Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026UPDATE: Megan Mitton is the only approved candidate for the N.B. Green Party leadership. The party vetted & approved a second candidate, Matt Toner, who later withdrew. Mitton's acclamation must be ratified by party members at the Dec. 5 leadership convention. 0102
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 28/09/2026These are what the clouds on Jupiter look up close. The small patches of white are cloud tops, soaring above the main, colourful cloud layer. Image from NASA's Juno spacecraft during its 38th close approach to Jupiter on 29 November 2021, processed by Kevin Gill (@kevinmgill.bsky.social) 18886175
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasJacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Subscribe tonight to get a freshly baked, generously buttered N.B. political newsletter from me at 7:45 a.m. tomorrow morning: substack.com/@jacquespoit...substack.comPoitras on Politics | SubstackA weekly email newsletter by CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick with links to stories on N.B. politics. 0144
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasJay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 27/09/2026harvest moon! everyone go reap what you have sown 1753143
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasLauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The solar panels, electric vehicles, EV batteries and wind turbines exported by China in 2025 will avoid annual emissions equal to those of the UK and Portugal combined, according to my new estimates. Avoided emissions increased 30% compared with 2024 exports. 28831
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Data centre partner pushed for carbon tax “fix” in May: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caData-centre partner asked province to ‘fix’ carbon tax | CBC NewsThe company planning to power a proposed data centre in the Lorneville area of Saint John pushed the New Brunswick government earlier this year to “fix” the industrial carbon taxes it would be paying. 176
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasJustin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026your periodic reminder 2176267
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasAaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I return to my contention that the real benefit of Canadian federalism is that at any given moment there's always one province whose political situation can provide entertainment for everyone else. 833257
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Long-time Moncton sportswriter Eddie St. Pierre has died — one of the great characters in the city’s journalism world. Here’s a piece I wrote about him and another famous Eddie back in 1994: 2101
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasJean Laroche @nsnewsh0und.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Traveled to the Swissair 111 memorial today after seeing new film “111 Echoes from Halifax”. Powerful and touching retelling of those events 28 years ago. It’s a feature film rather than a documentary but no less compelling. Kudos to cast and crew for remarkable storytelling. #aiff 3266
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Atholville, too? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caAtholville pulp mill is facing same challenges as Nackawic mill, AV Group says | CBC NewsAV Group says its Atholville pulp mill in northern New Brunswick is facing "the same external challenges" as the company's Nackawic mill in the southwest. 140
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasChris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I've known @maxfawcett.bsky.social for many years and admired his work and sometimes worried a bit about his willingness to pick fights with randos on the internet, so I'm startled to learn that it's his mildly colloquial use of the term "mandate" that has seemingly all of US Bluesky in a tizzy 81169
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026No shortcuts on Sisson Mine environmental conditions, CEO promises: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caNo shortcuts on meeting Sisson Mine conditions, CEO promises | CBC NewsThe CEO of the company behind the proposed Sisson Mine says there will be no shortcuts in complying with the New Brunswick government’s environmental conditions. 130
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasTyler Meredith @tylermeredith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026On airports it’s probably worth a point of clarification for folks new to all this. A 🧵 1/n #cdnpoli Govt doesn’t “own” airports today. It created a series of non-profit concession corps (who can do profit making things) who run on top of land Canada owns. 69050
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 15/09/20261604 was St. Croix Island, which ended in disaster. 35 of 79 settlers died. Port Royal was 1605. There still could be a workable analogy in that. 3124
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026New Brunswick Green Party is refusing to say whether it received any additional applications from prospective leadership candidates by Saturday’s 12 noon deadline. 210
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasColin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 11/09/20269/11 started here in Portland, Maine. For the 20th anniversary, five years ago, I wrote this feature-and-oral-history of Atta's final night and morning in the bland environs of The Maine Mall for the @pressherald.com (Gift link). www.pressherald.com/2021/09/05/2...pressherald.comFrom the archives: 20 years after the attacks, they’re haunted by their encounters with 9/11 hijackersThose who crossed paths with two of the World Trade Center terrorists reflect on what happened in Maine in the hours leading up to the worst attacks on American soil. 046
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New Brunswick Green Party MLA Megan Mitton confirms she has filed to be a candidate for the party leadership. 0172
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasDavid Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Scoop from @poitrasj.bsky.social -- note: when i asked the Environment Minister about New Brunswick's emissions last week during a media conference, he said: "I can assure you, that right now we are on target with our net zero objectives."cbc.caProvince not on track for net-zero goal as it warms to natural gas | CBC NewsA new blueprint document from the province says New Brunswick will have to close policy "gaps" to meet its emissions goals for 2050. 054
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/t...nytimes.comWhy the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. (Gift Article)The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves. 131
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I see new followers via some starter packs. 👋 I cover New Brunswick politics. You can find links to more of my stories at my weekly Substack newsletter, every Monday morning. substack.com/@jacquespoit... 060
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasBlue Rodeo @bluerodeo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We're proud Canadians, folks! 921880
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 28/08/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caTantramar gas plant gets green light from N.B. government | CBC NewsA gas and diesel power plant proposed for the Tantramar area of eastern New Brunswick has received approval from the provincial Environment Department. 033
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasWhen Is Trump Gone? @daysleft4trump.bsky.social · 28/08/20262 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 2 hours, 21 minutes, and 56 seconds ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░ 40.03% 0306
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 28/08/2026From June 2025: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caHow a coastal Maine town almost became part of Canada | CBC NewsWhen U.S. President Donald Trump started talking about annexing Canada to make it the 51st state, people in Castine, Maine, took notice. 050
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasBrian Platt @brianplatt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Trump may be just trolling Canada with stuff like this, but it has the very real effect of hardening public opinion and making it politically impossible for Carney to give further concessions in trade talks 108125
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Barry Blitt, The New Yorker 615745
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Breaking: Holt Liberals will review whether to lift 12-year-old moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in New Brunswick. 233
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasSilas Brown @silasbrown.bsky.social · 26/08/2026CBC New Brunswick will have live coverage of the upcoming "resource development" announcement, including reporter analysis with @poitrasj.bsky.social. Tune in here: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...cbc.caNew Brunswick to make resource development announcementTune in live as Premier Susan Holt, Natural Resources Minister John Herron and Indigenous Affairs Minister Keith Chiasson make a resource development announcement. 122
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 25/08/2026[in a @sharonk.bsky.social voice] fascinating Full retreat. 2786888
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasCanadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Harvest Alexandrya Eaton 2020 18821
Reposted by Jacques Poitrasℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026• a list of all of the supposed trade demands the US made to Canada goes viral with 900 shares • the list gets tracked back to the original source • turns out it's just an AI-hallucinated summary of a bunch of media rumours God damnit guys 12547196
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasAaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Word of warning: There seem to be some purported lists of US demands floating around the Internet that may not be entirely accurate. As always, look for an original source. 618338
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasElizabeth Thompson @lizt1.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney outlines the changes that U.S. President Donald Trump's negotiators introduced at the last minute that prompted Canada to suspend talks and call its negotiating team back home. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...cbc.caCarney outlines the last-minute changes U.S. tacked onto trade deal termsAsked for specifics of the Americans' last-minute changes to terms of a trade deal, Carney outlined three examples: he said Americans looked to change to the scope of tariffs on Canadian auto content,... 161
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasShannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Not so emotionally confusing now. Wow. 8677
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 22/08/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caU.S. tariffs on Canadian goods take effect after trade talks collapse | CBC NewsThe Trump administration's latest round of tariffs against billions of dollars worth of Canadian goods took effect just after midnight Saturday, after the two countries failed to seal a last-minute tr... 1121
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Holt won't commit to restocking U.S. booze until she sees the details of deal: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caHolt won't commit to restocking U.S. booze, an ask from Ottawa, until trade deal inked | CBC NewsPrime Minister Mark Carney reportedly asked premiers to scrap any bans on American alcohol as negotiators push for a trade deal with the Trump administration this week. 24515
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasGreg Weston @westongreg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026There was a time when they'd just have a Frosh Week poster sale in the student centre and you'd spend $8 on an S Club 7 poster to slap on your faded yellow cinderblock dorm room wall and it was fine.cbc.caWhy elaborate (and expensive) dorm room decor reveals have taken over TikTok | CBC NewsDorm room upgrades — and their reveals — are so popular online that there's a #DormTok hashtag where videos can get millions of views, some U.S. parents are willing to spend thousands of dollars to h... 283
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Former Kent North Green Party MLA Kevin Arseneau says he will not run for the N.B. party leadership. 042
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasBenjamin Lopez Steven @benlopezsteven.bsky.social · 17/08/2026NEW: Want a one-stop shop on where Canada-US trade talks stand? Here’s my latest file with a sector-by-sector breakdown! #cdnpoli #canpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caWhere do Canada-U.S. trade negotiations stand? Here's a sector-by-sector breakdown | CBC NewsCanada is continuing to negotiate a trade deal with the U.S. that will allow it to both avoid U.S. President Donald Trump's crippling tariff threat — set to come into effect on Wednesday — and get som... 72617
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 15/08/2026youtu.be/u5fcEieOeGAyoutu.beMaggie Savoie , VoyageurYouTube video by Maggie Savoie 081
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 14/08/2026N.B. Liberals rethink province’s inflation-based minimum wage formula: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caHolt Liberals rethinking New Brunswick’s minimum-wage formula | CBC NewsThe Holt government is reviewing New Brunswick’s minimum wage law. The province is asking for public input on whether the existing system of annual increases, indexed to changes in the consumer price ... 140
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasCanadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Les Bleuets de Pre d’en Haut Yvon Gallant 2017 18820
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasSimon Lester @simonlester.com · 12/08/2026"According to sources on both sides of the border, the Americans offered a new proposal on Tuesday which would lower some of the sectoral tariffs but not to the degree that the Canadian side would like to see."cbc.caCanada, U.S. not yet ready to make tariff deal, Canada unsatisfied with latest U.S. offer: sources | CBC NewsAs the clock ticks toward U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff deadline, Canada and the U.S. aren't at a point where a tariff deal can be reached — and Canadian officials are not satisfied with... 286
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 11/08/2026🚨 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caCanada, U.S. trade officials mapping out potential deal to pitch to Trump next week: sources | CBC NewsCanada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and his American counterpart are aiming to present U.S. President Donald Trump a path to a potential trade deal as early as Monday, CBC News has learned. 110
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 11/08/2026N.B. MP can’t refuse pay raise, House of Commons says: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caMiramichi MP can’t refuse pay raise, House of Commons says | CBC NewsThe House of Commons says it had no choice but to increase the salary of a New Brunswick MP, whether he wanted the raise or not. 441
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasPatrick Lacroix @querythepast.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Happy Webster-Ashburton Day! From 2017: montrealgazette.com/opinion/opin...montrealgazette.comOpinion: Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 helped make Canada possibleThere could be no Canada, and no 150th birthday to mark, until peaceful coexistence with the United States was achieved. 022
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasChris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · 30/07/2026It’d be great if everyone who loved to repeat that stat they heard 10 years ago about the number of coal plants China was allegedly building every week would now pivot to searing this graph just as deeply into their brains 3178
Reposted by Jacques PoitrasCanadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Happy Glads Alexandria Eaton 2025 011720