In promising a grand unified theory of Canada, Cansplaining is a deeply ideological exercise.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
In trade war with Canada, Maine mostly ‘got off easy’
As retaliatory tariffs go in place, the highly integrated economies between the neighbors insulate most companies from ill effects.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: ‘America first’ trade policy hurts Maine fishermen first
A tit-for-tat conflict with China could result in shrinking the world market for Maine lobster.
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Maine, News, Outdoors
Transmission lines over Kennebec Gorge? That may be a choke point for renewable energy advocates
A 145-mile power line that would carry hydroelectricity from Canada to Massachusetts – and carve a path through the scenic gorge – signals a bleak future for multistate projects in New England.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Trump pummels G-7 democratic allies but fawns over autocrats
This Trumped-up trade war is typical of his attitude toward countries that share American values.
Posted inNation & World
Canada mourns after 15 die when junior hockey team bus collides with truck
Fourteen others are injured in the crash in Saskatchewan that the prime minister describes as ‘every parent’s worst nightmare.’
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation & World, News
Maine railway won’t have to stand trial for Quebec oil train disaster
Prosecutors conclude there was little chance of convicting the bankrupt Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway of negligence in the tragic Lac-Megantic crash, which killed 47 people in 2013.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
LePage accuses lawmakers of ‘witch hunt’ over diversion of state-owned timber
During a tense meeting, the governor slams legislators and says he had ‘zero involvement’ in decisions to stop shipping wood to mills owned by vocal critics of his position on Canadian lumber tariffs.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report
Canadian pot company plotting global push
Hydropothecary Corp. plans to be “one of the two to three multinational companies still standing in five years.”
Posted inMaine, Outdoors, Sports
Mushers, sled dogs look lively out of the gate in Fort Kent
The 250-mile Irving Woodlands Can-Am Crown winds through the wilderness of northern Maine.