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Articles By Tim Banks
And the band played on…
I first heard the name ‘Donald K. Donald’ (DKD) in the ‘70s when I was running around my hometown of Summerside, P.E.I. Back then, it was in association with the band April Wine (DKD was the “promoter”). He seemed like the big times to us, routinely packing the local high school gyms and arenas with great bands. I thought that …Continue Reading
The Times, They Are A Changin’
You just have to love PEI. It’s a province “steeped in change”. And when I talk about change, I’m talking about serious life-altering changes. PEI is officially the last province to introduce year-round Sunday shopping. It wasn’t easy. In fact, if you asked our politicians they would say it was the most dramatic thing to pass through the legislature this …Continue Reading
Working Together for Progress and Prosperity
Tim Banks calls on Premier Ghiz to show initiative in Fish To Fry.
‘Natural Justice’ Crap
I’m officially a CDB (certified development bully). If you don’t believe me, head to the Prince Edward Island Regulatory Appeals Commission (IRAC) website and read their most recent decision.
“Big Break” Golf Sale
Tim Banks says governments create unfair competition.
Service sells… cutting wages doesn’t
Tim Banks says poor service causing tourists to look south in Fish to Fry
Fish to Fry
Tim Banks debates torque over horsepower from a HR standpoint.
Small Town Politics… everywhere…
I grew up in the small Town of Summerside and there was a very fine gentlemen there in the name of Wally MacGillivray an accountant who was the Treasurer of M. F. Schurman Company Limited, one of the Town’s oldest and largest employers. It was said that Harold Schurman back in the late sixties had parachuted young Wally into Town …Continue Reading
Maybe it’s time for some “new shoes”…
I woke up Christmas Day with a call from my horse trainer Earl Smith with the news that my 2 year old colt Sea Danny Win (after my oldest boy) had taken a virus which turned into a stomach knot and they had to put him down… and somewhere in my little brain the old words of wisdom from one …Continue Reading
Why Blog?
Not so long ago, I didn’t think there were any more ways for people to slander me or my company. Then out came the Internet and the subsequent eruption of silliness from “bloggers”. I didn’t give it a second thought until a couple of events made me wake up to the strength of blogs and social media. The first such …Continue Reading
