Letters | Find educational solution amenable to all
My husband and I moved to New Brunswick almost two years ago to raise our family. In Calgary, we heard the public relations of Premier Lord and Premier Graham to come to New Brunswick. We were willing to accept the lower salary for a better life.
Council's mandate? To govern for all
Saint John voters have elected a mixed slate of new voices and incumbents, representing a variety of political opinions. It's going to be an interesting council. Time will tell whether it is also an effective one.
Build on the past
Across New Brunswick, communities are digesting the results of Monday's municipal elections. The mayors-elect and councillors-elect face a common challenge: delivering the services residents want at a price taxpayers can afford.
Burma's disaster isn't natural
The Burmese regime is not to blame for the powerful cyclone that struck the Irrawaddy delta and Rangoon early this month, killing up to a hundred thousand people. But it certainly will be to blame for the next wave of deaths if aid does not soon reach the survivors.
Will uranium mining be the Liberals' downfall?
Readers of this paper have seen very little of the uranium mining debate now raging in the province.
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Harper eases politics in Quebec
For 10 years, Jean Chrétien tried to exorcise Quebec sovereignty with Canadian symbols. Under his Liberal regime, the federal government plastered the province with the Maple Leaf. But the premise that Ottawa could win a flag war in Quebec was always a dubious one.
Letters | NBers expect proper consultation
Hassan Arif's commentary in Wednesday's Telegraph-Journal seeks to explain away the growing opposition to the provincial Liberal government with a simple cliché - "that is the nature of governing-" and the Liberals appear to take this to their comfort.
Prevention beats panic
As water levels in the St. John River continue to drop, New Brunswickers are turning to the question of prevention. After three record floods in 35 years, what can be done to prevent a similar disaster, or at the very least, limit its damages?
When jurists disagree, it's reasonable doubt
Health Minister Michael Murphy visited the Telegraph-Journal last week to explain his reasons for creating two health authorities, divided on linguistic lines. He continues to insist that a single, bilingual health authority would undermine New Brunswickers' language rights.
Bernier's girlfriend does matter
It's as easy to make too much of Maxime Bernier's latest twirl in the spotlight as it is to miss the point. Who he dates is mostly important because it muddies the message he was trusted to deliver.
Second language education needs more research
The New Brunswick government has been criticized for basing its decision to eliminate early French immersion on research that is inadequate and flawed.
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Is Hillary a Trojan rabbit?
Now Barack Obama faces a true dilemma: how best to punish Hillary Clinton.
Letters | Why is government reviewing gas pricing?
It has come to my attention that EUB has undertaken a review of the Petroleum Pricing Act. My issue is why is the current EUB so secretive about this review?
Invest in forestry
Recent developments in health care and education have pushed concerns about the forest industry off the public agenda. As a new report points out, forestry's future still depends on the provincial government making good decisions.
Graham's gambit is regional strength
There's a growing interest among Atlantic Canadians in regional development. Call it a culture of empowerment.
The other side on education
Citizens for Educational Choice is an umbrella group for a number of local coalitions that have formed across the province since the government initiated drastic changes in the education system on March 14, 2008.
Democrats enter the home stretch
Were the Indiana and North Carolina primaries the deciding races? According to the American media, the answer seems to be yes.
Letters to the editor | Candidates: show interest in health care
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Get out and vote
It's Saturday morning. You wake up feeling tired because the neighbours had a noisy party until 4:30 a.m. You turn on the water to take a shower, but only a trickle of water comes out - there's no water pressure. Grumbling, you get dressed and go out to get coffee.
What's holding up the medical program?
It has taken the Graham government 18 months to realize the proposed anglophone medical training program will require a building. It took businessman Guy Barbara weeks to find a building.
A council for change
The Telegraph-Journal's reporters and editors have had a ringside seat on city politics for the past four years. The newspaper has covered every council session and in the lead-up to the election, we've tried to give our readers the most complete coverage possible, from candidate and ward profiles to opinion polling and a series of spirited public debates.
The river doesn't choose sides
It appears the major flood threat along the Saint John River is over for this year, one of the worst for flooding in recent memory. Many homeowners and businesses that took on water over the past two weeks are surveying the damage and looking ahead to weeks, perhaps months of cleanup and repair.
MAKE BENEFITS BLUEPRINT GREENER
Earlier this week I attended a breakfast presentation in Sussex where the topic of discussion was the first report of the Benefits Blueprint Initiative.
Harmonize policies for regional strength
Harmonization, what is it? Simply put, harmonization is the standardization of rules and regulations between separate jurisdictions. By creating a uniform regulatory environment, trade barriers are greatly reduced or eliminated, the economy grows, and money is saved.
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