Feb. 20: Interesting stories on A2
There are two stories on that page that use up almost all of the page. The stories speculate that native people from Nova Scotia may have been the leaders on…
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Feb.19: I was a little dozey yesterday, so I was to easy on one point, and actually missed another.
In yesterday’s paper, Irving Oil graciously told us it was voluntarily upgrading the safety standards of all its rail tankers. Forty-seven people were killed by those rail cars. They were…
Feb. 18: Wow! "Metrp plans major air show"
Of course, they’ve carried that story before. Was it yesterday? The story hasn’t changed. But it’s there again. This isn’t a news story any more. This is free ads. And,…
Feb. 17: "Metro Moncton girls just love playing hockey"
Not only is this one, trivial news story (Section A4); but it’s not particularly true. In fact, Most girls in “metro” Moncton don’t play hockey the story admits that, but…
Feb. 16: Empathy- the ability to sense and to understand the feelings of others.
Well, anybody who has read my blogs this week will know that the idea of talking about empathy came from an admirable opinion column in the TandT by Alec Bruce.…
Feb. 15:Norbert’s idea of a great election campaign
Some weeks ago, Norbert expressed the view that we need people to come up with ideas – you know, neat ideas – and that’s how we should choose a government…
Feb. 14: "Feds ‘not interested’ in rail line"….
That’s the banner headline on page 1. And it was predictable weeks ago. I remember, just weeks ago, Goguen’s lukewarm promise to support it. That was a sure sign this…
Feb. 13: The best-written story in the TandT for a long time…
It’s written by Adam Huras. And it’s a very balanced presentation of news, and clearly presented. “Debate rages pver ‘no-failure’ policy.” is a continuation of story in yesterday’s paper in…
Feb. 12: legal abuse of children in the US, destruction of democracy in Canada, abandonment of Native Peoples….
These are three, major stories that cry out for editorial comment – or some sort of comment. I’ve been waiting. But only one story has appeared at all in the…
feb. 11: Don’t ever cross Charles Theriault of Kedgewick..
..and I beg him not to hit me. It’s not my fault this is a new keyboard, and I can’t figure out how to get the accent on the e…
Feb. 10: Mea culpa – I missed the big story on Saturday – and the TandT had it.
A Fredericton man, Randy Buchanan,has built a solar heater for his house at a cost of $300.That’s not just a gee whiz story. We are in a a fuel crisis.…
Feb. 8: Long ago, in hie early days as president, Franklin D. Roosevelt read the weekend comics to the kiddies.
This was with the magic of radio which, even in the homes of the poor, was standard equipment by the 1930s. Funny how the front page headline of today’s TandT…
Feb. 7: When I was in grades 1 to 4, children could have milk for recess……
….if they could pay for it. About half my class could pay. That meant we got a bonus of two free milks to be given to poor kids. Each day,…
Feb. 26: great NewsToday section.
Of it’s 12 pages, 9 are ads, many of them in full colour. Then, there’s a non-story that President Vladimir Putin of Russia is confident of security at the Sochi…
Feb. 5: The news the Irving press missed…
Just after singer Pete Seeger’s death, Rod Allen wrote a column on how the idealism and enthusiasm of Seeger’s music had impressed him in his younger days. I knew what…
Feb. 4: Happy Guilt Trip day
Yes, it’s right up there on the front page, “Police shale protest costs reach $9,5M” (That headline, by the way, means that the police were protesting against shale gas. Do…
Feb.3: page C4 – only in the Irving press….
C4 is in NewsToday, the place for big national and international news. At the top of the page is a story about Toronto mayor Rob Ford. He got a jaywalking…
Feb. 2: This is not news……
…..and it’s not even analysis. This is simply thinking out loud about some extraordinary events that the Irving press hasn’t even noticed yet. It’s about Japan and China and the…
Feb. 1:: There is a real news story on p. 1…
….unfortunately, it doesn’t say anything. The rest of Section A, as usual, says nothing, being devoted largely to “news stories” that are really ads for Walmart, the Super Bowl, and…
Jan. 31: political games and the Senate
It’s no secret. The Senate has, for all of its history, been a collection of political toadies and hacks A few senators, but only a few, have had anything noticeable…