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31 March 2009
Confederation irksome: CP coverage
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From pseudo-separatist actor Greg Malone as told to Canadian Press : "It's [Confederation’s] a total failure," Malone say...
Confederation 60: old stuff
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1. An old nottawa post that still rings true. 2. “ This day in history ”, from Bond Papers , July 2008: This was a truly democra...
The Annual Caribou Media Frenzy
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The rival to March Madness and the seal hunt. Submitted for your consideration, these extracts from the archives of the natural resources ...
Jerome and his Amazing Technicolour Dream World
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For the first time in four years, provincial government oil price projections aren’t lowballed . They did manage to lowball production le...
Confederation 60: thunder
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The accomplished fact of union shook the Newfoundland firmament like a clap of thunder. From the very first morning that Newfoundlanders...
28 March 2009
March madness
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freenewfoundlandlabrador promoting the seal hunt (along with a raft of tired myths, fantasies and fables). freenewfoundlandANDlabrador n...
But didn’t he approve the budget decisions in cabinet?
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Some things make you wonder if cabinet actually functions like cabinet is supposed to function. Former finance minister – and current just...
Red flags in front of the bull
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The Telegram Saturday edition with huge attention paid to the 60th anniversary of Confederation. 1. Before and after , the front pager w...
27 March 2009
Cougar S-92 timeline: TSB
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The Transportation Safety Board released a time line for Cougar’s CHI91, the Sikorsky S-92 that crashed two weeks ago. Compare it to one pu...
26 March 2009
TSB concludes field phase, releases more crash details
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Two weeks after the loss of CHI91 and 17 of the 18 souls on board, the Transportation Safety Board concluded the field phase of its investig...
You can’t see if the tin foil covers your eyes
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For those who don’t know, the federal government has been working since about 2004 to extend Canada’s jurisdiction to cover the entire con...
More pork posts
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The only thing that really comes out of a pledge to have the provincial government try to take on some sort of international role is more pl...
A tin foil hat donnybrook in the making
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1. Canada is working on a claim to the nose and tail of the Grand Banks under the law of the Sea Convention. 2. France – using St. Pierr...
25 March 2009
Nothing could be further from the truth: Abitibi expropriation version
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Natural resources minister Kathy Dunderdale answered a question yesterday on the offer the provincial government made for Star Lake. Here’...
His master’s voice
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The Speaker of the House of Assembly is supposed to be a pretty powerful figure. He certainly isn’t supposed to take direction from any one...
Sound fiscal mismanagement
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Not. From nottawa , the first perspective on the provincial budget which is scheduled to to be presented on Thursday. Take a look at th...
24 March 2009
TSB releases S-92 photos
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The Transportation Safety Board today released four pictures of the S-92 wreckage. The photo at left depicts the upper deck of the fus...
Encounters with reality
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From the 1998 special Confederation anniversary edition of the Journal of Newfoundland and Labrador Studies , some food for thought for the ...
Sikorsky starts fix on gearbox problem
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Via David Pugliese of the Ottawa Citizen; STRATFORD, Conn., March 23, 2009 – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced today that the majority...
23 March 2009
Compensation talks? We dun need no stinkin’ compensation talks
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Apparently compensation talks between the provincial government and AbitibiBowater have broken off. When they broke off no one knows sinc...
Spinning him into his grave
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or the dangers of google? Jim Halley was a well respected local lawyer and a relentless anti-Confederate. Why CBC describes him as an “an...
Suncor and Petro-Canada to merge
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From the Globe and Mail : "This merger creates a made-in-Canada energy leader with the assets, cost structure and financial streng...
Lemme get this straight
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Greg Malone, actor, is working on a new book which is supposed to prove the Great Townie Anti-Confederate Fairytale once and for all, i,.e. ...
22 March 2009
Air Labrador to lay off 100
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The local airline will be discontinuing its Dash 8 service, according to CBC . [ Air Labrador Vice-President Philip] Earle insists the...
Brit SAR S-92s grounded for repair
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Britain’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency grounded four S-92s over the weekend used for search and rescue in order to replace bolts in the ...
Whose side will they be on in an Abitibi bankruptcy?
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The provincial government may find itself in a fight with AbitibiBowater pensioners in the province very shortly, as a direct result of the ...
20 March 2009
S-92 crash investigation finds broken stud in gearbox assembly
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The Transportation Safety Board team investigating the crash of a Sikorsky S-92 found a broken titanium bolt in the aircraft’s main gearbox...
No safety issue with helicopter transport suits: offshore regulator
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The text of a news release issued today by the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board: The Canada-Newfoundland and L...
“We don’t have a regulatory role”
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The provincial government has no regulatory role in the offshore? Nothing could be further from the truth . The provincial government ha...
19 March 2009
S-92 nosed in
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Lead Transportation Safety Board investigator Mike Cunningham told news media today that a preliminary review of evidence collected of the ...
Helicopter recovered, move to hangar for investigation
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The Transportation Safety Board investigation has recovered CHI91 from the ocean floor. The Telegram front page on Thursday included...
18 March 2009
Council shows some sense, temporarily
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St. John’s city council deferred further discussion of the search and rescue issue until a later time. Following the council meeting, ...
A pike, a scold, some vultures and a poke.
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1. Roger Pike offers some insightful comments on why the central Newfoundland community is currently in the grip of a major political cris...
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...
Canadian Press fact check, please
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Canadian Press should know that 103 Search and Rescue Squadron in Gander has three – not two – CH-149 Cormorant helicopters. It’s on th...
And then it was gone
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A day after we posted a link to the blog on local call-in shows, the thing vanished. -srbp-
S-92 track log
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From flightaware.com , the track log for CHI91. Times shown are Eastern Daylight Savings time. To convert to local (Newfoundland and Labr...
TSB S-92 summary: the media briefings thus far
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Since taking over the Cougar S-92 crash, the Transportation Safety Board has been providing more details on the incident through regular med...
Science minister a creationist?
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Now that would be nutty even in a nutty federal administration. Not quite as nutty as having a cabinet minister who has nothing better t...
Final seven recovered
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The remains of all sixteen of the missing from Cougar 91 have been recovered and returned to St. John’s. Only one person on board the fl...
16 March 2009
Do they have anything of value to contribute?
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Please. Someone. Explain this: [St. John.s city councillor Tom] Hann admitted he didn’t know enough about search and rescue to say whe...
This won’t be pretty
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Funny yes, but not pretty. Is that you, Bas? is a new blog dedicated to local talk radio callers. -srbp-
And speaking of funny, not pretty…
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nottawa’s observations on one local talk radio host. -srbp-
15 March 2009
When tragedy becomes abuse
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Not surprisingly, an e-mail showed up on Thursday ranting about what the writer – a former journalist – called “asshole questions.” It was...
Atlantic Osprey
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Background information, including a photograph of the vessel and last reported position, via marinetraffic,com . The position appears to b...
Partial list of crash victims released
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police released a partial list of names of victims of the Cougar S-92 crash. Raw video of the RCMP newser is a...
14 March 2009
“Hard landing”: Cougar S-92 crash chronology
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Adapted from The Telegram: [BP notes in square brackets.] Here's a brief timeline of the events of March 12 when Cougar Helicopte...
13 March 2009
News release: C-NLOPB REACTS TO LOSS OF COUGAR FLIGHT 491
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The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB), issued the following statement in relation to the loss of Cougar’s ...
S-92 crash links
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For those looking to keep track of the reporting on this story, here are the two best local sources: 1. CBC Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Bullshit
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Williams has been in contact with the Prime Minister and the province's federal representative Peter MacKay keeping them up to date o...
Upright in a hurricane
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This is raw video of what appears to be a sales demonstration of the S-92 for a Hungarian audience. This one is in military configuration,...
Gearbox oil pressure implicated in S-92 crash
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Cougar official Rick Burt, interviewed by CBC Radio the morning after the crash, indicated the aircraft commander declared a MAYDAY after ge...
12 March 2009
CADORS 2009A0212
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From the Transport Canada’s incident report on the Cougar S-92 crash: CHI91, S92, enroute from St. John’s (CYYT) to the Hibernia Oil Platf...
If a little knowledge…
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is a dangerous thing, reporter Brian Callahan’s comments this evening about search and rescue response to the Cougar S-92 accident is provin...
Sikorsky S-92
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1. Australia: Airworthiness directive AD/S-92/4 dated 2/2007 re: tail gearbox. 2. Australia: Airworthiness directive AD/S-92/3 dated 2/...
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