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Others affect a whole lot of us. And some affect every single one of us.]]></description></item><item><title>Bathurst truly active with sustainable development</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/846168</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/2a063a234904115794f10431b6fe9b69</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Bathurst Sustainable Development&#039;s (BSD) Brenda Kelley doesn&#039;t really want to talk about the national water conference she initiated in 2001 -- "that&#039;s old hat" she says.]]></description></item><item><title>Letters to the editor</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/846165</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/538e50dcd614f0b11792afd918b5e941</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Times are tough and are getting tougher and where we are heading is yet to be determined, especially on the services required by our seniors and with our health care system and the delivery of essential medical care.]]></description></item><item><title>To be . . . or not to 'Be . . . in this place'</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/846166</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/cd75e923432ba6f6936fbe516500004c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I would like to invite His Worship Mayor George LeBlanc and Moncton City Council to revisit the Tim and Lisa Holt case regarding their house at 142 Penrose St. and do these people some justice.]]></description></item><item><title>The path matters as well as the goal</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/844920</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/6f960a8ec43cfc4eff28696eb896a008</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The City of Dieppe will soon debate a new French signage policy that would apply to businesses as well as public places, part of the city&#039;s effort to enhance and maintain its status as the French-speaking urban jewel of l&#039;Acadie.]]></description></item><item><title>Send in the carpet-baggers?</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/844923</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/cacd66257765e05db42566cfecf7c96c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ To read (let&#039;s say scan) the more than 600 news reports and editorials that have issued since last Thursday, when Shawn Graham announced the deal with Hydro-Quebec for the major assets of NB Power, you&#039;d think the province had relinquished its birthright in Confederation to a cabal of evil carpet-baggers.]]></description></item><item><title>Poor math results should prompt questions</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/844924</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/7c262b6351b2c8d3dd075065ddd41d62</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In December 2008, following five years of flat line math scores (no significant improvements), the District Education Council (DEC) for School District 2 was presented with the following motion for consideration:]]></description></item><item><title>Pets unleashed</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/844899</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/20c77077583f88f798f856e376415ffd</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Pets unleashed is a daily feature of the Times &amp; 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If they don&#039;t know how to control their own families, how can they look after God&#039;s people?]]></description></item><item><title>Pets unleashed</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/843465</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/7e71b45904a02a156d161c59651e5e18</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Pets unleashed is a daily feature of the Times &amp; Transcript, which gives readers a venue for alerting the public when their pets go missing.]]></description></item><item><title>Lost &amp; Found </title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/843466</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/b307fa9e2042932b40b2a049366cdbf1</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Readers who lose, or find an item, can call the Times &amp; Transcript Lost &amp; Found line at 383-2255 and leave a brief message describing the item, giving a general location of where it was lost/found, when it was lost/found and a phone number to call.]]></description></item><item><title>You don't have to get ripped, just get healthy</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/843468</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/20a736126d768fdaff286e1f3173bd9b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Get ripped in four weeks! Learn the one secret to a flat stomach! I lost 25 pounds in one week with this great tip!]]></description></item><item><title>Who are we to believe in the modern world?</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/843472</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/20a79cf32adac7fe0674d600283b286b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Let&#039;s start far afield with the government of Uganda. They are working on passing a law which will not only make homosexuality &#039;illegal&#039; but will make it a punishable crime not to report people you suspect to be homosexual. To justify their homophobic and abusive policy they are willing to quote all kinds of sources, including their own constitution and a whole slew of African churches.]]></description></item><item><title>Forum</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/843467</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/f3ca0a9419252722544935ad33c816b7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sounds about right how the system handles bullies: they remove the child being bullied and think nothing of it.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter of the dar: Get with 21st century and ban cell phones in cars</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/843471</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/16f8046912a01f56302f4329a21d888a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Why am I not surprised our current provincial government has let the citizens of New Brunswick down once again.]]></description></item><item><title>Flu vaccinations producing chaos</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/842367</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/d2ebd000e53da0bdaa92792fd97aa600</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Public Health officials in New Brunswick have clearly been ill-prepared, despite many months of preparation time, to handle the public vaccination effort against the H1N1 flu. ]]></description></item><item><title>NB Power goes to Quebec</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/842370</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/e55ff24e692216234ea4a1b8d1b63796</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the governments of New Brunswick and Quebec could lead to the acquisition by Hydro Quebec of "substantially all of the assets" of NB Power except its fossil fuel plants at Belledune, Coleson Cove and Grand Lake.]]></description></item><item><title>Pets unleashed</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/842362</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/82b00fce90fabdefac3ec035de940e70</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Pets unleashed is a daily feature of the Times &amp; Transcript, which gives readers a venue for alerting the public when their pets go missing.]]></description></item><item><title>Lost &amp; found</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/842363</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/2445d2943c94ca0a574f9bd7b2c06222</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Readers who lose, or find an item, can call the Times &amp; Transcript Lost &amp; Found line at 383-2255 and leave a brief message describing the item, giving a general location of where it was lost/found, when it was lost/found and a phone number to call.]]></description></item><item><title>Climate news flooding in and it's not good</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/842364</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/bff8639672d41da3845f7294425d76bc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The news is bad, and it&#039;s coming in fast.]]></description></item><item><title>Premier's sale of NB Power sells out NBers</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/842366</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/45cbe340a114f2080d58e10d1e866e80</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There is a saying that claims politicians will promise anything to get elected. 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