Local Business Partnership and Innovation

 

Simply For Life's "Grocery Store Tour" Gives Nutritional Insight to Clients

Sobey's Robie Street Professional Dietitian Jennifer Ferguson (left) explains the do's and don'ts of
shopping for the healthiest foods to Simply for Life clients. The Grocery Store Tour in March was
organized by Amy and Jason at Simply for Life on Prince Street, and gave would-be shoppers an insider's look at how to scrutinize nutritional labelling for everything from fibre, salt and fat content to calories and vitamins.  Special thanks to Jennifer for a job well-done and to Simply for Life / Truro.  It was a very educational evening.


New Board Takes Oath

Board members took their oath of office at the Chamber's March, 2014 AGM. The event was held at Saltscapes Restaurant in the Truro Power Centre, with the swearing in being done by Chamber solicitor Elisabeth Sieber.  Pictured (standing for the oath of office) in the photo above are from left, Kim Langille of Healthy Habit Health Food, Andrew Lake of Will-Kare Paving, David Alan Miller of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Alex Stevenson of T-D Bank, Matthew Robblee of Caldwell-Roach Insurance, Don Locke of RBC and Jackie Johnston of Truro Mall.   Thanks to all who attended and a special thanks to guest speaker Carl Sparkes of Devonian Coast Wineries Ltd.  The event was sponsored by our friends and strong community event supporters at RBC Truro.  Special thanks to RBC's Bruce Young as well, for his speaking skills and the generous donation of his time and energy for this important event.


Jost Owner Sparkes A Hit at AGM

Carl Sparkes, owner of Devonian Coast Wineries, which is the parent company of Nova Scotia's most established vineyard, known as Jost Vineyards, easily held the attention of his business audience at the Truro & Colchester Chamber's AGM Luncheon at the Truro Power Centre in March.  Sparkes talked of his experience among Canada's business elite, and said too often in the boardrooms of the nation, he hears how Nova Scotians undersell themselves on the national and international stage.  Sparkes told the crowd they live and do business in a place that is the envy of the world, and they need to step up to the business opportunities that present themselves in the coming years.

The Chamber's new board for 2014-15 was also sworn in at the event.  For more, visit this link.  http://trurocolchesterchamber.com/list-of-officers