I know that I pick on Al Hogan a lot but if you know me you know that I firmly believe that the media has a critical role to play if a place like New Brunswick is ever to turn…
Continue ReadingThe CBC is reporting that Premier Bernard Lord’s press secretary Chisholm Pothier has resigned after distributing a letter to the media that included a New Brunswicker’s personal information including drunk driving record. Now, I’m not going to beat a man…
Continue ReadingCGI Group – whither thou goest?
Remember this name well, CGI Group. This firm invested heavily in New Brunswick. Set up their ‘G-Lab’ research laboratory in Fredericton. Has considerable employment in Saint John. It is top notch IT company with 25,000 global employees. A few weeks…
Continue ReadingWould you like Frye with that?
Sorry to talk about the T&T twice in one day but it would seem my previous blog on the lack of T&T coverage of Northrop Frye was somewhat inaccurate. It seems that Al Hogan likes the festival after all judging…
Continue ReadingAl Hogan on Vacation?
Imagine a negative economic story in the Times & Transcript. Then imagine a negative economic story in the Times & Transcript that doesn’t include a ‘we’re encouraged’ quote from the Premier or a Cabinet Minister. Imagine a negative economic story…
Continue ReadingNB Budget 2006-2007
I got my Budget 2006-2007 briefing in the mail today. As with the ‘Report Card’ and the ‘Prebudget briefing’ documents, I continue to be amazed that the government can spend what must amount to several hundred thousand dollars each time…
Continue ReadingRumours abound about ACOA
For those of you that follow such things, you know that the selection of the Minister in charge of ACOA can be a contentious issue. Will he/she be from Nova Scotia? New Brunswick? PEI? Newfoundland? I have heard from two…
Continue ReadingNorthrop rolling over in his grave
I just heard from someone associated with the Northrop Frye Festival that our good friend Al Hogan over at the Times & Transcript doesn’t seem to like the event. Apparently, he thinks its a bit too elite for his taste.…
Continue ReadingAnimation nation – the ‘Chi goes digital
I got a fair amount of ‘ho hum’, ‘yeah right’ (s) from a bunch of you when I floated the idea of Miramichi leveraging its great NBCC animation diploma program into an animation cluster. It seems that some people are…
Continue ReadingThere was a time when people said the Moncton airport would not amount to much. But a few folks got busy. They took on some risk (i.e. debt) they did a few novel things (i.e. departure fees). And, I think,…
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