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News releases from the Government of Nova Scotia

Peggy's Cove has gotten a facelift in recent months, and while the development isn't done yet, a new viewing platform appears to be nearly finished.

Pictou County could end up being the only municipality in Nova Scotia that owns a high-speed internet system, a project it hopes will bring affordable and quality access to every resident of the area and provide the county with a new revenue stream.

"It would be very difficult to put one need, even one very important sector, above the others. They're all important," said Jennifer Angel, CEO of Develop Nova Scotia. "What we have done is tasked our private-sector internet service provider partners with telling us what is the most efficient way to roll this out across the province, so we get everyone as quickly as we can." As part of the industry survey, members of the Nova Scotia Seafood Alliance and the Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia were asked to rate their internet and cell service on a scale from one to five, with one being ...

Posted: Feb 11, 2021 9:26 PM AT | Last Updated: February 12 Stella Maris is a multi-sensor platform that will be deployed on the bottom of Halifax harbour this spring.(Submitted by COVE) A shiny aluminum platform the size of two picnic tables will be lowered to the bottom of Halifax harbour this spring to give Nova Scotia ocean technology companies a place to test leading-edge sensors and monitors. The triangular metal frame called Stella Maris — Latin for star of the sea — is the latest addition to the ocean tech hub at the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE) on the D...