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Featured Contributer - David Campbell

David CampbellDavid is a seasoned research professional with over 14 years experience conducting research related to community and economic development issues. Over that time, he has prepared dozens of research projects ranging from jurisdiction comparisons to labour force studies and infrastructure analysis.

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Learning from Obits

My wife pointed out yesterday the obituary of a woman we knew from church.  She was a nice lady and lived a long and seemingly happy life.  But as I read the obit it was amazing to see that every…

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An innovation agenda

A regular reader of this blog asked me to comment on the new Conference Board report assessing Canada’s innovation track record.  The Board gives Canada a D and ranks us 14th out of 17…

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Moncton CBC - News from your area and around New Brunswick by CBC

Atcon grew too big, too fast: N.B.

The New Brunswick government has acknowledged that the Atcon Group, in receivership and fighting for its survival, got too big, too fast.
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N.B. woman wins N.L. pathology negligence suit

A New Brunswick woman has won a negligence lawsuit against a Newfoundland hospital and two pathologists after being told a mole she had removed was benign, only to find out six years later she had life-threatening skin cancer.
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Prayers offered for missing N.B. woman

People across the country prayed on Sunday for a New Brunswick woman, who has been missing for more than a week.
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Yellow Pages bilingual blunder sparks apology

The Yellow Pages Group is apologizing to francophones in northern New Brunswick for the region’s new phone books, which are not completely bilingual.
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Globe & Mail - Local & National news from the Globe & Mail

N.S. leaders spar over economy

Globe & Mail: N.S. leaders spar over economy

Floodgates of recrimination open up at first televised leaders’ debate of summer election


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Being ‘blackmailed,’ CAW says

Globe & Mail: Being ‘blackmailed,’ CAW says

Union accuses Ottawa, Ontario of interfering in negotiations with GM


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Veterans march in NB over Agent Orange issue

Globe & Mail: Veterans march in NB over Agent Orange issue

About 75 people completed a march to Veterans Affairs Minister Greg Thompson’s office in St. Stephen yesterday to protest against the handling of the Agent Orange spraying at CFB Gagetown.


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Newfoundland nurses poised to hit picket lines

Globe & Mail: Newfoundland nurses poised to hit picket lines

Nurses across Newfoundland and Labrador are poised to hit the picket lines today in an increasingly bitter labour dispute that prompted some of them to throw copies of their expired collective agreements on the front steps of the provincial legislature in disgust.


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Moncton Times & Transcript - Local news as it happens by Moncton's Times & Transcript

Show N.B. the Lepreau money

Times & Transcript: Opinion Show N.B. the Lepreau money

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his government must accept their responsibility and make good on the approximately 0 million that project delays in refurbishing the Point Lepreau nuclear generating plant will cost New Brunswick. Read More…

Expect worst, hope for best

Times & Transcript: Opinion Expect worst, hope for best

The Conservative government's fifth budget delivered all that Canadians had expected, which was, after all, not much. Read More…

Pets unleashed

Times & Transcript: Opinion Pets unleashed

Pets unleashed is a daily feature of the Times & Transcript, which gives readers a venue for alerting the public when their pets go missing. Read More…

Adults can take cues from local Wild readers

Times & Transcript: Opinion Adults can take cues from local Wild readers

Reading certainly has been running wild through four local schools in the past few weeks. Read More…

Moncton Times Transcript - News Today

Reward offered for Crosby’s Olympic gear

Times & Transcript: News Today Reward offered for Crosby’s Olympic gear

There's big bucks in store for the person who can turn in Sidney Crosby's missing hockey gear. Read More…

Iraq election blasts kill dozens

Times & Transcript: News Today Iraq election blasts kill dozens

Insurgents bombed a polling station and lobbed grenades at voters yesterday, killing 36 people in attacks aimed at intimidating those taking part in an election that will determine whether the country can overcome the sectarian divisions that have plagued it since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Read More…

Moncton Times Transcript - Opinion

Show N.B. the Lepreau money

Times & Transcript: Opinion Show N.B. the Lepreau money

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his government must accept their responsibility and make good on the approximately 0 million that project delays in refurbishing the Point Lepreau nuclear generating plant will cost New Brunswick. Read More…

Expect worst, hope for best

Times & Transcript: Opinion Expect worst, hope for best

The Conservative government's fifth budget delivered all that Canadians had expected, which was, after all, not much. Read More…

Moncton Times Transcript - Sports

Flyers, Rivermen open final tonight

One final showdown between the Moncton Mark's Work Wearhouse Flyers and Miramichi Rae's Yamaha Rivermen has loomed all winter long. Read More…

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Habs sink Ducks in SO

Brian Gionta and Andrei Markov scored in the final 1:50 of regulation, and Tomas Plekanec added the shootout winner in the fourth round in the Montreal Canadiens' 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks last night. Read More…

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