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It&#8217;s great to see new flags proudly flying, especially as tourist season is now upon us.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the Editor | In memory of two-year-old Juli-Anna</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/291118</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/643568b8727f52fd1a0c87aa9d016c7c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Read our complete story for the full contents of this article, available online.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the editor | Shop to stop child labour</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/291329</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/b9402c5734af16101812bba63f730447</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Read our complete story for the full contents of this article, available online.]]></description></item><item><title>Digging deeper | Environmental conservation: What's your role?</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/291140</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/2f4676a87babd6385e27c465ac5c7d5c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[We are currently experiencing a time of rapid change.]]></description></item><item><title>Why did the (Zimbabwean) chicken cross the road?</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/291105</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/e8dece2f9f6ad04bae251e16cc3e398b</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As the delay in announcing the results of Zimbabwe&#039;s presidential election stretched out endlessly, the political jokes proliferated across southern Africa.]]></description></item><item><title>Editorial: The flood of 2008</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287260</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/f843c46f91cf85db083761c885e89e5e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It is not called the mighty St. John River for nothing.Last week the largest river in the Maritimes displayed the awesome power and force of rampaging water when the St.]]></description></item><item><title>Habitat corner</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287250</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/497a24918b595cde4bc41dbcedae8798</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Work on the interior of the Habitat for Humanity &#8211; Carleton County Chapter &#8211; home continues in Woodstock.]]></description></item><item><title>Editorial: Get out and vote</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287276</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/28525e762cc010fb72c50b69ba16abf8</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New Brunswick residents will be heading to the polls on Monday, May 12, to select municipal and district education council candidates for the next four years. Although municipal politics may not have the allure of provincial or federal political activities, these friends and neighbours are seeking jobs that are just as important.]]></description></item><item><title>Under the big top</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287267</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/a5523e26be62fd89ed6b7414988a4f48</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I keep going out to the course to see if it is open, but the white tarps are still on the greens!I guess Robbie and his Greenskeeping team are trying to tell me something: Stay off the greens until they tell me &#8211; and the golfing world in Woodstock &#8211; it is okay to play!]]></description></item><item><title>Publisher's desk</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287244</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/74d50a69c6fd75774d3208f2ce67cb46</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With children served up a twice-nightly feast of first American Idol and then Canadian Idol, with promises of stardom and riches offered in exchange for grueling competition, one might think getting them to practice and perform at a music festival might be a challenge.]]></description></item><item><title>The river ran through it</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287264</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/00f019d805d807c66dae957aab837b9a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The following is a first-person account by freelance photographer Jody Denny, recalling her trip through the flooded St.]]></description></item><item><title>World politics </title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287278</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/09df60a1dd40f10fbf6d6cb93d802762</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA["Terrorism," like "fascism," is one of those words people routinely apply to almost any disapproving behaviour.]]></description></item><item><title>Thumbs up, thumbs down</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/284056</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/7d64965312183079098b1ba28e264261</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thumbs up to the performers who took part in this year&#039;s Carleton County Music Festival in Woodstock and the Festival of Music in Bristol.]]></description></item><item><title>My thoughts exactly</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/284098</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/709fec51e246511cfbb8841fe79de4fe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On May 12, Upper River Valley residents will have a chance to send a message about how their towns and villages are being run. All they have to do is head out to the polls and cast a vote for those members of council and/or mayor whose ideas best represent their vision for their community.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the Editor</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/284100</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/0d37e73ce69de372958e303d9752aaea</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Do you know that Canada has a serious epidemic that most people are not aware of?]]></description></item><item><title>World politics</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/284092</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/c9f97f4161e51ae2a53c1bbfc4680289</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Last week Hamish McRae, one of the world&#039;s best economic journalists, declared in The Independent that "Hardly anyone a year ago successfully predicted the rise in the oil price to $120 a barrel &#8211; in fact I have not found a single forecast of that." Regular readers of this column may recall that I predicted oil at over $100 a barrel in April 2006, and well north of that price in another column in July 2007.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the Editor</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/284071</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/937db42287a18dcafcf1aaf914a7bd61</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On first glance, I would wholeheartedly agree that organic farming is great. In this day of heightened environmental sensitivity, anything that helps us to live longer and save the planet is of utmost importance.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the Editor</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/284061</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/01abc78aed0ab38aaac8a7111ec20973</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[National Nursing Week, from May 12 to 18, offers an opportunity to celebrate the unique contributions of both the nursing profession and individual nurses.]]></description></item><item><title>Editorial: Volunteers need a helping hand</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/280778</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/fa8194ddfd7ce6d7d1f9dd4406007b6a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[We depend on them every day &#8211; coaching our minor hockey and soccer teams, providing hot lunch programs at the elementary school, organizing a food drive for the local food bank, or getting up in the middle of the night to fight a flue fire. Volunteers are essential to our society, but every year fewer people volunteer.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the editor | Showcasing HCS talent</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/280829</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/57bfb56f23114aeb2771a7c596f48fea</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Dear Editor,I am writing to cordially invite the public to Hartland Community School&#039;s Fine Arts ShowcaseOn Thursday, May 15, HCS will proudly present student work in music, art, drama and woodworking.We will have a meet-and-greet at 6 p.m., with snacks provided, and a concert at 7 p.m..]]></description></item><item><title>Celebrating the poetry of our lives</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/280805</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/029abe8fc1e9ff73547694c7b062606f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the not too distant past, school children along the St. John River Valley could stand before their proud parents and recite whole poems by New Brunswick greats like Bliss Carmen and Sir Charles G. 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As usual, however, the Harper Tories would rather spin the message, than explain the facts.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the Editor | Heart and Stroke Foundation says thanks</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/277753</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/d389e7fedff363e570ff0af4c0ab6a1a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Read our complete story for the full contents of this article, available online.]]></description></item><item><title>Making literacy a national issue</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/277749</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/2f1cd84d3c0c99bd54bed3f3a54161a7</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Can literacy be a defining national issue?]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the Editor | A &#8216;Thunder&#8217;-ing thank you</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/277747</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/761d9c2b9bb9d5bcd1a353f228e6767d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Read our complete story for the full contents of this article, available online.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the Editor | Seventy years built on volunteers</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/277742</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/ee799431d8c6fbf02c1157bfa20e744a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Read our complete story for the full contents of this article, available online.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the Editor | CEC respond to Lamrock&#8217;s statement</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/277736</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/030f2719f59af1ffbfd0e2a095b21c78</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Read our complete story for the full contents of this article, available online.]]></description></item><item><title>Editorial | Why hide honesty?</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/274235</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/c527761956567cdf30e165d7065f7751</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The federal Conservatives are up to their old tricks again, playing favourites amongst the media in a myopic attempt to provide damage control on an election spendingcrisis.]]></description></item><item><title>Get to know the candidates</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/274258</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/dec73934c01bf76470dfecdb9bec0d9f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[They may not offer a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage, but candidates in the upcoming May 12 municipal election will be out seeking votes in numerous communities throughout Carleton and York counties.]]></description></item><item><title>Why Y's Men's is a wise choice</title><link>http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/274241</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://bugleobserver.canadaeast.com/rss/article/8411b4a93c53f1453fd2135eec67392f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Another perfect spring week with signs of the season popping out everywhere. 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