Atlantic Trucking Association to host International Transportation Summit
Billed as its first ever International Transportation Summit, the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association plans a conference in October that will be of particular interest to the Atlantica concept.
Board chaos is good for the kids
In this op/ed in the Cape Breton Post, AIMS senior policy analyst Bobby O'Keefe ponders the usefulness of school boards. He points out the best student performance in the province takes place in school districts where the elected boards are in disarray.
U.S. Politician Takes Liking to Planned Canso Marine Terminal
A US congresswoman is eyeing a container terminal in Canso as Ohio's gateway to the world.
A councillor seeks value for money
This editorial in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal uses the AIMS Interim Municipal Report Card, to show the need for fair value for the money taxpayers spend on municipal services. It says such information is vital if local councillors are to make informed and fair decisions.
Grade 12 math scores still don’t add up
The Nova Scotia Department of Education is taking AIMS' advice and is releasing provincial exam results. AIMS senior policy analyst Bobby O'Keefe says the next step is to release school by school results and then use the data to alter programmes to improve student performance.
Powerline Plan Unveiled
Growing energy demand combined with high fossil fuel prices and the quest for alternative, greener, sources of energy have raised interest in northern Maine's wind power potential, especially by out-of state investors. Proposed investments would tie this part of the state to the wider New England power grid by late 2010 providing a stimilus to a distressed region at the same time as reducing the reliance on fossil fuels and diversifying the wider power grid region wide.