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Category Archives: Commentary
Commentary: The tricky world of misrepresentation — gas plant edition
By Logan Atkinson, Seniors for Climate — Tantramar Children have a wonderfully efficient way of getting to the heart of the matter. “Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!” If a peer steps outside the recognized moral order, then there’s no need … Continue reading
Commentary: NB Power’s ‘Opposites Day’
by Logan Atkinson, Seniors for Climate Tantramar Fans of Sesame Street will recall the iconic video “Opposites Day,” in which Bert and Ernie learn all about opposites. Whatever they do, the reverse is intended. Whatever they say, the opposite is … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Environment, NB Power, Town of Tantramar
Tagged Seniors for Climate - Tantramar
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Losing CBC coverage would be disastrous for New Brunswick
Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilièvre’s threat to cancel CBC’s annual Parliamentary grant would, if implemented, be a disaster for smaller, rural provinces like New Brunswick where local news coverage is already on its way to the morgue. Federal Heritage Minister … Continue reading
D.J. Trump drops Kamala-H-bomb during Mar-a-Lago news parley
“Welcome to Mar-a-Lago,” said U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump as the Faux Warktimes bureau chief sat down with him last Tuesday on the capacious sun porch at his Palm Beach resort. “Will you be staying the night?” he asked. “Uh, … Continue reading
Sackville awards Grandpa Higgs ‘Scrooge-of-Year’ plaque in secret ceremony
Dear Warktimes Editor, If the bronze-tanned George Stanley were still alive & kicking, I fear he’d be roiling in his grave at the news that his beloved Sackville has been swallowed up in “Entity 40” alongside Dorchester, Point de Bute … Continue reading
Commentary: Community hospitals have ‘a duty to the living’
by Alexander (Sandy) Burnett Horizon Health CEO Karen McGrath seemed perplexed last week. Faced with questions from the public and the press about planned reductions in service at six small-town hospitals across New Brunswick, her standard answer suggested a serious … Continue reading
Commentary: Too many unanswered questions about cuts at Sackville Memorial Hospital
by Kathy Hamer (Edwards) Probably everyone in rural New Brunswick knows that our access to health care is likely to require some travel, even for routine appointments with a family doctor. We are not so naive as to think the … Continue reading
Commentary: No Madam Mayor, we’re not dead yet
by Logan Atkinson, Seniors for Climate Tantramar Whatever you may think about municipal politics and local politicians, it’s hard to argue that Tantramar’s new mayor and council have been sitting on their hands. Finally, it seems, we’re working towards a … Continue reading →