Atlantic Business Magazine

President Donald Trump is rolling out the red carpet for Canada to become the 51st state. A concerned Nova Scotian, Michael Kennedy thinks the province should strongly consider taking him up on this offer as we head into dreary, uncharted political and economic waters in 2025. Read full op-ed: https://lnkd.in/e8BWErEC #FreeContent

As a New Year's gift from us to you, for the month of January we're lifting the paywall on "Moving Pictures" - a behind-the-lens profile of Roger Maunder and David Howells. Hope this is just the start of many good things to come your way in 2025. https://loom.ly/muzh5v4 #FreeContent

How are Atlantic Canada’s employers of choice attracting and retaining top talent? From health and wellness benefits to annual compensation reviews to retirement aid and planning – the #workperks are impressive. In the latest edition of Atlantic Business Magazine, Atlantic Canada’s Best Places to Work share their recruitment and retention strategies. Check out the 32 companies that made this year’s list of winners. Also inside… • The 5th annual Best of Atlantic Canada awards: Readers choose the best B2B services in the region. • Labrador’s only micro-brewery—Iron Rock Brewing—celebrates its 5th anniversary • Roger Maunder and David Howells: The creative duo behind some of NL’s most moving images. • Financing #femtech when women’s health is a low priority for venture capital • Credit unions make a comeback, doing increasingly well by doing good • PEI’s Murphy Hospitality Group latest launch: succession planning • Independent home and auto insurance brokers talk survival in a consolidating world • After three leaders in as many years, is Wallace McCain Institute at a crossroads? • Car Life Museum: the last of PEI’s old-school roadside attractions • Startup Think Self-Management creator and founder Michelle Lehman plans to commercialize self-management tools for chronic conditions • Small Business Spotlight on Noypi Filipino-Asian Store: Four Filipino immigrants who are expanding the culture, and economy, of New Minas, NS. (New department!) • A check-in with Don Bureaux: CEO, Nova Scotia Community College - NSCC and #ABMTop50 Hall of Famer • Atlantic Canada’s Indigenous GDP, employment outpaces overall economy • 6 degrees of human-centered tech: From BioTraceIT to Stash Energy • Editor Dawn Chafe has a special delivery for Canada Post and CUPW • John Risley ponders possible solutions to end the war on Ukraine Available online today! Login or subscribe at https://lnkd.in/gxu2_h9u

CCNB employs close to 1,000 people across its five campuses in New Brunswick, including the Edmundston campus shown here. Among its numerous employee benefits, CCNB offers the convenience of onsite childcare. CCNB has been chosen as one of the 2025 Best Places to Work in Atlantic Canada.

What makes Medavie one of this year’s Best Places to Work in Atlantic Canada? For starters, their Moncton office features a wellness room, meditation/prayer room, private sleep/nap room (yes, you read that right!), a self-serve cafeteria and more. Well done, Medavie! 📷 Jennifer Deschambeault, manager Talent Acquisition, at the 2024 Blue Nose Marathon Wellness Expo. In addition to having a booth at this active living event in Halifax, Medavie was again the title sponsor of the Blue Nose Half Marathon.

A minimum of 4 weeks paid vacation for new employees is just one of the many benefits MDW Law - Nova Scotia offers their employees. Congratulations MDW Law on being chosen as one of 2025’s Best Places to Work in Atlantic Canada.

At the end of a long list of #workperks, McInnes Cooper offers health benefits for FT, PT and contract staff starting on the first day of work, with 100% employer-paid premiums. McInnes Cooper has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Atlantic Canada three years in a row. Congratulations!

VERB Interactive offers each employee an annual $1,000 health and wellness spending account. VERB Interactive has been named one of 2025’s Best Places to Work in Atlantic Canada.

m5 the agency believes in creating fun and vibrant spaces that spark curiosity, saying that's where the best ideas come from. Congratulations to m5 on being chosen as one of Atlantic Canada’s Best Places to Work in 2025.

Flexible work hours with work from home options, bonus days off and dog-friendly head office make Heart & Stroke NB | Coeur + AVC N.-B. a fun place to work. Their compensation for health and wellness and annual compensation review, make them a Best Place to Work. Congratulations The Heart and Stroke Foundation of NB on their third win.