Just listening to the Jack Johnson song, Where have the good people gone? and I realized what’s been bugging me all day. Ever since I read that friggin’ David Coon call for a lynch mob today. I mean look it,…
Continue ReadingOne step forward, a dozen back
The absurdity of the thing is downright amazing. I am referring to the residential development project that was slated for the Portage Vale area near Sussex. This was a $100+ million development that would have attracted wealthy investors from Ireland…
Continue ReadingReviewing the energy hub concept
I am way over my head in this area so I won’t attempt to talk about specifics when it comes the energy sector. I’ll just make a few comments given the TJ story today about the possibility of a second…
Continue ReadingTake that, Fort McMurray
Just saw this in a Saint John publication. Good stuff.
Continue ReadingWhy can’t Maritimers be motivated?
That’s the title of a Charles Moore commentary in the T&T today. I hope you can read it by clicking here but you might need a password. Here’s the first paragraph of the column: How excellent it would be if…
Continue ReadingNewfoundlanders and their ‘passports’ of convenience
I guess the standards of what makes good op-ed fodder is not much different in Moncton than in Edmonton. Apparently, Lorne Gunter, senior columnist at the Edmonton Journal, thinks that his role in life is to crap on Atlantic Canadians.…
Continue ReadingCFIB says NB small biz are optimistic
I just read that New Brunswick small and medium sized businesses are the most optimistic in Canada. This is according to the latest CFIB survey of business optimism. The journalist was at a loss to describe why NB SMEs were…
Continue ReadingThe need for Brian Dick
I just read Rodney Ouellette of Atlantic Cancer Research Institute’s commentary in the TJ. He is making the case for New Brunswick to invest more money in health research. He affirms what I have reported several times that on a…
Continue ReadingNorm Betts
I see that the Premier has named Norm Betts as the interim Chair of NB Power. I always liked Norm Betts although his getting turfed from his riding (my parents live in his riding) was inevitable. In that riding you…
Continue ReadingThe Secret
I suspect just about everyone is aware of “The Secret” by now. Which, come to think of it, doesn’t make it much of a secret. Anyhoo. I haven’t actually watched the movie or read the book. I didn’t actually see…
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