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Thursday, January 29th, 2009 Posted in Education, Society | No Comments »
Does it say something about us when the only occasion at which Canada’s national anthem can be played without fear of igniting ideological warfare is a hockey game involving one ... Read more..Thursday, January 29th, 2009 Posted in Economy, Politics | No Comments »
The hours and days march slowly in January. Winter, which could be denied in December under a wreath of holiday cheer, is indisputably here, in the frozen ground, in the ... Read more..Thursday, January 29th, 2009 Posted in Business, General | No Comments »
For those of us who laboured to get out the news every day, there was always a perverse satisfaction in knowing that the paper which bore our words was destined ... Read more..Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
What is it about a nation that can elect both George Walker Bush and Barack Hussein Obama to its highest office within a span of 10 short years? After all, ... Read more..Thursday, January 15th, 2009 Posted in Politics | No Comments »
What do I care if the premier of New Brunswick earns $126,000 a year, or if NB Power honcho David Hay makes do with a mere $325,000 between annual solstices? Am ... Read more..Sunday, January 11th, 2009 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
He is there, somewhere, in an office behind one of the banks of grey, steel lockers on the third floor of the Leopold Taillon building of l’Universite de Moncton. But ... Read more..Sunday, January 11th, 2009 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
The greedy, corrupt, and breathtakingly stupid lit the spark in the American heartland, where Wal-Mart greeters, earning minimum wage, suddenly qualified for no-money-down, $500,000 mortgages. From there, the blaze spread to ... Read more..Sunday, January 11th, 2009 Posted in Economy, Humour, Politics | No Comments »
I bought myself a shiny, new shovel the other day. Frankly, I own more than a dozen shovels. But the news of the world compelled me to dig into my ... Read more..Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 Posted in Economy, Humour | No Comments »
How long do you think it’ll be before the phrase, “shovels in the ground”, earns the same derision and forced retirement as other cringe-worthy expressions of recent years, like “moral ... Read more..Monday, January 5th, 2009 Posted in Economy | No Comments »
News that the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency may receive a $30-million shot in the arm come January 27, when the federal Tories bring down their budget, is either a welcome ... Read more..