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Showing posts with label search and rescue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label search and rescue. Show all posts
20 December 2013

Ghouls, vultures, and a-holes #nlpoli

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The marine rescue sub-centre story is one of those things that typifies politics in Newfoundland and Labrador. It’s entirely the creation...
22 August 2013

Liberal Party Fact Check: Search and Rescue #nlpoli

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What is it about politicians in Newfoundland and Labrador and search and rescue? Seriously. Newly minted Liberal MHA Lisa Dempster issue...
13 May 2013

Where was Fairity’s contract chopper? #nlpoli

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In the wake of the tragic death last week of Joseph Riche, it shouldn’t be surprising that some people, including some politicians , are bla...
21 July 2012

Ya wanna know what stupid is? #nlpoli #cdnpoli

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According to information supplied to the news media – and widely reported already – the helicopter from 444 Squadron used for a training fli...
13 April 2012

The Voice of Experience #nlpoli

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Most of the people who have been talking about search and rescue the past couple of years – especially the politicians – know absolutely not...
12 April 2012

Torquing public safety #nlpoli

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Search and rescue on the east coast of Canada is one of those cases where you can complain that all three political parties  - provincial an...
27 March 2012

The difference in lost lives #nlpoli #cdnpoli

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In the past month, at least two people have died as a result of misadventure in the wilderness on motorized vehicles. One was was a 23 yea...
12 February 2012

Strengthening Search and Rescue, revisited #nlpoli

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A couple of years ago, in the aftermath of Cougar 491, SRBP made some suggestions about how to improve search and rescue services on the ea...
11 February 2012

Makkovik SAR Questions #nlpoli

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Ground search and rescue is a police responsibility.  Police forces in Newfoundland and Labrador report to the provincial justice minister...
10 February 2012

Response and Irresponsibility #nlpoli #cdnpoli

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The premier whose government was responsible for directing the search effort for a young boy in Makkovik is now calling for an investigation...
09 February 2012

Response and Responsibility #nlpoli #cdnpoli

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“How satisfied are you with what they [DND officials] had to say?” And with those words, CBC Here and Now’s Jonathan Crowe asked the man w...
05 October 2011

Searching for Rescue #nlpoli #nlvotes

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Tory boss Kathy Dunderdale and Grit boss Kevin Aylward both think that the provincial government should investigate search and rescue respo...
25 July 2011

The Politics of Perpetual Panic

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Danny Williams’ legacy in Newfoundland and Labrador will be one thing:  the politics of panic. The old drama queen was always in a panic ove...
13 February 2011

Canada’s SAR system: an insider view

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Ottawa Citizen defence columnist David Pugliese posted this comment from a former Coast Guard employee on search and rescue.  Interesting t...
11 February 2011

If only…

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One of the most tragic and despicable beliefs to come out of the Cougar 491 crash in 2009 is that the outcome might have been different exce...
10 February 2011

Cheryl Gallant sinks

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Youtube is a deadly instrument. - srbp -
18 October 2010

Whither provincially-funded search and rescue?

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Not so very long ago a bunch of provincial politicians rushed forward to insist that the federal government ought to do more to help people ...
30 November 2009

CBC SAR story grossly misleading

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A CBC story on search and rescue off Newfoundland and Labrador seriously misrepresents the conclusions of a study conducted by air operation...
25 May 2009

Offshore safety and responsibility

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CBC News reported Friday night that Cougar helicopters search and rescue helicopter can’t work at night.  The story isn’t online. The fr...
17 March 2009

Enhancing east coast search and rescue

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The crash of Cougar 91, carrying passengers to two of the country’s offshore oil platforms, has prompted calls for enhanced search and rescu...