by Lisa Hrabluk | Apr 30, 2020 | Lisa Writes, Wicked Ideas
New Brunswick is leading North America on Covid-19 recovery; let’s use this rare opportunity to take the lead on transitioning to a new economic, social and political age too. It might seem odd to think of this small, financially precarious province on Canada’s east...
by Lisa Hrabluk | Apr 30, 2020 | Lisa Writes, Wicked Ideas
For two hours every Thursday I listen to my teen daughter laugh…and I exhale. Out here in New Brunswick we’re into our sixth week of the COVID-induced school break and the kids are beyond bored. They’re missing the routine of the school room and they are missing their...
by Lisa Hrabluk | Apr 30, 2020 | Lisa Writes, Wicked Ideas
It’s mid-April and up and down the length of New Brunswick people are in their homes self-isolating and watching the river. It’s the season of the spring thaw, or freshet as it’s known to river people, and the water is rising. How high and how fast it’ll rise depends...
by Lisa Hrabluk | Sep 4, 2019 | Lisa Writes, Wicked Ideas
Sometimes in life it’s the prepositions that matter. My company Wicked Ideas has been named a 2019 BCorp ‘Best For the World’ Changemaker honoree, which means I’m in the top 20 per cent of certified BCorps with the highest increase in our...
by Lisa Hrabluk | Oct 4, 2018 | Lisa Writes
I wrote a book! New Brunswick Underwater tells the story of the province’s historic 2018 spring flood in three parts. First, it charts what happened, when over those two weeks that the St. John River flooded its banks. Second, it tells the natural history and...
by Lisa Hrabluk | Jul 3, 2018 | Lisa Writes, Wicked Ideas
Years from now we may look back at this summer as The Great Retreat of 2018. Bloomberg recently reported that lifestyle television networks such as TLC, HGTV and the Hallmark Channel, are gaining viewers as people turn away from the news of the day, with its anger,...
