Weekend Getaways
Mylène Theriault and Jason Gallant of the Electric Summer Social Tour” could write a great guidebook about the kinds of great places you can visit two hours from your hometown.
Opinion
Youngsters Or Old-Timers? Who Is Moving To New Brunswick?
David Campbell says the good news is that over the past five years we have attracted more here than we have lost – 117 in for every 100 out in an average year.
My Dream Is A Halifax Awash With 50-Storey Skyscrapers
Halifax is in the middle of a housing crisis. Trevor Nichols says the city needs to build more apartment complexes to address the issue and higher towers are the only reasonable way to do it.
Happy Thanksgiving. Will That Be Dine In Or Take Out?
The restaurant industry appreciates the support it can get, so Mark Leger hopes people ate out this past weekend – take-out for the unvaccinated and dine-in for the vaccinated who wanted to get together in person.
Freedom 75
Mark Leger turns 55 in a few years, and he has playfully mused to Janet about early retirement, which gets a predictable reaction. With his industry still in transition and New Brunswick needing its older workforce, he thinks he might have plan B to get him to Freedom 75, with its beaches and golf courses.
Comin’ Back Up The Road? People From Ontario Move East
The annual population estimates for Canada and the provinces were published this week by Statistics Canada and David Campbell says there is good and not-so-good news in there for New Brunswick.
Why The ‘Freedom 55’ Movement Has Negative Impacts On The N.B. Economy
Nearly 90,000 people aged 55-69 are not working. If just half of those folks were in the workforce, David Campbell says it would dramatically relieve the workforce shortages emerging in many industries.
Atlantic MPs Must Focus Attention On Population Growth, Funding Healthcare
Krista Ross says the long-term solution is to grow our population and get younger, but that’s a long-term solution – without more funding now, our healthcare system will collapse before seeing the significant benefits of population growth.
The $100,000 Wall
It was an early lesson for Mark Leger, who had only been a renter to that point, about the responsibilities and risks of ownership.
An Atlantic Investment Bubble Will Help Companies Grow And Create Jobs
In a proposal being championed by the region’s entrepreneurs, Blair Hyslop says a regional equity tax credit could boost wealth and job creation in manufacturing, renewable energy, tourism, food and beverage, IT, aerospace, and cultural industries.
