Happy New Year 2014!
Can you believe a New Year is upon us already? 2013 seemed to go by in a complete blur… Finally, at long last, after months of trials and tribulations the flood homes have been relocated, and Perth is beginning to rebuild. Communities in rural New Brunswick face some...
Agenda 21 and Rural NB
Rural New Brunswick is under siege these days. Rural hospitals , along with other services, have been closed or downsized all over the province. During my recent stay at the much reviled Waterville Hospital, which was supposedly built to consolidate regional health care so as to be “sustainable”...
SOYLENT GREEN
In an accompanying article (see “And So It Is Confirmed”) I expressed (vented?) my concerns with the recent Telegraph Journal article wherein pollster Don Mills advocated that our government dedicate all its job creation efforts towards job creation in urban areas of New Brunswick. To him, these urban centers...
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...
From the Editor…
Some months back I read an interesting editorial comment in one of the daily provincial papers. This editorial essay commented upon what a big fat waste of money it is to have so many services provided all over the province in our “crazy patchwork of rural communities”. The author...
Maine Town Declares Food Sovereignty!
Sedgwick, Maine is making history by declaring all local food transactions of any kind free and legal. According to the website FoodRenegade.com, Sedgwick is the first city in the U.S. to free itself from the constraints of federal and state food regulation. Published reports say the town has...