Archive for June, 2006

New Brunswick needs to get down to business

Friday, June 30th, 2006 Posted in Economy | 1 Comment »

Can anyone now seriously doubt that New Brunswick is sleepwalking its way into a long, debilitating economic coma? This week, Statistic Canada confirmed that the province created fewer jobs last year ... Read more..

One-thousand miles from home

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

We came into the country, my sister, brother and I, riding the back seat of a Pontiac sedan in the summer of 1970. By the time we reached the shore, ... Read more..

Enough talk. It’s time for action on the regional economy

Friday, June 23rd, 2006 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

In economic development geeks like myself, news that the Atlantic region’s largest, and arguably most respected, think tank is preparing a major policy announcement invariably induces a mood of giddy ... Read more..

Let the silly season begin

Friday, June 16th, 2006 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

Perhaps it’s the weather, but the silly season is off to an early start in the hallowed halls of federal governance this year. Elected officials, yearning like grade schoolers for summer ... Read more..

Atlantica conference was a success. Now what?

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006 Posted in Atlantica | No Comments »

It was cold and wet and tempers were sometimes as foul as the weather, but in Saint John last weekend the first industry conference convened to examine the concept of ... Read more..

Farewell to the Riverkeeper

Friday, June 9th, 2006 Posted in Environment | No Comments »

Over the past seven-and-a-half years, Daniel LeBlanc has kept a not-so-lonely vigil over Moncton’s mightiest waterway. Now with his sudden retirement as Executive Director of Petitcodiac Riverkeeper, an era is ... Read more..

Apocalypse now in Atlantica

Tuesday, June 6th, 2006 Posted in Atlantica, Humour | No Comments »

In that dark, dirty corner of the universe known as Saint John, New Brunswick, the minions of the Apocalypse are gathering this week to sink their platinum-plated incisors into the ... Read more..