NS: Taxes force Amherst store to throw in the towel

[AMHERST, NS] — CBC News is reporting that Croft Street Convenience in Amherst is closing up shop because it can no longer afford to compete with businesses in neighbouring New Brunswick in terms of taxes and prices. For more information, read the story at: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/11/ns-convenience-store-border.html

Tony Hubert is closing Croft Street Convenience just seven months after he bought what was then called D&J Convenience. — Photo by Darrell Cole, Amherst Daily News