Here is the weekly podcast. The format is getting better every week. Thank’s to Mike for the music and the tips. Weekly Podcast – March 16
Continue ReadingYacht manufacturer sets up on PEI
PEI’s on a roll. Recently, they landed a major animation firm and now a manufacturer: An Italian company with worldwide sales in yacht and boat parts expects to begin production in Montague early next year with an eventual staff of…
Continue ReadingThe economic mortician
Atcon’s state-of-the-art plywood plant closedDAVID SHIPLEYTelegraph-JournalPublished Saturday March 15th, 2008Appeared on page C1 New Brunswick’s weakened manufacturing industry has suffered yet another blow. The privately-owned Atcon Group announced Friday it is temporarily idling its state-of-the-art plywood plant in Miramichi, leaving…
Continue ReadingBeing consistent
The New Brunswick government put forward two profound changes to the way it does business this week. The first was its move to cut the number of health authorities down to two and to locate them in Miramichi and Bathurst.…
Continue ReadingDispatches from the road 2: Los Angeles
Still cooling my heals in LA. Saw a great musical the other night called Wicked. It’s the story of the Wizard of Oz told from the perspective of the witch. Essentially the story rehabilitates her into the hero of the…
Continue ReadingDonovan is back
I have known George Donovan for over a decade. Now I see he is fronting a video game company in Moncton. He makes some interesting comments about the constraints to developing this sector in New Brunswick. Check it out.
Continue ReadingDispatches from the road: Los Angeles
First of all, I can’t get ahead of Al Hogan and his anti-tax crusade. All the way down here in LA and the first story I see in the online T&T is “Tax season hits N.B. hard”. Now the question…
Continue ReadingWeekly podcast – March 8th
Here is the weekly podcast for March 8th. I am hoping to get an RSS feed for this up and running soon but I am learning these technologies on the fly. It seems to be a bit jerky. I don’t…
Continue ReadingWhen will it end
Edmonton Economic Development Corp. (EEDC) and the City of Edmonton — together with 18 other regional stakeholders — have launched a targeted marketing campaign to 300,000-plus students at seven post-secondary schools in Toronto. The Succeed Sooner campaign created by DDB…
Continue ReadingMoving at the speed of business
Isn’t that the slogan for a courier company? Anyway, check this out: Ontario is launching its NextGeneration of Jobs Fund to give companies quicker decisions so they can get projects off the ground and create opportunity for families. The Next…
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