Author: Graeme Decarie

Today, I finished reading the Truthful Times and Transcript before I could finish eating my little bowl of Sugar Flakes. The first page featured a photo of a young woman wearing red at the Heart &Stroke Foundation Heart Truth Fashion Gala. I always find it heart-warming to see pictures of

First, I should confess that I have several posts from readers pointing out I had incorrectly referred to Health Minister Flemming as  Hemming. I could say I was protecting all the Flremmings of New Brunswick from the shame of having  such a coarse and bullying lout in the family. But

First, I should confess that I have several posts from readers pointing out I had incorrectly referred to Health Minister Flemming as  Hemming. I could say I was protecting all the Flremmings of New Brunswick from the shame of having  such a coarse and bullying lout in the family. But

….I knew I would have to write some day. The dispute between hothead Hemming and the province’s medical system is only a small part of a much, much bigger crisis we are going through. This is part of nothing less than a revolution and, like most revolutions, one hell of a

It’s a breaking story, front page material for the Moncton Times and Transcript. A probing reporter forced the full story out of Starbucks management, including a bombshell announcement that the coffee shop would have ample seating. There is also gripping information on where other Starbucks coffee shops are to be

Wow! Stop the presses. The liquor store is a front page story. Lesser stories begin on p.2. “Medical society to sue province”. Well, it’s only our health system that’s involved. That’s not nearly as important as a renovated liquor store. The medical society is charging that a cap the government is imposing

…because there’s nothing much in today’s Times and Tribune. Mostly, it’s trivia, village chatter and smiling people holding up giant cheques for worthy causes. The editorial is about (Surprise!) how shale gas is good for you. On the op ed page, Alec Bruce contributes a thoughtful article about what is

Almost all of today’s TandT is a dead loss. Most of it is just boring, babbling about trivialities, mostly local, while ignoring even local stories that call for attention. But there is one item well worth reading. It’s Gwynne Dyer’s column about nations and their news media often blow stories out of

… but we won’t do it in Section A. This is a real, nothing section. The big story, “Riverview poised for growth”, is even a bigger yawn than one might expect. The map of the growth looks like 1950 all over again. Obviously, Riverview has even less of a growth

Many years ago, while teaching in China (Canadian history, of all things), I had a student who graduated to become one of the wealthiest men in China. Then, after he married and became  the father of two children, he came to Montreal to see me and, more important, for me

Many years ago, while teaching in China (Canadian history, of all things), I had a student who graduated to become one of the wealthiest men in China. Then, after he married and became  the father of two children, he came to Montreal to see me and, more important, for me

Obviously, the owners, editors and writers are either complete jackasses – or they think we’re all fools enough to buy and read a paper that has virtually nothing in it. I would not dream, of course, of calling them jackasses (despite a superficial resemblance). So I have to assume they think

The biggest story on page 1 is “Events centre hopefuls a varied group”. Well, yeah. Any goup is made up of varied people – to some degree. So what? This is a story about the projected events centre (hockey rink) for Moncton, and about the contractors who want to build