Category: Editorial

I Just Want to Cuddle…

From the editor Some ten years or so back in time, when Kelley’s Pub was open, an independent construction crew was in town remodelling some government housing. These four guys stopped in every evening after work to eat and decompress before they went back to their motel rooms. They...

Changing Our Narrative

From the editor…. Stephanie Kelley Everything in our universe is conscious, the air around us, the soil under our feet and all the cells in our bodies. We carry on dialogs with ourselves and the world around us all the time, in fact.   We think or give voice...

Medical Marijuana Issue

Happy Valentine’s Day! From the editor… We recently received a communication from one of our readers alerting us to what is going on with the Medical Marijuana issue in Canada. Unless you have been living in a remote cave, you will be aware that down there in the US,...

Happy New Year Again!

From the editor…. If you forgot to make resolutions at the beginning of the year, or have already broken any resolutions you made, you can have a second chance with the start of the Chinese New Year!   According to the Chinese Zodiac, on Friday, January 31st we leave...

Good News!

From the editor… Some interesting and positive bits of news have caught my attention over the past week. These little pearls of positivity brighten my day and give me hope for the future!   Maine just became the second state to require GMO labelling on food-but only after other...

That Thing That Guys Do…

From the editor…. A few years back, when I was working part time as a bartender, one of the young cooks at the establishment would occasionally come in for a drink after his shift. He was a scrappy little county guy, always in a bit of trouble. He liked...

Really Real News… Had Any Lately?

From the editor… So… I got a third hand report the other day about how someone was discussing an article about fracking that they’d read in the Blackfly at that sober and mature daily public forum that is held at our local Tim Hortons. The person they were talking...

Don’t Live in the Past!

From the editor… I’ve now read “13 Ways to Kill Your Community” cover to cover, and I’ve got to say, it has really hit me in the gut. The author could have been talking about our village in pretty much any one of the chapters!   This little book...

Scary Holidays!

From the editor…. Stephanie Kelley Another Halloween has come and gone. This year, the scariest thing about this date for me was trying to find treats that weren’t toxic little packages of GMO ingredients! In the past, like most other people, I’d buy those bags of miniature candy bars...

A New Future is Possible for New Brunswick…

From the Editor…. Stephanie Kelley Strange days here in little ol’ New Brunswick. The recent confrontation in Rexton has turned the eyes of the world-wide Frack-Off movement upon us. We are at a crossroads in time….shall we move into a bold new future where we humans finally take care...