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Thursday, November 17th, 2011 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
If Shawn Graham’s attempt to shake up the provincial status quo was noisy and unilateral, David Alward’s has been more muted and consultative: The former’s, a call to arms; the ... Read more..Thursday, November 17th, 2011 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
Nothing beats a plowshare into a sword better than a billy club. For weeks, municipal authorities and their police officers have managed a respectful, if wary, relationship with hundreds of disaffected ... Read more..Monday, November 14th, 2011 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
How ironic that on the day Premier David Alward extolled New Brunswick’s bright future as a centre for research and development, word arrived of the feds’ dark plans for one ... Read more..Monday, November 14th, 2011 Posted in Humour | No Comments »
In the exacting language of financial reporting, the mental disease industry is worth a gagillion dollars worldwide. I don’t know how many zeros are in a gagillion, but that’s only ... Read more..Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
Those entrusted with counting the public’s pennies tend to be the government officials you trust if only because they, alone among their cabinet colleagues, know that while something decidedly scatalogical ... Read more..Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
Now that the Harper government has put Fat City and some of its chubbier outposts on a liquid diet, the sound of gnashing teeth echoes across that parallel universe where, ... Read more..Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 Posted in Society | No Comments »
A young woman leans into traffic along Moncton’s Main Street, where the seat of municipal government throws a long shadow against the autumn afternoon. Her placard bears a message that’s ... Read more..Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
For months, the New Brunswick government has struggled to understand why, despite its efforts to cut costs and eliminate waste in the public service, the provincial deficit continues to deepen. ... Read more..Friday, November 4th, 2011 Posted in Media | No Comments »
If I noticed a large woman in a plastic breastplate, brandishing a toy sword and screeching like the air brakes on a tractor-trailer, trooping up my driveway, I might barricade ... Read more..Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 Posted in Economy | 1 Comment »
In classical Greek tragedy, the hero strives to achieve some divine purpose before he falls flat on his all-too-human rear end. The ancient formula appears destined to repeat among contemporary Hellenes ... Read more..