An open letter to Mike Allen MP Tobique-Mactaquac And concerned citizens:
Nancy Hutkin of Aroostook contacted us at the Blackfly Gazette to ask us to publish this letter. She describes issues that concern all of us living in rural New Brunswick. One of our missions here at the BFG is to help spark discussions, dialog and, hopefully, action concerning...
Weed Killer in GMO Cigarettes
I used to smoke when I was younger. Like most young people, I thought I’d live forever, at least until I was 30 anyway, and after that who cared…life would be over! At any rate, I soon got over my love affair with cigarettes and quit the things....
Note From the New Brunswick Green Party
In his book “The Unsettling of America”, first published in 1977, Wendell Berry states: “No rational person can see how using up the topsoil or the fossil fuels as quickly as possible can provide greater security for the future; but if enough wealth and power can conjure up the...
Perth-Andover Business Connection Kick-Off
Last fall local Perth business people created the Perth-Andover Business Connection in order to promote local mall businesses and to bring awareness to the need for us all to think local in order for our communities to thrive. The official kick-off was held on Saturday, June 28th with local...
“If you can’t beat’em, join’em!”
The old man in the hat Politics is always a little strange. Lately it has been downright weird. If I understand the situation correctly, the leader of the federal Liberal party is being castigated by our morally superior Conservative Party of Canada for….wait for it……for earning money outside the...
Community Supported Agriculture
People and communities across the country who want fresh, local, organic produce are turning to Community Supported Agriculture. CSAs focus on the production of high quality foods for a local community. They are organized with a shared risk membership and marketing structure. Members who belong to CSAs typically...
The End for Rural New Brunswick?
It can be argued that recent decisions taken by the Alward government are designed to destroy rural New Brunswick. Certainly, if our government could empty out the hinterlands it would save millions of dollars annually in health care, education, transportation, etc. It appears that the current government has a...
TOBIQUE VALLEY FOOD PURCHASING GROUP
Let food be thy medicine, thy medicine shall be thy food” .- Hippocrates Many people these days are making an effort to eat more fresh foods and produce. The Tobique Valley Food Purchasing Group offers local residents a regular supply of fresh produce and helps save money...
From the editor….
We have a couple of political pieces in this issue that discuss topics important to us all….this surveillance state that has become our world, and, closer to home, the destruction of rural communities. Both situations, global and provincial, have been aided and abetted by our tacit cooperation and outright...
Bikers for a Cause… Ride for a Dream
Four young men from Toronto are biking from Toronto to St Johns, Newfoundland this month to raise public awareness. They are on a mission to End Violence Against Women, One Province at a Time. They stopped in for lunch at the 878 Bistro in Perth-Andover on a rain...