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He found a business opportunity in affordable medicines
2017-12-29
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Mohammed Moin remembers the brush with illness that set him on a path to founding bioscience company Somru BioActives.
“I was in my last year in high school - at home in Bangladesh - when my father became seriously ill with esophageal cancer,” Moin said. “The...
Minimum wage keeping up with Island’s growing economy
2017-11-09
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Prince Edward Island’s minimum wage will remain the highest in Atlantic Canada when it increases by 30 cents to $11.55 per hour on April 1, 2018.
“Given Prince Edward Island’s economic growth, it is very important that all Islanders benefit from improved economic...
Immigration agents to help drive rural population growth
2017-11-03
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Aman Sedighi says there are abundant opportunities for immigrant entrepreneurs in rural Prince Edward Island – a fact the provincial government wants to tell more people about.
Sedighi runs A-OK Gardens in Brookfield – a 15-acre organic farm – and emigrated with his...
Harvest and Prosper offers experience ‘in the field’
2017-10-27
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When Lorne Valley Ranch developed a new crop - high-bush blueberries - co-owner Phil Jennings IV said the province's Harvest and Prosper program helped fill jobs they were having a hard time filling.
“We had done different things trying to find help, putting ads on...
She’s in the worker’s corner
2017-10-18
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Maureen Peters likes a challenge, and she gets plenty in her role as Prince Edward Island’s worker advisor.
She acts as a free legal service – funded by employers -- that helps injured workers and their families navigate the Worker’s Compensation Board (WCB)...