Archive for January, 2006

Liberals’ time in the wilderness may be short

Friday, January 27th, 2006 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

To the astonishment of exactly no one, Frank McKenna has quit his posh job as Canada’s mouthpiece in Washington, D.C., and hired himself a moving van, presumably one with a ... Read more..

Hey teacher! Give those kids a break

Thursday, January 26th, 2006 Posted in Humour, Politics | No Comments »

News Flash: Last week, Premier Bernard Lord stepped back from his duties as Stephen Harper’s loyal N.B. operative long enough to spend a day teaching a group of local high ... Read more..

How did Moncton become a snowboarder on steroids?

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

If Calgary tumbles towards the future like a teenager on a trust fund, and Toronto balances its checkbook like a middle-aged matron on sedatives, then what does Metro Moncton do ... Read more..

The brutal life of the political operative

Friday, January 20th, 2006 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

The life cycle of a political operative is as brief as a January thaw, and as brutal as a jilted lover. Just ask Liberal strategists David Herle, Scott Reid and ... Read more..

The Petitcodiac River is about to rise again

Thursday, January 19th, 2006 Posted in Environment | No Comments »

The walls of Daniel LeBlanc’s downtown Moncton, New Brunswick, office are high and broad and plastered with evidence of his decade-long obsession. In one corner hangs a map of the ... Read more..

Harper flip-flops on regional development

Thursday, January 19th, 2006 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »

Has Stephen Harper, the onetime standard-bearer of socio-economic policies so far to the right as to make George Bush wince, undergone the most profound conversion in modern political history? In less ... Read more..

Moncton meets the AIMS challenge head on

Monday, January 16th, 2006 Posted in Society | No Comments »

Karen Branscombe brandishes a binder five inches thick, full of improvement plans for the eight high schools that comprise Greater Moncton’s District 2 Education Council. “This ought to tell you ... Read more..

Meet the real Willy Wonka

Sunday, January 15th, 2006 Posted in Business | No Comments »

David Ganong is a trim, fit, energetic man in his early 60s, which is surprising when you consider that his consumption of sweet, thick chocolates tops out at about a ... Read more..

The forgotten constituents

Thursday, January 12th, 2006 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

In a little more than a week, on January 23, Canadians will face the yawning certainty of electing their second minority government in as many years. The most recent polls indicate ... Read more..

N.B. job creation rate is the lowest in Canada

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

Before the New Brunswick government treats the province to another helping of economic spin, citizens would do well to peruse the latest job creation numbers supplied by Statistics Canada. At about ... Read more..