May 4: another cranky night with this opening to the May 4 blog….
I’m writing this part of the blog on the night of May 3. I have just been looking over the CBC story that Irving has been awarded 228 million dollars…
Graeme Decarie
May 3: A cranky start…
I’m actually beginning late on the night of May 2. I’d really much rather look at old movies on my IPad. But sometimes I get so damn mad, I just…
May 2: ???????
It’s a big story, right up there on page 1 with the biggest, blackest headline of the page, “Doctors urged to oppose lawsuit”. To story arises because New Brunswick’s doctors…
May 1: Let’s start by being nice….
Yesterday, there was a gatehering of people who represented 50,000 New Brunswickers opposed to shale gas exploration. The story in the Times and Transcript (A4) was unbiased, well-written, and included…
April 30: General…
I am writing this on April 29 because on April 30 in the morning, I shall be busy exercising my right of free speech to express my views on shale…
April 29: a new record….
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…
April 28: What’s it all about?
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…
April 28: What’s it all about?
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…
April 27: This is the blog….
….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…
April 26: "Starbucks to open downtown outlet"
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…
April 25: "Renovated Dieppe liquor store reopens"
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.…
April 23: Let’s look in a mirror…..
…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…
April 23: …a must read….
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…
April 22: Let’s be controversial….
… 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…
April 21: Sunday ruminations…
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…
April 21: Sunday ruminations…
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…
April 20: This newspaper is an insult to all of us.
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.…
April 19: What the hell……
..well, before that an apology. For some reason much of my blog is coming up in some language I have never seen before – so I end up pushing the…
April 18: I’m actually starting this on April 17….
…guessing what won’t be in tomorrow’s TandT. You won’t find any mention of the pipeline spill of Alberta tarsands oil in Arkansas. It’s hard enough to find much even on…
April 17: I know – let big business build an events centre….
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…