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There goes the neighbourhood: Queen’s Marque construction is hitting nearby businesses hard

Recognizing the problem, Waterfront Development is spending big money to help out the Murphy's businesses, and the city is being asked to pitch in with even more financial help. Meanwhile, however, the crown corporation is ignoring the plight of a business right across the street from the construction zone.

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The proliferation of bulldozers, cranes, and work crews punching new towers into the Halifax skyline has also raised a controversial question at ground level: should businesses whose sales are hurt by the construction receive compensation from the developer and/or the public purse? The question gets even stickier when government is an investor — as it is…

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