Big gaps in provincial wealth, but similar grades for using tax dollars – think tank
AIMS' annual review of provincial government fiscal health and policy is the topic of this story by The Canadian Press.
New Brunswick Urged to Establish Market for Wood Pellets
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.
Into the hazard: Government Taxpayers have $5-million stake in Moncton’s Royal Oaks Estates & Golf Club
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.
This is an Unprecedented Effort to Get Ahead of Growth
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.
‘Cookie-cutter schools’ not the answer, expert says
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.
Critics take aim at Tories
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.
Health funding changes praised
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.
Big gaps in provincial wealth, but similar grades for using tax dollars – think tank
The article comments on the AIMS report 'Good Enough for Government Work' with views from Director of Research Ian Munro.
School standards must be created
The AIMS 6th Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian HIgh Schools prompted this supportive letter in the New Brunswick provincial newspaper.
Wind Farm Plans Brewing in Aroostook County
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.