Archive for May, 2005

Does tidal power have a real future?

Friday, May 27th, 2005 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

With every major price shock in the oil market comes the inevitable rush to rescue alternative energy technologies from the dustbin of history. Last week, the New Brunswick government announced that ... Read more..

Oh no, she didn’t!

Thursday, May 26th, 2005 Posted in Humour, Politics | No Comments »

Hey Belinda Stronach: Hollywood phoned; it wants its soap opera back. What, in the name of Saint John-bred Louis B. Mayer, is going on in the nation’s capitol these days? Has ... Read more..

Is Ontario’s bailout fair to the rest of Canada?

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »

The Ontario government has been looking to even the fiscal score with the rest of Canada for a about a year now. Earlier this month, it found a way thanks ... Read more..

Illiteracy costs Canadian industry $4 billion a year

Friday, May 20th, 2005 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

If you are reading this now, you are not one of the 9.7 million Canadians who can understand only a few of the words I have written so far. You ... Read more..

Guess who’s coming to dinner?

Thursday, May 19th, 2005 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

In politics, calling an elected official an opportunist is a little like claiming that when grass grows, it comes in green. But, as with everything, there are degrees. When, a few ... Read more..

Jobs are plentiful, but good ones remain elusive

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 Posted in Economy, Society | No Comments »

Not long ago, Associated Press published a playful list of job interview blunders culled from anecdotes recounted by more than 600 hiring managers in the United States. In one case, ... Read more..

In the entertainment biz, it’s all about buzz

Friday, May 13th, 2005 Posted in Business | No Comments »

The tallest residential property on the Canadian East Coast is a Cold War-era monstrosity called Fenwick Towers, which shoots 40 storeys straight up into the coastal dank that, more days ... Read more..

The quid, the pro and the quo

Thursday, May 5th, 2005 Posted in Humour, Politics | No Comments »

“Tory Leader Stephen Harper’s hand was forced yesterday by a tentative deal cooked up between Paul Martin and Jack Layton on Sunday night in a suite at the Royal York ... Read more..

Building a “green” world in more ways than one

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005 Posted in Business, Environment | No Comments »

The recent election of Michel Desjardins as Chairman of Petitcodiac Riverkeeper’s Board of Directors is good news to those who seek an end to the Balkanized relationship between the province’s ... Read more..