What's open, closed over the holidays in N.B.

What's open and closed from Christmas Eve through Boxing Day. Transit won't run on Christmas Day or Boxing Day.
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Group of US distillers complains NS and other provinces favouring local alcohol

A group of U.S. alcohol producers claims Canadian retailers are giving unfair advantage to local spirits, including what it ...

U.S. alcohol group takes aim at NSLC's markup on local spirits

The organization that represents some of America's largest spirits producers is calling for the NSLC to remove a policy that ...

Many Canadians get Boxing Day off work. People in the U.S. don't. Why do we get an extra stat holiday, and what exactly is it?

Canadian unions followed suit in the early 20th century and began campaigning for changes to labour laws to provide time off ...

Canada retail sales dip 0.2% in October, November estimate shows growth

Canadian retail sales fell 0.2% to $69.4 billion in October, according to data released by Statistics Canada. The decline was led by decreases at food and beverage retailers.
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Today-History-Jan01

Today in History for Jan. 1: In 1622, the Roman Catholic church adopted Jan. 1 as the beginning of the year, rather than March 25. In 1653, Newfoundland's Coat of Arms was granted by King Charles I.