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Oct 29, 2026
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'He’d be very proud': Cape Breton apparel company founder paying father’s goodwill forward
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Through Backshift Supply Co., Kris has contributed $1,000 to the Brian Campbell Rapped Up Memorial Award, a bursary supporting a skilled trades student at the Nova Scotia Community College with preference to those with connections to the province’s coal mining industry.
Just last month, he partnered with the Bitten Moon Pub in Glace Bay to help raise $2,000 for Jaycee’s Comfort Closet at Oceanview Education Centre, a program that provides students with school supplies, hygiene products and other necessities.
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'He’d be very proud': Cape Breton apparel company founder paying father’s goodwill forward
Kris Campbell supporting $1,000 bursary for NSCC student in the skilled trades
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By Brendyn Creamer
Published Oct 29, 2026
Kris Campbell, the founder of Backshift Supply Co., stands underneath a photo of his father Brian Campbell, left, at the Cape Breton Miners Museum in Glace Bay. The NSCC bursary Kris funds is named after his father, who was a chain runner working for DEVCO.…
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