Saturday Huddle: Let’s Speculate About Irving
Opinion: Irving Oil left a giant informational vacuum with its bare-bones statement this week about a “strategic review”. And staring into that vacuum, the rest of us have no choice but to speculate.
Opinion: Irving Oil left a giant informational vacuum with its bare-bones statement this week about a “strategic review”. And staring into that vacuum, the rest of us have no choice but to speculate.
The company quitely released a statement today announcing that the review is already underway and that “a series of options are being evaluated related to the company’s future.”
Sponsored: Royale has achieved the remarkable milestone of having its tissue products independently certified as carbon neutral.
Thanks to a $5-million donation from the Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation, the Saint Mary’s University Entrepreneurship Centre (SMUEC) will become the Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre.
JDI has designated10,000 hectares of privately-held Acadian forest, dunes, and shoreline as effective area-based conservation measure land.
When, or if, Irving moves away from fossil fules, it is distinctly possible the company will decide to migrate that investment elsewhere. It is also possible it will sell lock, stock, and barrel to one of the large players and that company will play out the string and then shut down Saint John altogether.
The employers will provide skills and language training, as well as guidance and support to the newcomers they bring into the province.
The money will come in the form of more than 30 scholarships, valued at $40,000 each, 100 bursaries worth $1,000 each, and contributions to research opportunities and ongoing programming at UNB.
J.D. Irving, Ltd. has asked city council to remove three properties at 111-119 King Street East from the local heritage conservation area. Two of the properties are vacant while the third is home to the Paikowsky Residence, also known as the Brown House.
The U.S. Department of Commerce is lowering tariffs for most producers to 8.59 pe cent.