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[here]</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/337423</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/760bb41414cd17d7b64d045776e168af</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 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>Don't be afraid of heading to a gallery</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/337424</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/64f714015321426a733eecd9ede6aa25</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I used to be frightened of going to art galleries. 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After much procrastinating and sheer incompetence when it comes to computers, my Wii is now online.]]></description></item><item><title>Ahoy, Métis!</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/330632</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/f41e14b56e0415f233577114cc3c5bb6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Homard and da wife we took a little trip down to Monkeytown lass week for some nice crispy Deluxe French Fry fish an chip.]]></description></item><item><title>It's summer and the living is queasy</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/330629</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/9deeba1b42b5e067baca901903624561</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I&#039;m not particularly fond of summer. I know I should be. I should be a lot of things I&#039;m not: Tall, handsome, athletic, rich, multilingual, an astronaut. I can&#039;t do anything about this. And I can&#039;t do anything about summer. ]]></description></item><item><title>Dunh da dunh da dunh - dUH!</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/330626</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/afa6804733dd47b7adeb5166bc4dcb72</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Dunh-da-dunh-da-dunh is my cellphone ring; it&#039;s also the start of the theme to Hockey Night in Canada, and, not coincidentally, the sound of the beat of my hockey heart. ]]></description></item><item><title>Don't y'all get too excited about delirium</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/323522</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/b6139ccc3181409280f3c986be35e427</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Those Mounties are some excited about delirium, so Homard is wondering if they are gonna sulk when Ottawa takes their new toys away.]]></description></item><item><title>Dear Barack: Can I be your running mate?</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/323515</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/8338b348cd9469d9ab136f43236d096e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I must confess a slightly unsettling fissure developing in my otherwise rock-solid sense of national identity. 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Why oh why, ax a very puzzle Homard, do the union all hate poor innercent little Julie Couillard so much?]]></description></item><item><title>Free will astrology</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/316514</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/bfefd07f633b198d08b1d05f71f07a1b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 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>Creative writing 101: It's an American love story</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/316532</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/8cfc834792c73abadc1073c73a252b00</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A friend writes that she bemoans the decline of English language studies across the continent. 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Thanks for your submissions and keep them coming.]]></description></item><item><title>Free will astrology</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/309027</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/f2352df568902017f33ab080d546669a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 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>Hot tips for building your resume revealed</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/309032</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/f24817cd56114f3069f11ff036d1ab7f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For most of us summer means time to enjoy the long weekends, barbecuing with friends and family and enjoying the nice weather. 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It&#039;s not unlike travelling in Quebec, except here an Anglophone doesn&#039;t understand as much of the language.]]></description></item><item><title>A mighty wind: cool and strong or hot and bothered?</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/309040</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/3999c9828493c8505bc54c7f88da274d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For a premier who extols the virtues of self-sufficiency, New Brunswick&#039;s Shawn Graham seems oddly preoccupied with the intentions of an ambivalent moneybag.]]></description></item><item><title>Homard 's taking a chance on 'Moncton's Casino Hospital'</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/309043</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/58dbd1ac0bc1552bef7a77135dee0972</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Homard is kinda puzzled about the finance ministre wanting to waste the public&#039;s money on a &#039;Carbo Tax&#039; just because his favourite hockey team suck so bad they can&#039;t even beat Philadelphie.]]></description></item><item><title>Free will astrology</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/302746</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/9b5259f0381554965aa221fc57f6ffb8</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 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>Savouring success at this year's Savour Food and Wine show</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/302708</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/c8a8f52e97e26bc9244ae12bae4d5a3b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Were you at Savour Food and Wine in Moncton on May 1? 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Just let me at dat VLT! Odds, spreadin&#039; out so far and wide! Keep Monkeytown jus&#039; gimme dat countryside . . . ]]></description></item><item><title>Two more reasons to pay for The Movie Network</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/294060</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/4c716bdb5a69dea45ecc113581f3483b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It&#039;s tough to be on top of all the TV shows these days, what with all the specialty channels and the Showtime shows running on The Movie Network in Canada, in addition to the usual line-ups from the major American and Canadian networks. One can be forgiven for completely missing a great new show simply because you were watching something else in that time slot.]]></description></item><item><title>The Post-It paradox</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/294077</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/590bf09aa62979e2b57ef39f3c5a6d90</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[You&#039;d think that the neon yellow Post-It would get my attention. "Call Joe", it says.]]></description></item><item><title>Free will astrology</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/289470</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/134cd4dec2dbc211166e935c09ee464e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 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>Don't forget mom this Mother's Day</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/289479</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/822307503628170500fb24ceeae33a85</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Every year, I forget Mother&#039;s Day. It&#039;s not like, on purpose or anything. I just really, really suck at dates like that. 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Premier Needle-Nose and federale Primal Ministre Steve &#039;Bobby h&#039;Orr Haircut&#039; Harper acting like bigshot this week handing out cash to all these guys living along the St. John River.]]></description></item><item><title>Organic faces off against local restos</title><link>http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/289485</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/beec894f7d5ebe5dd2faa1b3e7a4f77a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I was recently asked to pick the best organic restaurants in Atlantic Canada for a writing assignment. There aren&#039;t many; in fact it&#039;s hard to find 100 per cent organic restaurants. Most of the cool places, like Calactus in Moncton, feature organic dishes, as well as vegetarian and vegan. 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