Archive - Side Walks

NB Power's Balancing Act

New Brunswickers deserve a clear explanation of why we buy, sell and still face an electricity shortage

Jun 25 • Gina Miller

Inside 7 of Canada’s biggest challenges – and how we can meet them

Last week I was part of the Be Giant team covering the U.S.-Canada Summit in Toronto, including a one-on-one interview with MDA Space CEO Mike Greenley

Jun 16 • Lisa Hrabluk 🇨🇦

May 2026

How to Build A Better Medical School

My latest 'Be Giant' feature tells the story of how PEI is betting it can keep its newest doctors on the Island – and solve its chronic health-care…

May 29 • Lisa Hrabluk 🇨🇦

Tell Us What You Need to Know about Atlantic Canada

Please participate in our anonymous survey to help us help you make sense of your life in Atlantic Canada, navigate the decisions in front of you, and…

May 26 • Lisa Hrabluk 🇨🇦

Saint John's Long Game Pays Off

A $247-million bet, two national rail lines and a surge in Ontario trade are writing a new chapter for Canada's original Port City

May 7 • Lisa Hrabluk 🇨🇦

April 2026

What New Brunswick Can Learn from Europe’s Energy Moment

What a view from the Port of Antwerp reveals about urgency, pragmatism, and the opportunity across the Atlantic

Apr 28 • Michelle Robichaud

Programming Note: On Vacation

Gina is in Hong Kong and I'm on a cross-Canada road trip

Apr 27 • Lisa Hrabluk 🇨🇦

Buying Time or Buying Change?

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and other Canadian provinces are increasing public debt to pay for public services on the promise of future earnings. Here's…

Apr 14 • Lisa Hrabluk 🇨🇦

Why Deficits Carry More Risk in Atlantic Canada

With large provincial deficits on the books from B.C to Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada’s smaller, aging economies, are being tested faster – and with…

Apr 8 • Lisa Hrabluk 🇨🇦

Welcome to 'Be Giant'

My story 'Inside Canada's race for space sovereignty' about Atlantic Canada's new space sector is the lead story for a new national publication about…

Apr 2 • Lisa Hrabluk 🇨🇦

March 2026

New Brunswick is Moving Cervical Cancer Screening Home

With $5 million for at‑home screening in the 2026-27 budget, the province joins a national push to eliminate a disease that hits rural and low‑income…

Mar 31 • Lisa Hrabluk 🇨🇦

The Investment That Worked: Part 2 - From Last to First

How Kent county and southeastern New Brunswick went from last in Canada to helping pay the province's bills

Mar 26 • J. Louis Leger

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