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[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I don’t know anything about New Brunswick but according to Wikipedia, “A powerful corporate concentration of large companies in New Brunswick is owned by the Irving Group of Companies.”

They own all types of companies, most of them heavy industry with lots of pollution, but also lots of media outlets. And also:

“In 2016, the National Observer released an eight-part investigation on the family called House of Irving. It looked at many parts of the businesses including the expansion into Maine, its media monopoly, how they intimidate their critics and issues within the family.“

I’m no Scooby Doo but I think that’s where I’d start my investigation.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This case calls for a hapless student reporter with an old car, bangs and a love for indie music, I believe

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Either that or a woman with part of her bra showing that's a peralegal for famed character actor Brian Cox

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Funny coincidence : our prime minister worked 33 years for Irving.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaine_Higgs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Premier, not prime minister.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Oh it's no secret to anyone in the maritimes that the Irvings own NB. On reddit people described being contracted to build their bunker.

I think they're waiting to be eaten.