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12 March 2009
Government pollster misses more interesting story
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Here’s a great comment attributed to the provincial government’s pollster, CRA’s Don Mills, by voice of the cabinet minister: Mills say...
11 March 2009
Dysfunction and disconnect
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How many times does a government get to do and say completely contradictory or unfounded things before people wonder about the competence of...
10 March 2009
The poll numbers – first quarter 2009
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We’ve bashed the Corporate Research Associates polling around in these parts for quite some time. Since since it’s the only game in town,...
Baby Talk
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A news release on Tuesday from the provincial government agency that collects and analyses health statistics showed the number of live birt...
God save us…
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From mainlanders who spent a bit of time in St. John’s at some point and think they understand Newfoundland. For the most part, the only ...
09 March 2009
November 2008 Churchill Falls fire knocked out two of 11 generating units
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A fire last fall at Churchill Falls knocked out two of the 11 generating units at the facility, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro confirmed fo...
Rex should check his video archives
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Rex Murphy, in his Globe and Mail column , Saturday, March 7: Mr. Harper is not Canada. Mr. Williams is not Newfoundland. Danny Will...
07 March 2009
Bursting bubbles everywhere
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last year the provincial government budget for 2008 forecast the provincial economy would shrink by 2.2%. Even with the economic down-turn, ...
Darwin Awards Runners Up: Things that go boom in the night
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Police answered an unusual call this week in North River, Conception Bay. Someone wanted the police to dispose of a naval five inch shell ...
Romaine clears environmental review
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The Romaine hydro project in Quebec cleared the joint federal-provincial environmental review panel on Friday. In making its decision , th...
Former judge dies; played role in uncovering details of major political scandal
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Retired judge Lloyd Soper passed away in St. John’s on Friday, aged 89. Soper had a distinguished career on the bench where he earned a re...
06 March 2009
Islands
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1. The latest writings on the mess that is Iceland: Winston Smith links to the New Yorker article, while here’s a link to a feature i...
Stephen Harper’s bitch
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“Williams bough[t] it hook line and sinker. He threw his considerable political machine behind the Federal Conservatives.” Extract fr...
05 March 2009
Connie silliness
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"I think (the comments) are very concerning. (You've) got a member of the Liberal caucus calling on the creation of a 'Bloc ...
04 March 2009
The other option
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"How long do you take it? The time is up and if they keep doing this for another three years what other option would there be?"...
Big Brother is already watching
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And he’s pretty curious to find out who Winston Smith is. Who cares? He – or she – writes interesting stuff. -srbp-
The ABC campaign by Fernando
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Take a good look at this billboard . It cost $56,000. That includes over $38,000 for the board itself, another $16,000 for “planning” a...
03 March 2009
Cuts, reductions, layoffs
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1. Vale Inco will be cutting jobs from its Canadian operations, including an unspecified number in Newfoundland and Labrador. 2. Kruge...
02 March 2009
So what’s the delay on Cameron?
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A technical problem prevented the Cameron Inquiry from delivering its report to the provincial government as promised on 28 February. ...
01 March 2009
Who got ABC cash?
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The blood feud between Danny Williams and Stephen Harper may have netted Danny Williams something for the $81,000 his ABC campaign reportedl...
28 February 2009
The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!
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Or maybe not, according to the Russians. David Pugliese has a neat blog entry on the whole flap of the past 24 hours coming out of the de...
27 February 2009
No Lower Churchill in Nova Scotia Green Plan
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Two things to note from the release of Nova Scotia’s green plan for energy conservation: 1. Talk is cheap, again: They actually have a...
Use power profits for region: Pike
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Former Abitibi public relations executive Roger Pike is suggesting the provincial government create a fund using the money generated by the...
26 February 2009
Freedom from information: the federal case
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The federal information commissioner released his report card today on the performance of federal departments under the access to informati...
25 February 2009
“The most serious threat to Gros Morne”
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A report prepared as part of the 1987 application process to declare Gros Morne a World Heritage site labelled proposed transmission lines t...
So where is the sustainable development act?
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We asked the question already but in light of the Gros Morne fiasco, one must wonder what happened to a piece of legislation we were told i...
Gros Morne controversy hits the Globe
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Only a couple of weeks ago the tinfoil hat brigade was crowing because one of their cherished delusions made it to the Globe. Then the Pre...
24 February 2009
NALCO: the power of confusion
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A sample of the conflicting policy statements on the Lower Churchill, Holyrood diesel generating plant and the rationale for slinging hydro ...
New Dawn without light
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The Labradorian reported earlier this month that the Innu New Dawn land claims agreement vote scheduled for January 31 had been postponed ...
Tourism group/daily newspaper oppose hydro lines through UNESCO World Heritage site
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Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador has joined the growing list of groups and individuals opposed to NALCO’s plan to string hydro lines th...
23 February 2009
Attacking the messenger: the editorial reaction
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The Grand Falls-Windsor Advertiser takes an editorial position on the Premier and his comments about Mark Griffin . For the Premier o...
The issue behind the Abitibi upset
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Human resources minister Susan Sullivan responded to Mark Griffin’s letter about Abitibi printed in last week’s Grand Falls-Windsor Advert...
Williams backs hydro lines through UNESCO World Heritage Site; protests mount on line
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Danny Williams sees no problem. “When park officials look at what the trade-off happens to be for the benefits we get at the end of d...
Norsk Hydro planning for two more years of downturn
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Like the groundhog seeing his shadow, Norsk Hydro is preparing for a economic downturn that will last at least another two years. The ...
22 February 2009
Verbal tics (5) and wandering into a math minefield
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Two things stand out from this scrum by the Premier and finance minister a little over a week ago. [ CBC video link : “Premier Danny William...
21 February 2009
Williams lends credence to other expropriation theory
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The Premier may have been trying to deflect one set of questions about the expropriation of AbitibiBowater’s hydroelectric assets when he to...
Mark Griffin: traitor
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The poor guy asks a few questions. This is what he gets for his troubles: "It's really unfortunate when one of our own com...
Chutzpah
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The old definition of chutzpah was killing both your parents and then seeking the mercy of the court because you are an orphan. The new de...
Bootie call stats – humping your leg version
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As labradore has noted, a story turned up on voice of the cabinet minister on Friday claiming that there had been 4900 live births in the...
20 February 2009
Holyrood an “absolute necessity” for decades to come: Hydro
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Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is pushing the $10 billion Lower Churchill project and the multi-billion dollar power lines through a UNESCO...
Prov gov’t expropriated after it lost bid to buy hydro asset
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Human resources minister Susan Sullivan appeared on local talk radio today responding publicly to a letter by Grand falls-Windsor lawyer Mar...
Romanes eunt domus
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Somewhere in the cupboard, your humble e-scribbler has a coffee mug with the words “Illegitimi non carborundum” on the outside. Inside ther...
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