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No Free Ride: Little Gaps, Big Job Cuts, Huge Joke
Little gaps. That’s how Tourism Minister Robert Henderson described flaws in his department’s contracting agreements. Yes. Tiny, little million-dollar gaps. Of course, these are great big gaping holes to the…
Thanks In Advance: Thoughts on the throne speech and other political matters
Earlier last week, I attended the Speech from the Throne with some classmates. I wasn’t reporting on it, but I thought I’d take a listen. As usual, I heard the…
No Free Ride: Island Voices, Sheridan’s Budget Comments and Minimum Wage
The PC Party of P.E.I. held a pre-legislature session press conference in which Olive Crane retracted her original stance on pay increases for MLAs. It takes a lot for a…
Who Does She Think She Is: Lay off the kid stuff – it’s weird
Many people who know me know I spend a lot of time trolling the Interwebz. The reaction to most of the stuff I show people is: “How the hell did…
Thanks In Advance: Budget concerns for the locals
The federal government passed this year’s budget on March 29. They’re cutting $5.2 billion in spending. A few cuts stuck in the minds of a lot of people. The penny…
No Free Ride: MLA pay increase, job cuts and highway realignment
It’s been quite a year so far: School IT funding was axed. Souris was told there will be no extra money for its new school. The Premier stated every department…
Thanks In Advance: Consequences of a bad job market
The local CBC station is hosting a job blog by Moe Chandler, a struggling photographer, and university student Falina Dovick about looking for work in P.E.I.’s terrible job market. The…
No Free Ride: Eastern Kings, NDP Leadership and DVA
Eastern Kings Finance Minister Wes Sheridan put on his other ministerial hat, consulted a map of P.E.I. and headed off to Eastern Kings with a big bag of cash. No,…
Thanks In Advance: You want local? You got it.
I’m back. After a month of writing for The Guardian for no pay, I’m back to writing columns for Island Edition for no pay. Anyway, when I offered to return,…
Kony 2012: A Love Story
As I’m writing this, it has been exactly one week since Kony 2012 dropped on the Internet world. After initial feelings of apoplexy and one week of mulling it over,…
