Insights with Don Mills and David Campbell

Yarmouth making ambulances for the King of Jordan?
It may surprise many that Tri-Star Industries, founded by Keith Condon in 1973, in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia have sold their customized ambulances to 46 foreign companies. Tri-Star has also supplied all the ambulances in Nova Scotia under a lease ...
Mar 25, 2025

Could the tariffs be an opportunity for Canada?
On this week's Insights podcast, Don and David are talking trade and tariffs with Dr. Herb Emery from the University of New Brunswick. What will be the impacts specifically in our region? How many jobs are at risk? What industries? We spent...
Mar 13, 2025

Seafarmers Conference Podcast
At the recent 2025 Seafarmers Conference sponsored by the Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia, Don Mills and Bill Lahey, the President of King's College were the kick-off panel keynote speakers focused on the challenges and opportunities f...
Mar 06, 2025

Patrick Sullivan Leads the Biggest Chamber of Commerce in Atlantic Canada
Our guest on this episode of the Insights Podcast is Patrick Sullivan, the CEO of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. The Halifax Chamber has nearly 2,000 members who employ 90,000 workers in the Greater Halifax Area. The Chamber is focussed on a...
Feb 27, 2025

Despite its Critics, the Halifax Convention Centre Has Been a Game Changer
Our guest on this episode of the Insights Podcast is Carrie Cussons, the CEO of Events East, the special purpose government agency partnership between the Province of Nova Scotia and the Halifax Regional Municipality responsible for managing b...
Feb 20, 2025