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Community College system</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/864887</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/bac9adab61543c9a211e07f9e8208b76</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I am writing today in response to your recent editorial "NBCC system needs autonomy."]]></description></item><item><title>Much besides NB Power is positive in Throne Speech</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/864888</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/c2f2b7dec4d0e5a181bae79e3a2f7b85</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NB Power, as expected, dominated much of the discussion on the opening days of the New Brunswick Legislature this week, but it&#039;s important to note that there were some very important initiatives announced in this year&#039;s Throne Speech that had nothing to do with electricity.]]></description></item><item><title>Flu comparison numbers just statistical guesses</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/864884</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/7214a1619a9514e7c41eb8981162acfa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The grapevines are buzzin&#039; all across the province these days and Sleuth has had his ears glued to them. Here&#039;s the latest this week:]]></description></item><item><title>Letters to the editor</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/864886</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/5cc3b67f5e5e1ebf07d278cdf5285553</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Our New Brunswick finance minister says municipalities can still raise property tax rates, but they&#039;ll have to do it publicly.]]></description></item><item><title>Letters to the editor</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/863798</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/7d4c22751eb14dd6cbbb815175fb01a8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[My children brought a survey home from school with a request I fill it out. 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It is the CRTC who should be chastized.]]></description></item><item><title>Williams interferes most irresponsibly</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/863799</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/09f1d7b945958db2feebe65cebc534dc</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It is probably too much to expect a flamboyant grandstander like Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams to hang up his dancing shoes and call it a night, but it is distressing to see how irresponsible he has been in his portrayal of the proposal to sell NB Power to Hydro Quebec.]]></description></item><item><title>This power game has its own shadows of shame</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/863802</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/f1227f95291fa9a0227ade76eb1c748c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A twinge of shame shadows the pride I generally feel as a Newfoundlander. ]]></description></item><item><title>One machine polling another</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/863803</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/95463e574480f442690a37c9e78757c6</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ First, pour about half a litre of molasses on your kitchen counter. Then take out a sponge and sop up as much as you can.]]></description></item><item><title>Pets unleashed</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/863774</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/87acd199eaa2373435e0e04508428ce5</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 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/863775</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/806973ae00f6db5600e847e4e5eb783d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 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>I'll take NB Power for 4.75 billion, Alex . . .</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/863776</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/0c6d0510a27966698f6d3a4477dc7664</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NB Power may or may not be for sale, depending on who you ask.]]></description></item><item><title>'Unprecedented arrogance' on display with NB Power deal</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/863801</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/9577e66eca3d1de19dfa07d8fac5a47e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mr. Speaker, the government must be stopped. 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Come on baby, let me know</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/862367</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/fb95b5c7f01840d0a5da3c5d9c45fa49</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I don&#039;t know about you, but I am getting an impression from people I&#039;ve talked to in recent days that there is some small measure of concern about the impact of the proposed NB Power deal on regular New Brunswickers.]]></description></item><item><title>Money is well invested in culture</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/862364</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/eb19e63bae8ac3d260d9f5fd0a98b0f7</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I would like to thank Daniel Allain of Downtown Moncton Centre-ville Inc. 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Her eyes widened in the dim, fluorescent light of the hotel elevator. "What do you want?" she demanded.]]></description></item><item><title>PC leadership discredits itself</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/859827</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/0b40a740ffd02bf89dcc147bbdad53f3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Progressive Conservative Party leader David Alward and Executive Director Marie-Claude Blais are totally confused about the proposal to sell NB Power to Hydro Quebec. 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