CBC News' Julia Wright reports from the New Brunswick city of Saint John, where real estate can be astoundingly inexpensive.

Not every house hunter would see the potential in a partially renovated, century old, long uninhabited house in Saint John, N.B.'s old north end ( Read more... )

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• Bloomberg notes that Brexit may be good for European criminals, looks at the negative impact of Brexit on Japan's retail chains, examines the way a broken-down road reflects India-China relations, looks at Russia's shadow economy and observes Ukraine's effort to attract shippers to its ports.
• The Globe and Mail notes the mourning in Québec for the ( Read more... )

• CBC notes the baffling decision of New Brunswick to create a minister of Celtic Affairs.
• CNET notes the underperformance of the Blackberry Priv in the American market.
• Gawker reports from the scene of Mongolia's only gay bar.
• The Inter Press Service looks at urban poverty in Buenos Aires.
• The National Post reports the origins of a Bangladeshi Islamist ( Read more... )

• Bloomberg considers wind power off of Long Island, looks at Odebrecht's progress despite high-level arrests, and notes New Zealand's criticism of China's maritime expansionism.
• Bloomberg View notes that Germany is a country thoroughly opposed to genocide.
• The CBC notes the Tragically Hip tickets have sold out, and looks at ice melt in Antarctica.


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I learned from the Toronto Star's Allan Woods that Québec's dominance of the maple syrup industry is being challenged by the province's near neighbours, in Canada and the United States.

A sprouting maple-syrup industry in the United States is challenging Quebec’s superiority, the province’s tree-tappers are nervous about the future and rebel ( Read more... )

Looking at the small New Brusnwick village of McAdam, Spacing's Hassan Arif noted this August past how difficult economic adaptation is for these small towns.

Many small towns, communities, and rural areas face challenges with the decline of traditional industries such as forestry. Often, economic development arguments are less about “growth” than ( Read more... )

Joe O'Connor's National Post article "Atlantic Canada, stuck in demographic death spiral, sees huge opportunity in Syrian refugee influx" examines how some Atlantic Canadians look to Syrian refugees as a way to keep the population of the region afloat.

Mike Timani wanted to be an engineer. It was his life plan, and it changed, abruptly, in 1975, ( Read more... )

CBC's report on the mainstreaming of #stormchips in the Maritimes is a delight.

A New Brunswick chip company is cashing in on a social media trend started right here in the Nova Scotia newsroom of the CBC ( Read more... )

CBC's Lindsay Michael reports on an effort by a New Brunswick Mi'kMaq group to revive their ancestral language.

A month-long course designed to teach young Mi'kmaq their native language wraps up Thursday ( Read more... )