June 8: Teacher makes great sandwiches
That’s front page stuff in the Moncton Times and Transcript. Then there’s a story by Brent Mazerolle about how Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Wilson explained why Royal Oaks was chosen…
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June 7: Yawn…
Today’s Moncton Times and Tribune can’t even contrive to be its normal lying and obscuring self. It’s just, plain boring. Perhaps the biggest story is p. 1 of NewsToday. “PM…
June 6: A bad day…
The United Nations has named Canada as a nation in violation of international law because it provides protection and safety for those being sought for war crimes. Canada has also…
June 4: Nuthin’ about nuthin’….
The big story is about a girl who lost her virginity, and now feels used. That’s in the Dear Abby section. One you’ve read that, there’s not a whole lot…
Junw 3: Time marches on….
When I was a child, torture was evil, disgusting, something so brutal it was done only by Naziis. But we’re more broad-minded now. The US no longer bothers to keep…
June 2: supplement re anti-fracking rally
This is not about the Times and Transcript. It’s a report on and suggestions for the anti-fracking movement. I place it in a separate post because this is an issue…
June 2: Being D and D…
Back in the 50s, Marlon Brando starred in On the Waterfront, a film about gangsters who dominated a neighbourhood in which everyone was terrified into silence about what was going…
June 1: Lots of ads….
…but really , really light on news today. Perhaps the story for the day is on section A, p.8. It’s a type of photo and story at which The Moncton…
May 30: (extra blog for the day) evening thoughts
Today, Norbert Cunningham wrote an introductory column on the baby boomers. He’ll continue it on June 1. I have no idea what he’ll write – so this is no attempt…
May 31: The little newpaper that wasn’t there
I was a year and a half ago that there was a protest by parents at Edith Cavell School. It was so small as to be irrelevant. But the Moncton…
May 30: No bigger fool than me….
Yesterday, a reader sent me a post that I have not mentioned the lawyers in Montreal – and what happened at the courthouse. Damn. He’s right. I didn’t mention it…
May 29: Even the sport section has no news today
Normally, the sports section is the only professionally done section in the Moncton Times. Headline – “Rugby Royals confident this year” Duh. Yeah Are they usually depressed before games? So…
May28: Better than usual…almost….
At first, I was heartened to see that the Quebec student strike made the first page but, alas, with not the slightest attempt to explain what it is about. As…
May 27: Sunday night – two, brief notes
1. The current events group will meet at Moncton Library at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. June 5. The topic will be” Quebec Student Strike:Protest or Revolution?”I lived in Quebec most…
May 26: An editor’s philosophy…
and you have to decide. You really do. Read today’s editorial in The Moncton Times and Transcript. It’s about Moncton’s bus drivers; it’s about humanity; it’s a profound statement about…
May 25: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire….
Today’s lead story in the Moncton Times and Transcript is the worst case of lying I have ever seen in a news report. It is so bad, I shall be…
May 24: How not to write a news story
It’s the banner headline on the front page “Former CN Terminal Plaza to be reborn” Then there’s the sub-head that says, “Major renovation a show of private investor confidence in…
EXTRA,EXTRA for May 23
Go to google. type in manifencours. The first entry to come up should be the twitter site for the strike in Montreal. And it gives a very different picture from…
May23: Praise the Lord and Poison all the Water
It is perfectly reasonable that the federal government change the EI rules so that an unemployed person must accept a job within an hour’s drive from home – or be…
May 22: no room for news….
There are close to nine pages, mostly pictures, of the Prince of Wales and Camilla.There’s another full page of pictures, supposedly of people enjoying Victoria day – two people on…