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My name is Lucy! I am a four-month-old shepherd-husky mix with pretty blue eyes.]]></description></item><item><title>Soap opera updates</title><link>http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/341581</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/050ca7669ac0f8673e4caba1547bd380</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Following are this week&#039;s soap opera updates]]></description></item><item><title>Striped Delight</title><link>http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/341527</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/92062f2be7f9590be12e4d44f280e6ae</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 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>Show proper respect for our flag</title><link>http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/340372</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/0d153d3952f7fea5bb0c332a139b8b4d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Canadians love the red maple leaf. 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they are able to sense where they are wanted and where they are not.]]></description></item><item><title>Proposed tax reform will hurt New Brunswickers</title><link>http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/337970</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/e83bafb03424d9966581efff22971400</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[GUEST COLUMN &#8212; The New Brunswick Federation of Labour, along with many other unions and social groups is calling on the Liberal government to conduct proper consultations about the proposed tax reform.]]></description></item><item><title>Pathologist should review reports</title><link>http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/337955</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/b87083d456e02941eb8946cd1409a089</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For the benefit of the commission of inquiry into pathology services at the Miramichi Hospital and the public, Dr. Menon should be allowed to review the slides and reports where he is supposed to have made errors in order to understand his deficiencies and be accountable for them.]]></description></item><item><title>Summer time for celebration</title><link>http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/335588</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/de4eca1e46eec9e822326d1fa6764997</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It might be hard to believe, judging by the weather, but summer did officially begin on June 21. 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Every once in a while, I have the good fortune to experience something subtle and remarkable in my role as a parent.]]></description></item><item><title>Emergency staff the best</title><link>http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/335580</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/5eceae34d7c599c2e8d2e8809c0a0a88</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On Saturday, my partner Shawn and I had the misfortune of being broad sided by a tractor trailer truck near the Miramichi Bridge.]]></description></item><item><title>Tax hearings here Friday</title><link>http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/335574</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/f5d96046b7f3ef2bc9e8a5cf038dd3a5</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Public hearings will soon be held by the select committee on tax review regarding the options presented in the minister of finance&#039;s, "A discussion paper on New Brunswick&#039;s tax system."]]></description></item><item><title>School's out for summer</title><link>http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/333662</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/04babe20bbc6763dd6317341171fc3f2</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Gardeners and sport fishermen are in their glory and kids, both young and old, are outside getting dirty.It&#039;s summertime on the Miramichi.I remember lazy summers when I was a kid, riding bikes through woods and the mud, over hill and dale, climbing trees and falling out of them.Summer time on the Miramichi was always a good time.Especially the Canada Day fireworks.]]></description></item><item><title>Reaction to tragedy a mistake</title><link>http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/333636</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/649fa5053d4515a84d9ad47286abff2a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Few need to be reminded about the terrible accident on Jan.]]></description></item><item><title>There's a time for shock tactics and a time for joy</title><link>http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/333640</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/c8f97c6f69c489b33aea05e24bdb1fe7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Imagine it: you&#039;re a young high school grad and this is your special time.]]></description></item><item><title>Unemployment rate highest</title><link>http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/333678</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/ddad93755adffcdbb376fdb2625d6c0e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Shawn Graham&#039;s Liberal government will go to any lengths to make people believe the province is moving toward self-sufficiency.]]></description></item><item><title>Liberal MLAs failing to support forestry</title><link>http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/333672</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/8f9cb3ebf026cd766df2415e6313ebf6</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I feel compelled to respond to recent comments made by Southwest-Miramichi MLA Rick Brewer.]]></description></item><item><title>Business improvement areas in New Brunswick represent an economic value</title><link>http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/333639</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://miramichileader.canadaeast.com/rss/article/e62406c9d81112e28ded418a7c54f6d1</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[GUEST COLUMN &#8212; 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