Atlantica at Canadian Marine Pilots’ Association Conference
It was the first ever conference for the Canadian Marine Pilots' Association, and Atlantica was front and centre. In this article, from Canadian Sailings magazine, journalist Julie Gedeon explains the golden opportunity that has been presented to the International Northeast, which we call Atlantica.
Facing up to our drinking problem.
Most of us expect the highest quality drinking water, for the lowest possible price. In his fortnightly column, Brian Lee Crowley points out that expectation is unrealistic. We have to start paying the true cost of this resource. This column appeared in the Moncton Times-Transcript, while a slightly different version appeared in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald.
The Road to Private U
AIMS' latest paper on private universities prompted Daily News columnist Brian Flemming to examine the possibilities in his regular weekly column. He says the time has come to think seriously about privatization, and King's College is a prime candidate.
Medicare: Status quo argument ailing
In his fortnightly column, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley provides some economics-based insight into the health care debate. And he points out that we should leave the medicine to those trained in medicine, and the economics to those trained in economics. As he puts it, "Just as no one should want to be treated by a doctor who claims to have learned his or her medicine in economics journals, we should avoid getting our health care economics from medical journals."
East-West highway for Atlantica is a US priority.
It is the Main Street for Atlantica - a highway from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Watertown, New York. The US government has just announced million sof dollars in funding and put the east-west portion of that main street from Calais, Maine to New York on its high priority corridor map.
Headbashers of Atlantica, rejoice!
In his regular monthly column in Progress magazine Jim Meek says there's hope for Atlantica and transportation infrastructure is the key. However, he warns the "road to Rome" will not be built in a day.