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Jacques Poitras

Jacques Poitras

Jacques Poitras is the provincial affairs reporter for CBC News in New Brunswick and the author of four books, including the forthcoming Irving vs. Irving: Canada’s Feuding Billionaires and the Stories They Won’t Tell.

#76 Fall 2014, Features December 17, 2014 July 2, 2015

Inside Atlantic Canada’s Most Secretive Family

Being a former employee of the Irving media empire gave Jacques Poitras a unique view on the powerful family

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A big-picture take on the key player in the Senate Scandal
#76 Fall 2014, Non-fiction, Reviews September 9, 2014 June 29, 2015

A big-picture take on the key player in the Senate Scandal

Duffy: Stardom to Senate to Scandal
by Dan Leger
$29.95, hardcover, 221 pp.
Nimbus Publishing, March 2014

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Bio depicts New Brunswick entrepreneur Harrison McCain
#75 Spring 2014, Non-fiction, Reviews June 27, 2014 July 8, 2015

Bio depicts New Brunswick entrepreneur Harrison McCain

Harrison McCain: Single-Minded Purpose
by Donald J. Savoie
$29.95, hardcover, 338 pp.
McGill-Queen’s University Press, November 2013

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