And now we present the Great Lordini and the spectacular vanishing Prosperity Plan. It will thrill you, and chill you like nothing you have ever seen. Brought to you by: Bristol Communications – The poll results you want to see……
Continue ReadingThere go the waffles
I know that I am starting to get old when the companies brought here under McKenna start closing their doors. There have been several high profile call centres shut down including Sun Life’s Moncton facility – going back five years…
Continue ReadingGoin’ down the road: Part 342
It’s now official. My brother told me last week he has received a job offer in the US and he will be taking it. His family of six will be packing up and leaving for greener pastures. This means they…
Continue ReadingThe brain drain
The so-called ‘brain drain’ seems to be on everybody’s mind these days – most likely because there’s an election coming. In 2003, the Tories promised to review the post-secondary education system in New Brunswick. That has not happened – although…
Continue ReadingWhere are the jobs?
I posted a blog last week on the employment by occupation data from Statistics Canada. I looked at the last five years of Lord versus the last five years of the Liberal administration. The reason for this was simple. McKenna…
Continue ReadingAnother Hoganism
I promise to limit the Al Hogan bashing because it is quite frankly depressing to you and to me. But today’s We Say was so over the top I have to show it to anyone who didn’t get a chance…
Continue ReadingCheck your rearview mirror, Al
A little birdie just told me that there may be a shakeup coming at our favorite rag, the Times & Transcript. Something about a little house cleaning. My source can’t confirm this definitively but you know the thing about scuttlebutt.…
Continue ReadingWith friends like these….
In 1999, Al Hogan used his rag the T&T to wage war with former Premier Camille Theriault – running daily stories about the toll highway and other issues. I know this because the only time I ever saw the man…
Continue ReadingThe CEO/President of Headz Gamez speaks
I would suspect that it is rare for the CEO of a major corporation to surf the blogosphere and respond to criticisms of his firm. But that’s exactly what Kerry Martens CEO/President Headz Gamez Enterprises International Corp. does in response…
Continue ReadingThe Oracle of Fredericton
During the last two federal elections, one of the top blogs for political fodder was the Oracle of Ottawa. I think we may now have our own Oracle of Fredericton. Jacques Poitras’ speculation that Premier Lord has moved towards ‘universality’…
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