Interesting. It would seem that a few ex Atlantic Canadians are still interested in the homeland. Do you think they pine for the rolling hills of Albert County? Or the majestic Annapolis Valley? How about the Nord Shore (see below)?…
Continue ReadingDo or die for N.B. forestry?
The Telegraph-Journal is running a lead story this morning called “Do or die for N.B. forestry” quoting experts saying that massive change will be required such as downsizing the number of mills, turning the focus away from pulp and reducing…
Continue ReadingDrink Up!
Come on, New Brunswickers! Eat, drink, be merry – for tomorrow we will have to read more Al Hogan crap. Not only do we have one of the lowest per capita spends on eating out, we had the second worst…
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This is likely my final post before Christmas so I’ll end with my Christmas wish list. All I want for Christmas is: A local newspaper that supports good government policy and condemns bad politics (the T&T just savaged the Libs…
Continue ReadingCanada’s still new government
I know I have posted on this before but isn’t it strange? Canada’s New Government Announces $718,839 Contract Awarded to Refurbish Riding Mountain National ParkDec 21 Canada’s New Government Partners With UNICEF and the World Food Programme to Assist Families…
Continue ReadingOdds, oddities, ends and possible beginnings?
A few things of interest (to me at least) this am. EndsFirst, as widely anticipated, the NB Liberals concluded their external audit of the books and have uncovered a whopping deficit left by the Tories. I blogged on this before…
Continue ReadingLook at those stoopid Monctonians
Stephane Dion was quite disturbed by how stupid Monctonians were when he spent six months here in the early 1980s. There must be a few bright Monctonian… Moncton researchers find biomarker for prostate cancer Cancer researchers in Moncton have developed…
Continue ReadingBiofuels-R-Us
The federal Conservative government is set to reveal another part of its clean-air strategy Wednesday with a $200-million plan to promote biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel, industry sources say. Environment Minister Rona Ambrose and Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl are…
Continue ReadingWomen are slowly taking over
Women made up 56 percent (about 8 million) of the undergraduate student population and 59 percent (about 2 million) of the graduate students in 2005, according to the latest data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau on school enrollment…
Continue ReadingGo rural, young man
Make Way for YOUth is a new program that “aims to reverse the tide of young adults who leave Nova Scotia’s rural communities for work and school chances that can’t be found at home, and to create opportunities for people…
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