The term “billion” is often thrown around casually by politicians, but it’s a number that’s hard to truly grasp. But a billion dollars is 1,000 million dollars. To put it into perspective, If you handed out $1 every second, it would take you 31.7 years to give away $1 billion. So, the next time you […]
CCC Newsletter: August, 2024
CCC continues in our effort to keep the public informed of the many challenges facing New Brunswickers. In June we hosted a health summit which was well attended. The content and takeaways are summarized in this newsletter. These on-going summits allow people space to learn best practices, communicate with one another, express their concerns and […]
CCC Newsletter: March 2024
It has been a busy quarter at the office of CCC. We have been dealing with many issues facing the province-be it Education, Health, Energy, Agricultural and Stakeholder Relations to name a few. In addition, I have recently published a new book, with the help of the CCC team, entitled, “Overall well-being of New Brunswickers. […]
Divine Mercy: A School That is Focused
by Daryl Branscombe Recently, a few members of the Community of Creative Citizens (CCC) Education team visited Divine Mercy private Catholic School in Saint John. The school has been in operation for 25 years and has a proud heritage, including being in a building over a century old. It was the former rectory of St. […]
Response to “Shale Gas is Not the Answer” by Ian Peach in the Telegraph Journal on January 25, 2024
by Peter Churcher The commentary written and published in the TJ News on January 25th contained a number of inaccurate and misleading statements regarding the development of natural gas in our province. In order to foster an open and informed discussion on whether this resource will be a benefit to our province (beyond the money […]