Jacques Poitras

NEW Poll: Fewer than half of Canadians believe the end of CUSMA would be bad for Canada.

Only 45% say it would be bad. A majority think it would make no difference or even be good.

That’s a striking perception gap compared to business and policy elites.

Details: abacusdata.ca/fewer-than-...

Iranians in Shiraz, Isfahan and Yazd, April-May 2000.

Remembering the frequent comments from a couple of years back that there was no point in the US/Canada/Australia etc doing anything to decarbonise because what about China.

Well, indeed, what about China?

Schoolgirls in Persepolis and Isfahan, Iran, in Spring 2000.

You know how far things have gone when the top front-page story in the New York Times is the sort of headline you would have seen in Counterpunch or The Nation 25 years ago. When times get weird, yesterday’s hyperbole becomes today’s starched-collar analysis piece

ANALYSIS | How N.B.’s online premier ‘throws out’ government proposals | CBC News New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt’s vow to not close St. Thomas University is her latest ‘transparent’ dropping of a policy option, declared dead not through an official government statement or speech ...

Analysis: How N.B.’s online premier ‘throws out’ government proposals
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Holt Liberals look at merging, privatizing some universities | CBC News Fredericton’s St. Thomas University could cease to exist and Sackville’s Mount Allison University could be privatized under scenarios the Holt government is considering for cuts to post-secondary educ...

Story 👉👉👉
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Here's the list of ideas the province put in front of university and college presidents & CEOs last week for budget cuts. Story coming soon.

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Major news for Canada: the USMCA exemptions will continue under the new tariff regime

*GREER SAYS IEEPA EXEMPTIONS WILL BE EXTENDED UNDER SECTION 122

Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark by Mary Janigan | Penguin Random House Canada The first big book on one of the most overlooked episodes in Canadian history, and the origin of today's greatest national debate, Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark relives the 1918 attempt ...

Maybe this is covered, but the origins of regional political tensions over resources (i.e. some of what Mary Janigan covers) + how that influences political identity / affiliation? www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/208460...

From Bloomberg's live blog: Trump's late night tariff threats will be much more difficult to actually carry out now

(Bloomberg) -- The US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, undercutting his signature economic policy and delivering his biggest legal defeat since he returned to the White House.

Earl exits, lord leaves: N.B. legislature removes colonial portraits | CBC News You can say this about the First Earl of Sheffield and Lord Glenelg: they had a good run in New Brunswick for two long-dead, nearly unknown British officials.

Why the New Brunswick legislature removed two colonial-era portraits: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

BRONZE FOR CANADA 🇨🇦

Courtney Sarault, Kim Boutin, Florence Brunelle and Danae Blais skate relay bronze.

It’s a historic medal for Sarault, as she becomes the first woman from Canada to win four short track medals at a single Olympics.

New Brunswick government deficit now projected at $1.3 billion this fiscal year.

Don't utilize "utilize". Use "use".

One of the best journalism movies, if not the best. Gets just about everything right.

YouTube video by kMax 'The Paper' 1994, Picasso Story, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close

My favourite Robert Duvall is newspaper editor Robert Duvall. m.youtube.com/watch?v=6V7K...

i‘m using it for a column but i want to share here this line from lincoln on jefferson because it is applies to our situation as well. you can find it in his april 6, 1859 letter to henry l. pierce.

SILVER FOR CANADA 🇨🇦

COURTNEY SARAULT HAS DONE IT AGAIN

SHE WINS HER THIRD MEDAL OF THE OLYMPICS

The beast from the east wins 1000m silver after finishing 11th in this event four years ago.

Another medal for Moncton's Courtney Sarault.

U.S. House votes against Trump's tariffs on Canada | CBC News The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution against President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods, delivering a stinging rebuke to the administration for launching a trade war on its no...

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That was the deputy's word. I put it in quotation marks to be precise - to indicate clearly that it was his word.

Hi Danny. Did you see the story filed yesterday on the Public Accounts discussion? We reported on some of the points you raise out of that meeting.

Winter Morning on the Green
Molly Lamb Bobak
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Trump Privately Weighs Quitting USMCA Trade Pact He Negotiated President Donald Trump is privately musing about exiting the North American trade pact, people familiar with the matter said, injecting further uncertainty about the deal’s future into pivotal renegot...

Trump has been privately asking aides why he shouldn't just exit the USMCA, colleague Josh Wingrove reports. It's fairly typical behavior from Trump during trade talks -- but also a sign of how difficult and volatile this process will likely be. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New virtual care provider had ‘stronger’ bid to enhance service, MLAs told | CBC News The New Brunswick company that lost its provincial contract for virtual care services had the chance to meet the government’s requirement for improved service but fell short, a top Health Department o...

New provider had “stronger” bid, MLAs told: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Moncton's Courtney Sarault:

the following drone shot that NBC has for the downhill skiing feels like a paradigm shift in covering the sport. it really changes and lets people see just how fast they're going and how much these guys are just on the razor's edge of complete disaster at all time