The Official Moncton, NB Project Thread - Page 30

mmmatt · #**581** Posted **Oct 17, 2007, 2:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by mylesmalley

An english university in Moncton would be nice. You really have to be realistic though. It takes decades and a fortune to do that to the scale you are talking about.

A casino is muuuuuch more likely to happen in Moncton. I could see that happening within the next five or ten years.

yeah...but the effort would be worth it in the end.

however I agree, its probably a long way off, unlike a casino.

ErickMontreal · #**582** Posted **Oct 17, 2007, 4:09 AM**

Moncton Hit Hard

AOL has decided to axe all positions for their US Win Tech queue. Effective 30 Nov 07, the Moncton center will no longer be in operation for the "US Business". In total, about 140 technicians will be cut, as well as management and support staff. Overall count for Moncton is approx 175 people as of 30 Nov. 07.

The beginning of the end of the call center era in New-brunswick ? I don`t know but a strongest dollar could be
a unfavorable factor

Saint John and specially Moncton could be hit hard

michael_d40 · #**583** Posted **Oct 17, 2007, 4:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by HalifaxMtl666

Moncton Hit Hard

AOL has decided to axe all positions for their US Win Tech queue. Effective 30 Nov 07, the Moncton center will no longer be in operation for the "US Business". In total, about 140 technicians will be cut, as well as management and support staff. Overall count for Moncton is approx 175 people as of 30 Nov. 07.

The beginning of the end of the call center era in New-brunswick ? I don`t know but a strongest dollar could be
a unfavorable factor

Saint John and specially Moncton could be hit hard

Erick... Stop dragging SJ into it. I actually work in a US based call centre in saint john and i know were fine. we are actually doing better now then we were several years ago... But as i noticed you on other forums like toi SJ Bash saying how we are the Bangladesh of canada and other thigns... Seems like you are quite the sh*t disturber even on a VANCOUVER forum....

mylesmalley · #**584** Posted **Oct 17, 2007, 4:55 AM**

That's a terrible shame. I was just thinking about AOL a few days ago, and how you never hear anything about them anymore. Hopefully they'll be able to find work elsewhere.

On a similar but unrelated note. Its a shame so many companies are hurting because of the dollar. But really, one has to face the reality that a lot of these companies were taking advantage of something that was by no means a guarantee. A currency like ours that floats in value will rise and fall. A lot of these companies bet that it would stay low, which it hasn't. I don't really know what the solution to the problem is. However pushing hard to cut costs and maximize productivity is probably all they can do. The dollar may go down in the next few years or it may go way higher. If the latter is the case, companies like AOL who were betting on a 75 cent dollar just won't last.

ErickMontreal · #**585** Posted **Oct 17, 2007, 5:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by michael_d40

Erick... Stop dragging SJ into it. I actually work in a US based call centre in saint john and i know were fine. we are actually doing better now then we were several years ago... But as i noticed you on other forums like toi SJ Bash saying how we are the Bangladesh of canada and other thigns... Seems like you are quite the sh*t disturber even on a VANCOUVER forum....

Blah blah blah. Bangladesh of canada,only on the media issue, yes it is the third world. I ever seen a such monopoly and anti-democracy things. The fact one corporate has half of the province on his payroll its not something really commun and healthy as well. But,I could hear from here,if you`re not happy back off fuck....! If you are unable to take some kind of critics, its not my business. On the other issue, just ask youself why call-centers have settled shop here in NB ?

mylesmalley · #**586** Posted **Oct 17, 2007, 6:01 AM**

People.... let's be civil here. Everyone's entitled to their opinions.

Losing jobs is a bad thing: period. And when you get down to it, job losses in Moncton hurt Saint John too, and vice versa.

We're all in this together.

mmmatt · #**587** Posted **Oct 17, 2007, 11:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by michael_d40

Erick... Stop dragging SJ into it. I actually work in a US based call centre in saint john and i know were fine. we are actually doing better now then we were several years ago

Unfortunately Michael he is right. The main reason a lot of these call centers set up shop in Canada is because of the high dollar, also because of our medicare system (less benefits to pay), but thats a smaller issue. The bottom line is if a company can pay a worker less money to do the same job in the States they will do it, in fact they would probably RATHER do it, the american public (mainly) hates out-sourcing, and the more americans a company employs the better they look. Moncton has a massive ammount of call-center jobs, SJ has lots too, neither city is safe, but in the end Moncton will be hit a lot worse. The high dollar is bad for every canadian export, including lumber, food, power etc. so all of Canada is feeling the pinch right now, Moncton and SJ have been hit very light so far...many citys will fare worse (and many have already...(IE Miramichi, Nackawic etc). However the dollar will probably go back down (BofC predicts $0.94 by sprin '08 I think), so hopefully those jobs will return.

And just so you know my GF worked for the US part of the AOL call center in Moncton just this past summer (she left to go to school) and back then they were hiring a lot, she would brag to me saying things like "our stats are always on top of the list" (compared to other AOL call centers in the states) and everything was just peachy, look at them now...things change fast.

mylesmalley · #**588** Posted **Oct 20, 2007, 9:05 PM**

This was in today's Sleuth, from the Times and Transcript:

"Sleuth has been known to spend a night or two drowning his cynicism at the lovely new Moncton Press Club. More than a few good rumours have been started in that place!

But now he's picked up a hot tip that the impressive new building itself and surrounding riverfront land may become the latest property in play with downtown development. So, is the rumour true that the venerable Press Club might be on the move?"

Any thoughts as to what he might be getting at? The sleuth publishes a lot of stuff that never comes about. He's dead on from time to time though.

mmmatt · #**589** Posted **Oct 21, 2007, 4:41 AM**

October 19, 2007 - 4:44 am
By: Broadcast News

MONCTON, NB - New Brunswick's minister of post-secondary education has promised that Shippagan and Edmundston will retain their university campuses as the province carries out its reforms of higher education.

Ed Doherty made the commitment a day after Saint John won a promise that it will retain a university.

Universite de Moncton president Yvon Fontaine says his school will not lose control over the two northern campuses, but he won't speculate on how their individual missions might evolve.

What that model will be is still up for debate, but Fontaine says he envisions greater co-operation with the local community colleges in the north.

A working group of university presidents and community college principals will be put in place to layout the path to reforms.

The group will use the independent Commission on Post-Secondary Education's report as the starting point and will hire an outside consultant for guidance.

mmmatt · #**590** Posted **Oct 21, 2007, 4:43 AM**

October 19, 2007 - 10:21 am
By: Tara Clow

Moncton, NB--A new ultrasound clinic that is set to open in Moncton, is going to give expectant parents the chance to see what their unborn child will look like.

Baby Images Bebe Inc. is set to open in mid November.

This is the first clinic of its kind in New Brunswick, that will offer three and four dimensional ultrasound images. Owners Ashley Graham and Linda Richard hope to attract moms from right across the Maritimes.

Graham says these types of ultrasounds are offered to parents after 20 weeks of pregnancy, and in no way replace the two dimensional ones that are done at the hospital or in a doctors office.

The new clinic will be located on Mountain Road.

mmmatt · #**591** Posted **Oct 21, 2007, 4:51 AM**

according to Readers Digest...

http://www.readersdigest.ca/mag/2007/11/courtesy/main.php

mylesmalley · #**592** Posted **Oct 21, 2007, 5:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by stu_pendousmat2

according to Readers Digest...

http://www.readersdigest.ca/mag/2007/11/courtesy/main.php

I think it was Canada A.M. that did a survey a while back that said Moncton was the most honest city in Canada as well. Kudos to us, eh. :p

GUB · #**593** Posted **Oct 21, 2007, 3:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by stu_pendousmat2

according to Readers Digest...

http://www.readersdigest.ca/mag/2007/11/courtesy/main.php

Isn't that wonderful!

mmmatt · #**594** Posted **Oct 22, 2007, 5:06 PM**

October 22, 2007 - 5:08 am
By: Canadian Press

OTTAWA, ON - New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham will host a reception
for upwards of 200 MPs, senators, public officials and business people within blocks of Parliament Hill.
The premier will woo them with New Brunswick smoked salmon and oysters and a pitch to become members of an informal sales force for the province.
Monday night's two-hour reception, to be held at the National Arts Centre, is by far the largest of its kind Graham's office has held since he was elected.
Most of the guests are New Brunswickers, but several are federal deputy ministers or executives with corporations, including the defence contractors Boeing Aerospace and Lockheed Martin.
Graham is expected to make brief remarks extolling the province's promising economic trends.
He is also expected to speak of the projected growth in the energy sector and of his government's ambitious goals to boost the economy and population through the self-sufficiency agenda.

Imagine Boeing or Lockheed setting up shop in Moncton ...I can dream

mmmatt · #**595** Posted **Oct 22, 2007, 5:21 PM**

Sleuth says its possible the new starbucks might be inside the Crowne Plaza downtown....hopefully they have access from the street.

JasonL-Moncton · #**596** Posted **Oct 22, 2007, 6:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by stu_pendousmat2

Imagine Boeing or Lockheed setting up shop in Moncton ...I can dream

I'd also like to see a commitment from the government on fixing the 'river' as well!

JL

mmmatt · #**597** Posted **Oct 22, 2007, 6:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by JasonL-Moncton

I'd also like to see a commitment from the government on fixing the 'river' as well!

JL

indeed

mylesmalley · #**598** Posted **Oct 22, 2007, 7:17 PM**

I hope that if a company like Lockheed does want to come here, the government won't scare them off like the conservatives did with Research in Motion a year or two ago.

ErickMontreal · #**599** Posted **Oct 22, 2007, 10:51 PM**

:: Hotel development ::
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Number of projects : 6.
Number of new rooms : 645.

:: Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites - Moncton Intl.Airport ::
_____________________________________________________________________

Status : Completed
Opening : 2007
Number of rooms : 94

:: Future Inns Moncton ::
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Status : Completed
Opening : 2006
Number of rooms :130
Anchor : Maverick’s Seafood, Steaks & Fine Wines

:: Super 8 Hotel - Dieppe ::
_____________________________________________________________________

Status : Completed
Opening :2006
Number of rooms : 90
Anchor : Cora`s

:: Mariott - Residence Inn (Downtown) ::
_____________________________________________________________________

Status : Under construction
Opening : Spring 2008
Number of rooms :137
Anchor : The Keg

:: Hilton - Hampton Inn ::
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Status : Under construction
Opening : Summer 2008
Number of rooms :100

:: Motel 6 Moncton ::
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Rendering example

Status : Approved/Planning
Opening : 2008
Number of rooms :95

mmmatt · #**600** Posted **Oct 22, 2007, 11:30 PM**

soooo many new hotel rooms in so little time...its a wonder how we still have such a high occupancy rate (they were talking about that in a recent T&T article).

also: POST #600!!