the first boat left the wharf, police were already investigating a shooting incident.

Nov 19, 2024 | saltwire.com | Brian Ward

Nova Scotia tree growers’ Christmas wish is coming true. Prices are up and about 4,000 cutters are in the woods preparing trees for markets from New England to the United Arab Emirates. Aaron Beswick spoke this week with a happy harvester. With Vladimir Putin threatening to use nukes and Russians buying fallout shelters, is it any surprise that Truro’s Diefenbunker found its way back into the news. Owner Jonathan Baha’i wants the town to give him the road that leads to the ‘60s-era bunker.

Nov 13, 2024 | saltwire.com | Brian Ward

With a promise to slap tariffs of up to 20 per cent on every import, Donald Trump has Canadian exporters worried. But the people who pull $1 billion a year worth of lobster from Nova Scotia waters each year aren’t in a panic. BTW, lobster’s not on the Trump Hotels menu. I checked. Annapolis valley apple growers hope not. Having a tariff tacked on by our main export market would be a gut punch and there’s no way our second-largest customer, Vietnam, could take up the slack if sales fall, growers say.