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Thursday, March 31st, 2005 Posted in Society | No Comments »
I spent an intermittently miserable 12 years in Canadian public school systems. Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax – the same dreary routine played out in different dreary settings. I used to think ... Read more..Tuesday, March 29th, 2005 Posted in Atlantica | No Comments »
The Halifax-Moncton Growth Corridor is an idea, many say, whose time has come. Brought to us by a group of vocal business organizations and private citizens, the concept calls for ... Read more..Friday, March 25th, 2005 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
NB Power’s latest bid to pick the pockets of provincial ratepayers is as audacious as it is unconscionable. In a breathtaking display of chutzpah this week, the power company said it ... Read more..Thursday, March 24th, 2005 Posted in Society | No Comments »
The horrifying news last week that a group of emotionally disturbed teenagers plotted to kill students and staff at Saint John High School by setting off a series of pipe ... Read more..Friday, March 18th, 2005 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
I am an unapologetic tax bater from a way back. Most proprietors of small, incorporated businesses are. So, I should be happy with the New Brunswick government’s decision to shrink ... Read more..Thursday, March 17th, 2005 Posted in Humour, Politics | No Comments »
After months of research and a reported investment of $700,000, our Nova Scotian neighbours now possess that for which very few on their “Sea-bound Coast”, letting their “Mountains, Dark and ... Read more..Tuesday, March 15th, 2005 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
Growing up in a family of writers, artists and recreational thinkers did not prepare me well for the entrepreneurial life I eventually chose. The chattering class rarely does. Back in the ... Read more..Friday, March 11th, 2005 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
In New Brunswick, precision manufacturers employ cutting-edge technology. In PEI, aerospace firms develop astonishingly accurate components. In Nova Scotia, medical researchers find new ways to treat formerly incurable diseases. And in ... Read more..Thursday, March 10th, 2005 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
On my worst day, I would not want to be David Hay, president and CEO of NB Power. Sure, his six-figure salary is a draw. And, yes, his colonial-era mansion, ... Read more..Tuesday, March 8th, 2005 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
Of all the measures essential to securing New Brunswick’s long-term prosperity, none is more important than attracting skilled immigrants to our shores. None, except, perhaps, learning how to keep them. Study ... Read more..