May 14:New Brunswick Passenger Rail…..
A1 has a story well worth reading. It’s about the decision to repair the passenger railway track in northern New Brunswick. In short, it’s a statement by a national railway…
Graeme Decarie
May 13: You say tomahto and I say tomayto….
When the current government came to power in Ukraine, it was by an act of violence that is properly called a coup. But that word was rarely used in North…
May 12: Time for a change of focus?:
There’s nothing much in the TandT today. But, then, there never is. And what’s there is not very useful.But one can say that only so many times. That’s why, some…
May 10: How not to be an editor…
…First, though check out the the comments at the bottom of this page. There is a post there telling where to find platform statements of the two candidates for city…
May 9: Mike’s Bike Shop facelift nearly complete
As soon as I saw that as the big story (half page with photo) on the front page, I knew there wasn’t going to be much to say about today’s…
May 8: Big news, today. I mean b – i – g
On page 1 of section A, summer is coming. Who would have guessed? On A3, preparations are in place for a Moncton byelection. I’m SO relieved to hear that. I…
May7: The story of the day….
Brent Mazerolle must have been in a state of high excitement as he got his big assignment of the day – for a front page story. Should he wear his…
May 6: Let me go back a few days……
The big news for today is the banner headline on page 1 of the Times and Transcript. “Roads are a priority for Dieppe: Mayor” That’s right up there with keeping…
May 5:Petty unprofessionalism.
I missed something in the issue of May 3. I’m no expert on photography; but even I should have caught it. Stephen Downes, of Moncton Free Press (it’s on the…
May 3: The fat’s in the fire….
Two days ago, Zbignew Zbrzenski wrote an open letter which didn’t make the Irving press (perhaps it had nobody who was sure how to spell his name.). He demanded war…
May 2: glimpses of responsible journalism…
The front page actually has two stories that seem to belong there. The first one is about, I think, a much more serious problem than the story suggests. The wife…
May 1: Today, we have the comment of the century.
The only story in Section A worth reading – and even that only for a sort of bitter amusement – is “Tories set to tackle spending:: premier”. Wow! The Flash…
April 30: We’re a world leader…
….The CBC has the story. Most of the world has it, I suspect. But you won’t find it anywhere in the Irving press, not even in that bowl of intellectual…
April 29: The TandT is a disgrace…..
…particularly on this day. We are in the midst of the severest crisis most of us have ever faced. And there’s not a word of it in the paper. The…
April 28: It don’t change much from day to day – do it?
I always despair of finding anything to comment on (or even to read) in Section A. But today, there was a breath of hope with a report on the provincial…
April 27: Another step back….
This will probably be just a short note. It bothers me I was not more critical of Gwynne Dyer, yesterday. He was commenting on the Ukrainian crisis – and rather…
April 26: one step back…..
I was in a bit of a rush yesterday, and didn’t comment. on an item on B3 “Warning sounded on shale gas.”This was a follow up to a story on…
April 25: Get a Globe and Mail for April 23….
Look for the column by Michael Bliss “Why is Canada sending fighter jets to Poland?” This is what news is – not just about scribbling down whatever some politicians say.…
April 24:Some good reporting
Though section A is its usual bleak self, it does have one story that looks like an example of good reporting and good writing. “Assess shale health effects: experts” The…
April 23: actually, I’m starting this on the night of April 23…
You see, I thought retirement was a time of taking it easy. That’s a dirty lie. I’ve never been busier in life. And April 23 is going to be a…