On June 19-20, 1959, the remnants of a hurricane hit the fishing boats working the mouth of the Miramichi River and into the Northumberland Strait and beyond. This became known as the Escuminac Disaster.
My rule was always that they had to be old enough to get my jokes, such as they were.
Moving on from an impossible battle for property tax fairness and understanding in New Brunswick
Moving happens for many reasons: change of life, change of wife, change of scenery.
I often see news articles discussing how American towns and states, particularly those along the border, are making extra pitches to tell Canadians how welcome they are. This is all well and good, BUT…
Watching King Charles deliver the Throne Speech in Canada’s Parliament the other day reminded me of a brief moment in university when I thought I might want to be Prime Minister of this vast, complex, and sometimes ungovernable land.
For a million reasons, we love it here in New Brunswick. But what we’ve learned about living in a bilingual province has been very telling, particularly on the cultural side.
Everyone loves a happy ending, right? But real life doesn’t always come with a nice, tidy bow on top.
On May 6, the Holt Government announced a freeze on property assessments for 2026 as an interim measure, while continuing work on comprehensive property tax reform over a more extended period.
“Six months into retirement, they fall dead into a plateful of spaghetti.”
