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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 Posted in Economy | 2 Comments »
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s whistle-stop in Saint John the other day fooled precisely no one. Dressed up to appear like a public meeting – an opportunity for the Conservative government ... Read more..Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 Posted in Society | 2 Comments »
We judge our heroes not by their ability to delight, but by their capacity to disappoint. We do it all the time and in every field of endeavour. The higher ... Read more..Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 Posted in Economy | 2 Comments »
The problem with New Brunswick is that it’s unwilling to settle on a single, brilliantly lucrative industry with which to save Shawn Graham’s self-sufficiency bacon. The other problem with New Brunswick ... Read more..Friday, September 25th, 2009 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
It is with no small sense of relief that Shawn Graham is finally able to announce good news to the people of New Brunswick. At least, I imagine a visible ... Read more..Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 Posted in Environment | 2 Comments »
Hello, David Suzuki; how are you Maude Barlow? It’s 11 o’clock; do you know where your computers are? While you’ve been fighting the good fight to save the planet from human ... Read more..Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 Posted in Politics | 2 Comments »
The joust between the New Brunswick government and Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. is becoming less a demonstration of the latter’s technical incompetence and more a test of the former’s ... Read more..Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
Regardless of what happens on Parliament Hill later this month, it seems likely that Canada will resign itself, again, to minority government. The NDP and Bloc may save the Conservatives’ bacon ... Read more..Thursday, September 10th, 2009 Posted in Business | 8 Comments »
Twenty years ago, on a late August day dripping with heat and hope, I trundled out of Toronto in a rented van stuffed with sticks of furniture, my nose pointing ... Read more..Thursday, September 10th, 2009 Posted in Business | No Comments »
On any other day, the president and CEO of Demand Logistics – a transportation company located in Porter’s Lake, Nova Scotia, with annual revenues approaching $4 million and a staff ... Read more..Thursday, September 10th, 2009 Posted in Business | No Comments »
The sharks are circling. The barbarians are at the gate. The walls are tumbling. So drink up and smoke ‘em if you got ‘em, because bad clichés will be about ... Read more..