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Jacques Poitras
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CBC’s provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick. Publicly funded & independent. Author of five non-fiction books. My newsletter: https://jacquespoitras.substack.com?r=o9a37&utm_medium=ios
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Very timely to have finished this yesterday. Five stars; recommended.
January 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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It’s old-fashioned to defend mainstream journalism these days but some of the most reliable reporting from people actually on the ground will be the AP and Reuters the next 24 hours. Your Substack journalist writing takes will be using frontline reporting from them.
January 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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querythepast.bsky.social
🚨 Nouveau billet sur QTP 🚨

Il y a 250 ans, les fondements de l’américanité

« Indirectement, donc, l’invasion de 1775 sème la première graine de la franco-américanité... » #CanadaUS #francophonie #histoire #Québec #qcpoli #révolution

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Il y a 250 ans, les fondements de l’américanité
L'invasion du Québec en 1775 fait naître deux types d'américanité, dont l'un sera vécue principalement par des émigrants en sol étatsunien.
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January 1, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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A bird who should be in a warm climate found winter. This Painted Bunting, very rare for #NewBrunswick, #Canada is surviving at a home feeder in Bayside, NB. Thanks to the homeowners for taking care of this beauty and putting up with birders coming for a peek.
#birds #wildlife #bunting #nature
A very colourful bird perched on a green bird feeder. Blue head with orange eye ring, yellowish lime green on back and a red fading into orange below, this bird looks like "Mother Nature" ran out of colours on this one. A very colourful bird perched on a branch and puffed up for warmth. Blue head with orange eye ring, yellowish lime green on back and a red fading into orange below, this bird looks like "Mother Nature" ran out of colours on this one.
December 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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ICYMI

Ducks-capades!

In which a duck faithfully imitates a curling rock.
December 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Progressive Conservative MLA Kris Austin will not run for the provincial party leadership. Story posting soon; video is here: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Kris Austin won’t run for N.B. PC leadership
Former People’s Alliance leader had been leaning toward joining the race.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Wordle 1,644 6/6

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nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17d
"I think today's Wordle word is actually the worst in the entire history of the game."

Wordle 1644 is trending as Friday's puzzle is breaking many streaks. How did you do?
Wordle - A daily word game
Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Rosa is retiring from the Great Canadian Bagel at Priestman and Regent today. She started working there in 2000, the same year I started at CBC, and has sold me a ton of bagels over a quarter century. (Chicken salad on cheddar herb — the best.)
December 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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The Secret Trial of the General Who Refused to Attack Tiananmen Square www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w...
The Secret Trial of the General Who Refused to Attack Tiananmen Square
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December 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
poitrasj.bsky.social
Price of gas did indeed drop 7+ cents per litre over the weekend.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Whenever I see someone post "the world is really bad right now" I have to resist indulging the small part of me thinking "I have some bad news about all of history"
December 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Hell yeah.
December 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Holt Liberals say a cut to gas prices is really on the way this time after a staffer discovered another way to tweak the regulatory price-setting formula: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Gas prices to drop next week after Liberals tweak formula | CBC News
New Brunswick cabinet ministers adopted an order Thursday that changes how the Energy and Utilities Board calculates the maximum price of gasoline – a change that the government says should reduce pri...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Reposted by Jacques Poitras
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Ukrainian President Zelensky has just posted a video from the outskirts of Kupyansk, a city Putin claimed Russian troops captured three weeks ago.

Just the edge of the city - but still an incredibly brave thing for Zelensky to do, with drones in constant operation over the city...
December 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Top N.B. court removes private forest land from Wolastoqey title case; Justice hopes ruling offers "clearer path" to reconciliation: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Top N.B. court removes private forest land from Wolastoqey title case | CBC News
The New Brunswick Court of Appeal has narrowed the scope of a title claim made by the Wolastoqey Nation. Private land belonging to three large forestry companies are now excluded from any ownership cl...
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December 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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María Corina Machado, who spent over a year in hiding in Venezuela, greeted supporters in Oslo, hours after her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in her name.

Read more: nyti.ms/44iJP8a
December 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Only one-third of ER patients are seen on time: N.B. auditor-general. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Only one-third of ER patients are seen on time, auditor general says | CBC News
A new report from the province's auditor general shows that only one-third of patients in New Brunswick hospital emergency departments are seen by a doctor within the appropriate amount of time.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Why are you still paying eight cents extra per litre of gas in New Brunswick? The Liberal bill repealing the cost-of-carbon adjuster left a "void" for a new replacement surcharge: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Liberal bill repealing N.B. carbon adjuster left ‘void’ for new gas surcharge | CBC News
The province's Energy and Utilities Board blocked Susan Holt's move to get rid of the cost-of-carbon adjuster. Holt may be frustrated with the board's decision but it could've been avoided with proper...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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I'm betting this has a place on @alexmarland.bsky.social 's to-do list.
aaronwherry.bsky.social Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · Dec 4
Here's what I'd like some graduate student or historian to figure out:

How often has a prov or fed party leader in Canada managed to both hold on to their leadership and subsequently succeed in the next election after facing a significant level of public dissent from their caucus or party?
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Reposted by Jacques Poitras
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Bus Stop, Fredericton, N.B.
Molly Lamb Bobak
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December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Carbon adjuster vanishes Monday? EUB rules surcharge remains in place: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
New Brunswick energy regulator cancels Holt government fuel price cuts | CBC News
The province's Energy and Utilities Board has cancelled the Holt government's move to cut the "carbon cost adjuster" charges. The changes were set to take place on Monday.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Steven Guilbeault, May 14, 2017, during our interview for my pipeline book, on mainstream political and regulatory processes: “We thought it was better for us to participate in a deficient process while demanding changes than to not be there at all. … We don’t like the strategy of the empty chair.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Canadian Heritage Minister and long time environmentalist Steven Guilbeault resigns his cabinet post over changes to #environment policies. Latest details here: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Liberal MP quits Carney’s cabinet over energy deal with Alberta | CBC
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November 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Saw that MPs are set to honour long-serving MP Louis Plamondon -- here is his must-read advice to members in 2019 :)
Order. I think everyone saw the white smoke. A number of members have asked me how I could keep my seat for 35 years in a row through 11 elections. I have three little pieces of advice. First, you need to be able to manage your frustrations, because politics is one frustration after another. You will come to know this, especially the new members. Second, I would say that you must be prepared and speak intelligently. I would like to share a story. In the first month after my arrival in 1984, I made three statements, two of which contradicted my party's platform. At my first caucus meeting, an old senator told me that he wanted to talk to me. I say “old”, but I would not consider him very old today. He brought me to his office and asked if I wanted to stay in politics for a long time. I told him yes. He told me to look at the wall, where a magnificent stuffed fish was mounted. He told me that had the fish kept its mouth shut, it would still be alive. Some hon. members: Oh, oh! The Presiding Officer (Mr. Louis Plamondon): He added that it was pretty much the same in politics. The third thing I would like to say is that you should get into politics because you like to serve, because you like your constituents and because you are dedicated. Never get into politics for recognition. If you are looking for recognition, you would be better off getting a nice dog.
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM