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Friday, July 28th, 2006 Posted in Economy, Environment | No Comments »
Of all the things George W. Bush is not – scholar, statesman, gentleman – adherent of the “Peak Oil” movement inarguably tops the list. While the leader of the free world ... Read more..Thursday, July 27th, 2006 Posted in Business | No Comments »
Normally, they are fierce competitors. But there’s one thing on which Pizza Delight and Greco Pizza agree: The price they pay for dairy products is unreasonably high. “We are very large ... Read more..Tuesday, July 25th, 2006 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
Statistics Canada declared last week that all things economic remain bright and beautiful in the Great White North. And why not, eh? Our collective “international investment position improved substantially in the ... Read more..Thursday, July 20th, 2006 Posted in Business | No Comments »
The president and CEO of one of the most successful contract mining companies in the world plants his khaki-clad rump on the serpentine handrail of his Moncton, New Brunswick, head-office ... Read more..Thursday, July 20th, 2006 Posted in Business | No Comments »
At Dymaxion Research Ltd., lifelong learning is as natural as breathing. According to Nick Jupp, vice-president of operations at the Halifax-based IT company, “we see the incentive to educate as ... Read more..Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
Along a rocky coast barely 150 kilometres from end to end, an industrial project that will change the world is quietly underway. There, economic planners are tinkering with the tools ... Read more..Saturday, July 15th, 2006 Posted in Environment | No Comments »
When the weather warms, and the waters rise, Denis Hache and Francois Plante can be found, on certain clear days, wandering New Brunswick’s riparian wilderness assembling and cataloguing evidence of ... Read more..Friday, July 14th, 2006 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
In another dazzling display of political leadership, the provincial government – or more precisely, one of its high-ranking foot soldiers – has scolded an entire industry for its apparent lack ... Read more..Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 Posted in Business, Humour | No Comments »
On a wink and a prayer, more than 16 years ago, I brashly discarded the security of salary and benefits for the intoxicating possibilities of being my own boss. With my ... Read more..Friday, July 7th, 2006 Posted in Humour | No Comments »
The 1863 Gettysburg Address, delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the bloodiest year of the American Civil War, continues to resonate as one of history’s most moving political speeches. In less than ... Read more..