The Mabou Freshmart store is seen Sunday, June 29, 2025. Photo by ContributedArticle contentMacMaster of his own houseTHIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY.Subscribe now to access this story and more:Unlimited access to the website and appExclusive access to premium content, newsletters and podcastsFull access to the e-Edition app, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment onEnjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalistsSupport local journalists and the next generation of journalistsSUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES.Subscribe or sign in to your account to continue your reading experience.Unlimited access to the website and appExclusive access to premium content, newsletters and podcastsFull access to the e-Edition app, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment onEnjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalistsSupport local journalists and the next generation of journalistsRegister to unlock more articles.Create an account or sign in to continue your reading experience.Access additional stories every monthShare your thoughts and join the conversation in our commenting communityGet email updates from your favourite authorsSign In or Create an AccountorArticle contentEx-PC finance minister Allan MacMaster wasted no time after giving up his seat in the legislature to jump to the federal Conservatives just before they ran off an electoral cliff. He told our Francis Campbell he’d be shedding the suit and spending Canada Day working at the Mabou Fresh Mart, which he’s buying and taking over in the fall.Article contentArticle contentArticle contentCouple aim to up Sydney’s social gameArticle contentI love reading about young couples starting out, in business and in life. TJ Colello spoke recently with Ethan MacLean and Brooke McDonald about their social media marketing startup. Perhaps someday we’ll be writing about their long and happy career, like the one carved out by EVAS Air founders Florence and Pat White, who began in a camper in her parents’ driveway.Article contentLucy, Charlie and the uranium footballArticle contentArticle contentTim Houston says he’s opened the doors to uranium miners by lifting a longstanding exploration ban. Since then, environmentalists have raised a ruckus and doctors have weighed in. Municipalities have lined up asking they be left out of any exploration plans. No companies put in bids to go looking for it. I don’t blame them.Article contentHalifax apartment boom leaving EVs behind?Article contentThousands of apartments are going up around Halifax and not many have anywhere to plug in an electric vehicle. Here’s why, and how Mark MacDonald of Electric Avenue wants to change that.Article contentArticle contentHalifax-Sydney flights groundedArticle contentArticle contentIt was fun while it lasted, but Quebec-based Pascan says it is killing the Sydney-Halifax route July 20. The carrier says there were just too many empty seats.Article contentBig, Beautiful losers, and winnersArticle contentAs the smoke’s still swirling around Donald Trump’s massive, nearly passed, tax and spending cut legislation, here’s a look at who will get richer and who will get poorer. Spoiler alert: millionaires and most billionaires do just fine.Article contentArticle contentPERSPECTIVESArticle contentBANKRUPTCY: Times, tastes leave the Man From Del Monte behindArticle contentThe canners of countless old Canadians’ fruit salad cups and pineapple slices, Del Monte Foods, has gone bankrupt. Here’s The Financial Post’s Gabriel Friedman with what it means to Canadians.Article contentArticle contentThat’s The Wrap. Article contentBack in a week. Until then, I’ll be fighting the feeling I should have bought more canned fruit. Article content
THE WRAP: Uranium snubbed, Sydney-Halifax flights scrubbed, and Allan MacMaster moves on
