Sunday, February 26, 2006
YOU SURE WON'T SEE THIS SIGHT IN THE LOCAL BARS????
One idea for Bernard Lord would be to remove these ATM machines where the VLT's are located.
As we speak? The money machines are bigger than the VLT'S! Look at this picture!!!
AN ARTICLE BY A FREELANCE WRITER FROM SUSSEX!!!!
Shipwrecking an industry Last year the federal government gave J..D. Irving Ltd. some $55-million to close down the Saint John Shipbuilding yard, one of the largest and most technologically advanced shipyards in Canada.
This yard still contains its equipment, its services and highly skilled workers are still available to build ships in this yard.
The problem is that as part of its deal with the government, J..D. Irving agreed not to build ships at the facility for 20 years.
A dummy's guide to energy in New Brunswick
If you're the Irvings, you make your profit at home in New Brunswick and spend it somewhere else! Why spend it at home? It's not as if New Brunswickers need jobs.
>by John Steeves
February 24, 2006
In the field of New Brunswick energy policy, it's more and more difficult to separate the good guys (if there are any) from the villains.
Take the case of the snafu involving the giant Coleson Cove electrical generating plant, just west of Saint John.
Coleson Cove was originally designed to burn Bunker C industrial grade petroleum. The main supplier of the Bunker C was Irving Oil.
Always in the search for cheaper ways to provide electricity to New Brunswickers, the good folks at NB Power came up with a plan. They spent millions of dollars refurbishing Coleson Cove with a new fuel supply in mind. Instead of using expensive Bunker C, the redesigned Coleson Cove would use a low-grade fuel called orimulsion, a fuel available only in Venezuela.
And while it's probable the orimulsion would still be delivered to New Brunswick in Irving-owned ships, Irving Oil would no longer be the actual supplier. NB Power officials personally went to Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, to work out the details of the supply contract.
Everything seemed idyllic until the refurbishment was almost complete.
Suddenly, Venezuela balked, saying there was no contract and the South American nation had no intention of supplying orimulsion to the New Brunswick power utility.
NB Power responded with threats of a billion dollar lawsuit, saying that, even without a signature, the deal was legally valid. NB Power also argued that a favourable court decision would be enforceable in the United States because Venezuelan assets, such as those owned by CITGO Corporation, could be seized.
More recently, NB Power realized that throwing more money into legal bills makes little sense and the Crown Corporation quietly dropped the suit.
So Venezuela seems to be the villain in the piece for not honouring the verbal deal. And in the scenario so far, NB Power seems to have naïvely based its plans on an unsigned contract.
Then, earlier this month, Irving Oil came back on the scene, playing the role of the “guy in the white hat.” Irving implied that it can supply Coleson Cove with a fuel that will, in fact, be cheaper than orimulsion. No details of what this fuel would be were released.
Everything would have fallen into place… bad Venezuela, naïve power corporation and good Irvings… except for a news release issued earlier this month by Irving Oil in the United States.
The release explains that Irving Oil and Venezuela are, in fact, business partners. On February 1, Irving purchased 55 per cent of the ownership of the marine terminal at South Portland, Maine from Venezuelan interests. The other 45 per cent of the terminal is still owned by the Venezuelan-controlled CITGO group.
This deal south of the border has led to some local speculation that the mystery fuel Irving can now supply is, in fact, a mixture of orimulsion from Venezuela and waste sludge from Irving's giant refinery in Saint John. After all, even though the Venezuelans were unwilling to honour a verbal contract with NB Power, they might be willing to supply the same product to Irving, a long-time buyer of that nation's petroleum and now a partner at the terminal in Maine.
Whatever the case, it raises the question of whether the Irvings are wearing the “white hats” after all.
There's another interesting feature to the news release.
For instance, it mentions that Irving terminals “are supplied by a modern fleet of double-hulled tankers including the MT New England 2006, the MT Great Eastern 2005, the MT Acadian 2005, the MT Nor'easter 2005 and the MT Irving Canada 1981.”
The four ships constructed in 2005 and 2006 are apparently “sister ships.” Only one, the Acadian, is registered with Transport Canada at the Port of Saint John. (At it turns out, all four are owned by a Dutch company, VROON, and are under permanent lease to Irving Oil. And, while the Acadian is registered in Canada, the other three carry the flag of the Marshall Islands, in the south Pacific). All four ships were built at the Hyundai dry dock, in South Korea.
So, whether technically owned by VROON or by Irving, these are Irving ships.
But wait a minute!
The Irvings just collected $55-million from the federal government as compensation for shutting down its own shipbuilding facilities in Saint John. If the company needed ships, why didn't they build them at home? After all, it's not because the ships were too large for the Saint John facility. The same Transport Canada data indicates that the Irving Canada was built in 1981 in Saint John even though that ship is slightly larger than the newer vessels.
In response to that question, one Irving apologist told me that the answer is simple: There was no way the ships could be built in Saint John as cheaply as in Korea.
So it was good business. Make your profit at home in New Brunswick and spend it somewhere else! Why spend it at home? It's not as if New Brunswickers need jobs. Or that the Irvings feel some sort of responsibility as good corporate citizens to buy locally.
John Steeves, a former Senior Program Editor with CBC National Radio News, is a freelance writer in Sussex, N.B.
30-INCH GAS PIPELINE COMING NEAR YOUR HOME!
Charles...I was wondering if you would be kind enough to blog this on your web site?,,,
30-INCH GAS PIPELINE
COMING NEAR YOUR HOME!
YOU CAN HELP FIGHT THE PIPELINE ROUTE THROUGH CITY AND PARKS
1.) Please call, fax, write or email the following people and tell them you are totally opposed to the proposed
route through our City and our Parks, and that the only route acceptable to us is undersea in the bay.
- Lorna Patterson, National Energy Board, 444 7th Avenue SW, Calgary AB T2P 0X8
Phone 1-800-899-1265 / Fax 1-403-292-5503 / Email lpatterson@neb-one.gc.ca
- Stephanie Moore, Maritime Northeast Pipelines, 1801 Hollis Street, Suite 1600,
Halifax, NS B3J 3N4 (request copy of their Final Report of Jan/06-describes route!)
Phone 1-800-223-1716 / Fax (902) 420-0253 / Email smore@duke-energy.com
- Honourable Trevor Holder, Minister - Environment & Local Government
PO Box 6000, Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1 Phone 657-2335 / Fax 642-2588
Email trevor.holder@gnb.ca
- Premier Bernard Lord, PO Box 6000, Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1
Phone (506) 453-2144 / Fax (506) 453-7407 / Email premier@gnb.ca
2.) Call Friends of Rockwood Park and volunteer to help: (phones, petitions, on-foot message delivery, fund-raising,
photocopying, in-kind donations, etc.) Please call 652-3597....also call 635-4102.
Tune in "Talk of the Town" 9AM - 11AM Monday to Friday CFBC 930 on AM dial for the
"Latest Developments!"
Saturday, February 25, 2006
DON KNOTTS HAS DIED!!!!
YOU GOT TO LOVE BLOGGLING!!!!
I was checking the stats and someone was in my blog from California. Of course, I get visitors from all over the orld but this one surprise me!!!!
Why?
It's the manner they found my site.
The goggle in Image - Canadian Flag
My site showed up in 60th place.
You don't believe moi? Check it out!!!
THE PIPELINE WILL GO RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ROCKWOOD PARK!!!!
It's in the news again and I was told that it was official months ago.
I noticed that I'm receiving a lot of visitors to this site after the search - Pipeline Rockwood Park.
A group from out west made the decision.
Can anyone out there add more to this story? Go ahead and write away.
DON'T YOU FIND IT FUNNY THAT JOSH BEUTEL MADE THIS PIECE OF WORK MONTHS AGO???
So? Where is he going to go now? It's a balancing act allright!!!
GOD MINUTE...a tribute to Pere Daniel Thivierge
IT IS WRITTEN, MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE,
BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE
MOUTH OF GOD.
( MATTHEW 4:4 * NKJV )
Dear Charles,
Just as we need food to sustain our human body, we need
spiritual food to sustain our Spiritual body as well!
Now a good meal should consist of vitamins and minerals,
and perhaps a dessert. So today we will take a look at
Biblical Vitamins for our Spiritual well being. So.....
When Anxious, take vitamin "A"
ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE
WHO LOVE WHO LOVE GOD, TO THOSE WHO ARE
CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.
( ROMANS 8:28 )
When Crushed, take vitamin "C"
CAST ALL YOUR CARES UPON HIM, FOR HE CARES
FOR YOU. ( 1 PETER 5:7 )
When Depressed, take vitamin "D"
DRAW NEAR TO GOD, AND HE WILL DRAW NEAR
TO YOU. ( JAMES 4:8 )
When Empty, take vitamin "E"
ENTER INTO HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING, AND
INTO HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE. BE THANKFUL TO HIM,
AND BLESS HIS NAME. ( PSALM 100:4 )
When Fearful, take vitamin "F"
FEAR NOT, FOR I AM WITH YOU, DO NOT BE AFRAID,
FOR I AM YOUR GOD. ( ISAIAH 41:10 )
When Greedy, take vitamin "G"
GIVE, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU; GOOD
MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER,
AND RUNNING OVER WILL BE PUT INTO YOUR
LAP. FOR WITH THE SAME MEASURE THAT YOU
USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU.
(LUKE 6:38 )
When Insecure, take vitamin "I"
I CAN DO ALL THING THROUGH HIM WHO
STRENGTHENS ME. ( PHILIPPIANS 4:13 )
When Lonely, take vitamin "L"
LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO THE END OF
THE AGE. MATTHEW 28:20 )
When Restless, take vitamin "R"
REST IN THE LORD, AND WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIM.
( PSALM 37:7 )
For Dessert,
WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH
BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE! ( JOHN 3:15 )
Now Charles, it is my hope that you have enjoyed this meal
of Spiritual food. Remember that you may have all you want,
for it is guaranteed to be non-fattening! Amen. Amen!
With My Love & Prayers,
your servant Allen
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REMEMBER THIS FEMALE ANCHOR FROM GLOBAL NEWS????
Does anyone out there know where she's located now???
BERNARD LORD - YOU CAN TALK BUT I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN!!!
I found an old tape. This was the first time that Bernard Lord face the public since he first got elected Premier in 1999!
GETTING READY FOR ON THE ONSLAUGHT!!!!
These good hearted volenteers are getting ready to wash the many dishes at the Frdericton Soup Kitchen.
I am told that the numbers are way up and many are new faces.
Wait till the power goes up in the spring?
CHARLES MEET MIKE RYAN!!!!
I met this guy yesterday and I wrote this letter to the Irving's paper last September. We need more people like this guy!!!! here's the letter -
A few weeks ago, your paper printed a story about Mike Ryan.
I felt obliged to share my views on this individual with the readers.
I didn’t believe that poor people existed in the Capital. This all change when I began my six months protest in a tent in front of the Legislature.
Late in the evenings, I would notice these poor souls walking quietly beside the Legislature looking for tailor made butts and they fad into the darkness of
the night.
I love this city so much that I decided to move here.
I volunteer my services at the Soup Kitchen and it’s in that area that I hear the true and sad stories from
the streets.
I remember in the spring, I heard that a woman was 4 months pregnant and living under the stairway. 
I decided to do something about it!
I was approached by a certain individual who punched me across the chest ordering me to back off.
You see, these people are the so-call outcast of society.
They have their own little circle of friends.
They will not trust too many people from the outside world.
This is where Mike Ryan comes in.
Mike is an outreach worker. His job is to give a helping hand to the socially outcast citizens who are living on the streets. 
He has the trust of these people so therefore he becomes the liaison between the poor and the Government.
I heard that his contract is down in March.
Can you imagine a new worker doing his job? It’s an impossible task! It will take years for that Government worker to gain the trust from this certain
individual.
I chatted with a few activists about Mike Ryan and everyone is impress by his work to help the poor.
His skill to reach out is very impressive and no amount of money can be paid for his talent.
George Piers who runs the Soup Kitchen told me that Mike Ryan is a great individual and he does his work
very good.
It would be a huge step backwards for this City and Province if Mike contract is not renewed.
I never heard one bad word about this individual.
Yes, of all the items the Government have wasted money on?
This individual is a fantastic investment and the City and the Province would benefit greatly if his contrat
is renewed in March.
Just for the record? I never met Mike Ryan and don’t know the guy but all these stories I hear can’t be all
lies. 
Keep up the good work Mike!
FRIEND CHECKS ON POOR GUY AT 114 BRUNSWICK STREET!!!!
This afternoon, I walked by 114 Brunswick Street and noticed this guy. He was checking on my friend Mike. 
We are concern over his health.
The caretaker shut down the furnace this week and I guess it's cold in that building.
The poor guy has no money and there's no where to complain?
New Brunswick is the only place in the Country that poor people are treated like animals!!!!
WILL BERNARD RICHARD STAY HIS WHOLE TERM???
I don't believe he will because he can't get anything done. He wants to work for the people of this Province but he doesn't have any power. What do you think???
Friday, February 24, 2006
REMI CORMIER - MAY THE CORMIER FAMILY TRY TO FIND PEACE!!!!
Family settles lawsuit over boy's death
Last updated Feb 24 2006 09:21 AM AST
CBC News
The family of a five-year-old New Brunswick boy struck and killed by his school bus has settled its lawsuit with the province. Both parties agreed to keep the details confidential.
Remi Cormier's family launched the suit about eight months after his death in April of 2004, because they say the driver failed to follow proper safety procedures.
* FROM APRIL 8, 2004: Five-year-old killed in bus accident
Remi was run over in front of his home in Grand Barachois. The school bus had stopped to pick up the kindergarden student and his older brother.
The first boy got on the bus, and the driver pulled away, not realizing there was another child in front of the vehicle.
In its court filing, the family claimed the school bus driver was negligent by failing to use proper care or attention. They claimed the driver didn't check his mirrors, was driving too fast for road conditions and failed to stop in the right location.
Besides Remi's parents, Nadine and Michel, the lawsuit listed his brother Justin, grandmother Huguette LeBlanc and several other relatives as plaintiffs seeking unspecified damages relating to 23 conditions.
Conditions ranged from pain and suffering, funeral expenses and psychological treatment to loss of employment income and the cost of moving to a new home.
The defence countered that Remi and his family were at fault for not being more careful.
A coroner's inquest was held into Remi's death last year and recommended several changes to improve school bus safety. An RCMP investigation ruled out charges.
THIS AFTERNOON, CHARLES SHOWED UP WITH A WEAPON AT THE NEW BRUNSWICK LEGISLATURE!!!!
Yes, I had a weapon. Nothing worse then showing up with a nice box of Pot of Gold Milk Chocolate. A person with ADHD with all that sugar? That's why I didn't see anyone around the area!!...lol
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