An Austrian researcher at conference organized by the Atlantica Centre for Energy says the right mix of resources and technology exist for Atlantica to stoke stoves with an alternative to oil, and he suggests New Brunswick is well positioned to be a wood pellet paradise.
A decision by New Brunswick to bail out an ailing golf course is another example of governmetn stepping where it shouldn't. AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill says it is taxpayers who end up out the money.
The article comments on the AIMS report 'Good Enough for Government Work' with views from Director of Research Ian Munro.
In this front page story, AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill explains that New Brunswick's plan to change the way it funds hospitals is a step in the right direction. However, he questions the assertion that 'fee for service' concept won't work for small, rural hospitals.
This story is based on the AIMS' annual review of provincial government fiscal performance. For the first time in 2008, AIMS published one national report card.
In this follow-up story to AIMS Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools, the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal takes a look at who to improve education by allowing local flexibility.
The Benefits Blueprint study outlined a potential economic boom to the New Brunswick economy fueled by the energy sector. It highlighted 16 areas for public investment in social and physical infrastructure that would be needed for the province to reap as much benefit as possible.
The AIMS 6th Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian HIgh Schools prompted this supportive letter in the New Brunswick provincial newspaper.
AIMS Annual Review of Provincial Budgets Awards No Gold Medals
The Atlantica region might not be an oil patch, but as this article in the Bangor Daily News explains the wind could prove to be the region's renewable source of energy.