To call Rod Bryden’s career “varied” would be an understatement. This is a man who has taught law, owned and operated an NHL franchise, and who is currently revolutionizing the waste industry and the energy industry (simultaneously, of course). Read more

Saving the world is all about our shared values, according to David Noble. The trick is finding ways to make these values real. You’ll be lucky to catch the Fredericton, NB native at his home in Guelph, ON. The reason is that saving the world means spending a lot of time visiting and working in different parts of it. Read more

The Fredericton-based Beaverbrook Art Gallery has won an appeal in a long-standing dispute over 85 works of art in its collection that were being claimed by Lord Beaverbrook's descendents. The ruling, which was released overnight, brings to an end a five-year legal battle between the gallery and the U.K.-based Beaverbrook Foundation, which is controlled by descendents of the Canadian-born British politician and businessman, who died in 1964. Read more

On Tuesday June 30th at Toronto’s Duke of York Pub, business leader Scott McCain was the guest of honour at East Coast Connected’s Coast and Cocktails. The President and COO of Agribusiness Group, Maple Leaf Foods Inc. came to speak about the crisis faced by his company in 2008, the lessons learned from those troubling days, and the growing importance of corporate transparency in the new millennium. Read more

Fredericton native and Opera sensation Measha Brueggergosman received an honourary degree from St. Thomas University as the graduating class of 2009 looked on. The internationally renowned soprano shared the honour with her first vocal coach Mabel Doak. Read more

Smiths Detection of Southern New Brunswick is providing the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games with mobile security units that will screen 100s of spectators. Smiths Detections is also employing another NB firm, Allain Equipment, to construct the units for the event. Read more

The Atlantic Canadian Economic Council has issued a report that the largest recession that Canada has experienced since the great depression is easing, but, it will not give a firm recovery date. Read more

ECC President Chris Crowell recently penned a column for The Chronicle Herald, urging Atlantic Canadian governments, business and organizations to nurture and maintain ties with Maritimers and Atlantic Canadians who have moved away from the east coast. Calling expatriates a "renewable resource", he asserts expatriates "do not want to be an observer of the success of Atlantic Canada; they want to be a part of the story:" Read more

The small village of Memramcook New Brunswick was overwhelmed today with an estimated 3,000 onlookers and distinguished guests remembering the first Acadian Governor General Roméo Leblanc. Read more

One question that every East Coast Connected member asks themselves is, “As someone who has left the region, or with stakes outside of it, how do I participate at a greater level with the Atlantic provinces?” Some people are looking to return to that place, but are unaware of particular opportunities, while others look to strengthen their ties with their region of origin through investments or research. On June 5 at the Atlantic Business Summit, East Coast Connected asked some distinguished thinkers “To what extent should governments support the establishment of expatriate community hubs?”. Read more