by Lisa Hrabluk | Jan 30, 2014
Hey music lovers – I need your help. I’m making a playlist about chasing opportunity on the East Coast. I got the idea listening to Tom Power, host of CBC Radio 2 Morning, and his Jan. 28th intro to Matt Andersen’s new single ‘Alberta Gold’. In...
by Lisa Hrabluk | Oct 18, 2013
My friend Bojan Fürst read the post about the New Brunswick government’s public consultation on migration and was moved to finally write about his family’s time in Bathurst and Saint John. It is quite simply the most powerful piece of writing I have read...
by Lisa Hrabluk | Oct 17, 2013
Cruise on in, cruise on out: Today thousands sail into Saint John harbour to visit for the day; it’s been over 100 years since that many people walked off a boat and decided to stay for a lifetime. The last significant immigration to New Brunswick was the 1840s,...
by Lisa Hrabluk | Oct 3, 2013
CALGARY, AB – Change starts with you, or in my case, with me. If you’re going to change the world, odds are you’re going to have to start with yourself. That’s the message that accompanied me back to my hotel room following the opening night of the...
by Lisa Hrabluk | Sep 30, 2013
Late last week this ABC video, posted by the viral video site Upworthy, popped up in my social network feeds a lot. It’s not hard to see why. It’s a great story of regular folks stepping up – and stepping in – to tell off a bully with a strong moral...
by Lisa Hrabluk | Sep 19, 2013
Ever wonder why politicians in New Brunswick, PEI and Nova Scotia spend so much time and energy chasing after job announcements? Here’s why. In less than three years children and seniors are going to be equal to the size of the traditional labour force....
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