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@10000Words @PretendEditor I met IT guys in India in 2006 who were working on chips to do exactly that. about 4 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to 10000Words
@PretendEditor Ditto. Would have liked to tape a little #spinreduxit podcast with you & get you all riled about Finn. Next time! #nbvotes about 4 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to PretendEditor
@smagee29 There will be, but others in CBC handling that & I'll leave it to them to announce it. #nbvotes about 8 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to smagee29
DonArseneault @poitrasCBC Alward said keeping the plant open, not an option. Alward is not honest to people of Dalhousie. about 9 hours ago via mobile web in reply to poitrasCBC Retweeted by poitrasCBC
Alward reiterated promise to put moratorium on closure of #nbpower Dalhousie plant to study options. Any comment @DonArseneault ? #nbvotes about 9 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Lively crowd at PC HQ in Dalhousie. Definitely need that "rail failed to dampen the spirits" cliche. #nbvotes about 10 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
http://twitpic.com/2mi2id - Alward & Dalhousie candidate Joe Elias at campaign HQ across from idle Bowater mill. #nbvotes about 10 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
charnett2 big news at CBC Halifax today..our friend and favorite voice on the radio, Costas Halavrezos retiring. Sad for listeners,happy for him. about 11 hours ago via HootSuite Retweeted by poitrasCBC
Alward: Liberal drug plan by 2012 "too little, too late." His would start "immediately" but criteria will come "within a year." #nbvotes about 12 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
PCs join Libs in promising catastrophic-drug coverage. Says Lib plan to do it by 2012 is too long. #nbvotes about 13 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Libs say they complained to Twitter about PCs' fake "Liberal" account & Twitter took it down. #nbvotes about 13 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
PC bus heading to Campbellton. I expect it'll provoke a few @DCShalala tweets. #nbvotes about 13 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Begs question: if candidate can choose to have Graham pic on sign, why haven't more done so? #nbvotes about 14 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Don't have a photo but Lib Burt Paulin's signs in Restigouche-la-Vallee are the first I've seen to include photo of Shawn Graham. #nbvotes about 14 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Pace seems to be quickening: Libs and PCs appear to be shifting to 2+ announcements/promises per day. #nbvotes about 15 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
http://twitpic.com/2mfgre - Filing radio from the road means a constant tangle of cables in my lap. #nbvotes about 15 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
http://twitpic.com/2mex7x - Radio on the road: a surfeit of cables. #nbvotes about 16 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
TJ journos are tweeting! #atlast RT @benshingler: Jack Mintz calls royalty holiday offering an 'awful' idea http://bit.ly/bol2Zi #nbvotes about 16 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Alward's people are running the media Q&A a la Harper: one question + one follow per journo in 1st round. #nbvotes about 17 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
CORRECTION: Alward anticipates Liberal criticism and hits gov't BY saying they failed to plan for foresty industry's needs #nbvotes about 17 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Name Jacques Poitras
Location Fredericton, NB Canada
Web http://www.cbc.ca...
Bio Provincial affairs reporter for CBC News in Fredericton New Brunswick, part-time STU journalism instructor, author.