Archive for July, 2005

Point Lepreau a test of political leadership

Friday, July 29th, 2005 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »

After months of accusations, entreaties, betrayals and enough public humiliation to send even the shrewdest politician slinking into early retirement, the slow-motion train wreck that is Point Lepreau finally comes ... Read more..

When leaving home is the only option

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005 Posted in Economy, Society | No Comments »

My daughter is a beautiful, intelligent, 23-year-old, McGill University graduate, whose passion to teach and write burns as hotly in her as her ambition to live life deliberately and fearlessly. ... Read more..

The hard fall from middle class to working poor

Tuesday, July 19th, 2005 Posted in Society | No Comments »

Hounded from her home in Texas, a victim of high prices, low wages and staggering economic malaise, she came to New Brunswick in search of a better life. Instead, she ... Read more..

After the gold rush: Are housing markets ready to bust?

Friday, July 8th, 2005 Posted in Economy | No Comments »

In 1962, my father bought his first home for the then-astronomical sum of $12,500. It was a cute, little semi-detached on a tree-lined street in a largely working class neighbourhood ... Read more..

Man on a Mission

Saturday, July 2nd, 2005 Posted in Environment | No Comments »

To say that Bob Baker is a no-nonsense protector of Atlantic salmon is to say that the Middleton, Nova Scotia-born angler prefers to keep his counsel on just about everything ... Read more..

Women drive the small business economy

Friday, July 1st, 2005 Posted in Business, Economy | No Comments »

With exquisite, if unintended, irony, one of the nation’s big banks has stooped to recognize the entrepreneurial achievements of a group of people its loan department happily and perennially ignores ... Read more..