A day in the life of Danny D’Amours

Irving and Brunswick News – trying to maintain a monopoly

A little soap opera is being played out in western New Brunswick; Woodstock, NB to be precise.
A little background to start:
Brunswick News which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the J.D. Irving Ltd. the privately conglomorate. Irving, mainly through Brunswick News has a virtual monopoly on publishing in the province of New Brunswick by [...]

October 11th, 2007 Posted by Danny D'Amours | Business, Fredericton, Media, New Brunswick | 4 comments

Employment and Unemployment in New Brunswick – September 2007

Statistics Canada released the latest employment figures for the month of September 2007 last Friday.
As I suggested last month, this month’s report would include numbers from a few large layoffs such as the UPM mill in Miramichi.\  Despite this, the provincial economy only lost 100 jobs in the month.  This number does mask the fact [...]

October 11th, 2007 Posted by Danny D'Amours | Business, Economics, Fredericton, New Brunswick | one comment