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Today let&#039;s get down to a less weighty matter than recently, but one that nevertheless grabs many people&#039;s attention. I&#039;m talking about the &#039;food service industry,&#039; otherwise usually called &#039;restaurants.&#039;]]></description></item><item><title>Thanking women for the status of women</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468919</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/524bdeb28d13057551bcd5af350ba468</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This probably falls under pet peeves, but I need to say something about the comment sometimes heard that "women are their own worst enemy."  ]]></description></item><item><title>Lost &amp; Found</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468902</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/326fa38c54f97fb73a359faaab71e004</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 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>The Mayan was lyin'! Sadly this is bad news for your Visa bill</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468891</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/d457822e9551270b36190c31278a5cb4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Here at the advent of a new year, your humble, slightly hung over and now adorably Pillsbury Doughboy-like correspondent feels a certain compulsion to wish all fellow Metro-Gnomes the best 2012 ever.]]></description></item><item><title>Forum</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468865</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/23adbafbe04d08c878dfcc5c2377f2af</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This is in response to the Times &amp; Transcript article, &#039;N.B. eyes new bully law&#039; (Dec. 20). 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Sullivan published in the Times &amp; Transcript on Dec. 27, New MHS site: &#039;Just say no&#039;, I would like to add the following for the people of Moncton to consider.]]></description></item><item><title>Talking with gold-plated choppers</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468525</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/375cd0c4258e1ae332a63197dc1c2bd2</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A tradition no less honourable than resolving to do better and be better in the New Year is the annual running of the mouths found in all the finer salons of power and politics across this great land and beyond.]]></description></item><item><title>Safety nets in  need of upgrade</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468523</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/8e28a32af709c0637a34798a80695275</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As the new year begins and higher payroll taxes for Employment Insurance and the Canada Pension Plan take effect, workers will have less take-home pay and their employers will be faced with additional expense.]]></description></item><item><title>Paranoia and ignorance can lead to disaster</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468510</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/b296df808c4c1772e86c26b6588adcca</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Not all good]]></description></item><item><title>New year brings big dreams and motivation</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468545</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/c59d8a8befffd2d9c2fc8ac6ade639f8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This is always a strange week of the year.]]></description></item><item><title>One Metro guy's hopes and wishes for 2012</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468538</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/9c99557f9b35f38531de7c1cbb1e56d6</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Christmas is gone, New Year&#039;s is past and life is back to normal, whatever normal is. ]]></description></item><item><title>Forum</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468518</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/c36be998a45470480cc1b2cc171a7d66</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I thoroughly enjoyed Robert Wasser&#039;s Letter of the day titled, "Restaurant clerk fed up with rude customers." It&#039;s been a while since I laughed out loud while reading an article that I agree to be THE TRUTH. ]]></description></item><item><title>Lost &amp; Found</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468520</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/cf59d4663ceef7d2c7db5cfbee201774</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 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>Pets Unleashed</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468517</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/2de30b04a406b39168e012a9c79a7998</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 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. The information we require is simple. ]]></description></item><item><title>Letter of the day: Reckless driver caused insult and injury</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468544</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/d7041bedf13aad23db46605282f2c1af</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[To The Editor: I would like to inform the driver of the black Honda Civic who almost ran over a dear friend and myself as we were exiting the NB Liquor store at 936 Mountain Road on Saturday, Nov. 26 - you missed and we are extremely delighted, otherwise we could be far worse off.]]></description></item><item><title>Forum</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468512</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/f3249be2c1a5ef104b4f45190c2bad36</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It is sad to see how the public is being misinformed about the science of fluoride by public health associations. ]]></description></item><item><title>A timely resolution</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468380</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/82f156847056e1b385ab798545a39d29</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The recent reminder from the Insurance Bureau of Canada that tenants in rental apartments are responsible for their own insurance is a timely reminder to others as well.]]></description></item><item><title>Democracy comes with crucial responsibilities</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468359</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/24f01cb0eb70e81a6dbc782d8f3570fa</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Good morning folks! It may not be obvious, but today&#039;s discussion picks up where yesterday&#039;s left off and lays some groundwork for tomorrow&#039;s.]]></description></item><item><title>Water issue is a political waterloo</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468360</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/da5ff77daac381a475955b02ce39c90f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[To appreciate just how touchy people of every political stripe and ideological bent become when the target of their concerns is clean and accessible water, look no farther than the front page of this newspaper over the past few months.]]></description></item><item><title>Insulation industry calls for energy conservation in 2012</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468428</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/ad54dfc520552bc5633143be3278ff09</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Does Canada need more energy supply or more insulation? ]]></description></item><item><title>Cellphones, shrew spit and other bizarre sightings in 2011</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468407</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/f88d72c333aab1e7a12d8dbd8917b906</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Okay folks, it&#039;s been six months since the "no talking on the cellphone while driving" law was shifted into gear, and yes I still see many people with one hand on the wheel and the other to their ear.]]></description></item><item><title>Pets unleashed</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468396</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/4ea3976c0c02636d150397a0c0a7ed2c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 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/1468367</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/2ec8ef5c9df8be0aaa93155b67a1baac</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 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>Letter of the day: Atlantic Canadians are generous</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468395</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/97123a22272a918ff5b6a00a4ffcac95</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[To The Editor: Statistics; how they can paint an erroneous picture - &#039;New Brunswickers cited for penny-pinching ways&#039; (Dec. 19, Times &amp; Transcript).]]></description></item><item><title>Forum</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468361</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/6879934a0d1876784fcc3ecec76c22c5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I am writing in support and response to Julia Porter&#039;s recently published letter (Dec. 20) re Champlain Mall; &#039;Mall should allow shopping carts&#039;.]]></description></item><item><title>Ignore the politicians and look for important things</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468078</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/ba76715a592dced255474d86b2d5874d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Welcome to 2012! I&#039;ve no doubt it will be as interesting and occasionally exciting as last year, not to mention with a few surprises for us.]]></description></item><item><title>Shale gas top story of 2011</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468065</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/ec9b47ea1c5d5b7b12e01549b1e61394</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Happy New Year and welcome to 2012.]]></description></item><item><title>Hey brother can you spare a job?</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468058</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/31a3e64c7646adc8b556a42c88daf9cf</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As business leaders and politicians decry the widening gap between labour and skills in Canada - a phenomenon for which they, themselves, are at least partly to blame - new research suggests that the salient workforce trend over the next several years will be a slow-motion plunge to the bottom of the jobs barrel.]]></description></item><item><title>Pets unleashed</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468093</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/ef1e797e6a861bca0ee3e8d16403ba10</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 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. The information we require is simple. ]]></description></item><item><title>Holidays with the family from the old country</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468085</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/6a737154eb31177d44f10fc328c51dbf</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Lost Tribes gathered from the Old and New Countries for all the holidays that we could eat. ]]></description></item><item><title>Lost &amp; found</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468086</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/0545371236ab1f0ed838ecc1d4803682</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 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>Bogus 911 calls range from pranks to silliness</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468071</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/be86f80eff09d05b97c449c48dfb7f90</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It&#039;s surprising that people have such differing ideas of which emergencies require a 911 call.]]></description></item><item><title>Forum</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468077</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/4d4ed8c25868ada4eadf612bf428ef84</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Here we go again! Once again a highly vocal minority group has been allowed to influence the will of the vast majority of the citizens of Moncton.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter of the day: Restaurant clerk fed up with rude customers</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1468050</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/52aa02510269047d6901082c6ae7027c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[To The Editor: Throughout my two years of working at a popular fast food restaurant, I have observed many things about people, one of which is the horrible treatment they give to workers behind the counter.]]></description></item><item><title>2012: beginning of a new reality</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1467904</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/7ac8bb9129e9da729477f5e16390a0c6</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As the year comes to a close, New Brunswick is flooded with a series of what appear to be surreal headlines such as: "Health system needs overhaul" or "EI claims-list balloons as staff shrinks" or "Tories counting on realistic voters during lean times" or "2011 markets:]]></description></item><item><title>Say farewell to year 2011</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1467879</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/eb73abdd211d66aecef04f7a77fadca1</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As the calendar flips to a new year, Metro Moncton should be proud of its accomplishments during 2011 and prepare to hit the ground running for continued growth in 2012.]]></description></item><item><title>The passage of time is an enduring mystery</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1467871</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/0384457578b46249d15d25a997043cc2</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Good morning! And just a few more hours and we&#039;ll all have made it to 2012. May everyone have a Happy New Year (and remember tonight tomorrow)!]]></description></item><item><title>Pets Unleashed</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1467916</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/843e48c4ccb0650e995188d04394b340</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 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/1467907</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/04cb8a41227441c8f89f940746009a9f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 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>Can we delete a whole day and get away with it?</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1467900</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/8394a259a6accfdb13a3efa84a84084b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It&#039;s New Year&#039;s Eve here in New Brunswick and chances are this time tomorrow some of us will have little recollection of December 31, 2011.]]></description></item><item><title>Stephen Harper Canada's real newsmaker of the year</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1467873</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/23f175f2364f516d572be488cb2c98eb</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I have to dispute Canadian Press affiliated editors&#039; and news directors&#039; choice of Jack Layton by as Canada&#039;s Newsmaker of the Year.]]></description></item><item><title>Forum</title><link>http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1467867</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/2a69d498179655cb890aacb02e8b510f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thanks for the article regarding Chanukah. Although Jews have been misunderstood for centuries, here are the facts, given by Col. Gruber of the Israeli Defense Force. ]]></description></item></channel></rss>

