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24 April 2009
Two charged with 73 election finance violations
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Hang on, there. Don’t get excited. It isn’t Tory-gate. The mayor of Vaughan, Ontario and her husband have been charged with election...
Freedom from Information: another missing report by Bill Marshall
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Coincidence of coincidences. Your humble e-scribbler mentions Bill Marshall in jest in a post that connects back to the whole Ed Byrne Tor...
23 April 2009
Tory-gate: former electoral officer supports spending probe
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Paul Reynolds’ predecessor knows that to do. Former chief electoral officer Chuck Furey says that he’d have appointed a retired judge to ...
AbitibiBowater launches NAFTA challenge
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The following was released today by AbitibiBowater (paragraphing changed for legibility): US$ ABWTQ (OTC) ABH (TSX) MONTREAL, April 23 /CNW...
Tory-gate shocker: Williams backs hand-picked chief electoral officer
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What else would we expect the Premier to do but back the guy he picked for the job? -srbp-
Tory-gate: Making wrong a right
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1. labradore does the usual fine job of documenting the Progressive Conservative Party’s reliance on paid campaign staff. Note especially...
22 April 2009
Offshore board invites public comment on Hebron project environmental document
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Form the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board: The public is invited to comment on the draft comprehensive study s...
Tory-gate: the PC party election spending scandal
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1. The Chief Electoral Officer’s statement on why he is refusing to investigate. Note that CEO Paul Reynolds apparently only spoke with ...
21 April 2009
Word from the bunker: Reynolds issues red herring statement
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Chief electoral officer Paul Reynolds – under fire over the Progressive Conservative Party election spending scandal - issued a written stat...
20 April 2009
The ghost of Richard Squires: party work with public money
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According to the statement of facts in the Ed Byrne case, members of the House of Assembly were reimbursed for expenses incurred while repre...
Real political identity confusion
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The province’s l’il Liberals are holding a fundraiser in May. For 25 bucks you can have some pancakes and listen to a guest speaker. Who...
IOC may shut operations from July to October
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Ironore Company of Canada (IOC) has advised the Newfoundland and Labrador labour minister that the company will close its mining operations ...
18 April 2009
More partisan business with public money ?
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It appears the Provincial Conservatives fought two by-elections on the Great Northern Peninsula in 2001 with public money. CBC News has a...
17 April 2009
For the record: The Tory Organizer and the Swirling Scandal
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From the agreed statement of facts in the Ed Byrne fraud and bribery conviction, the sections related to Wayne Clarke, a Provincial Conserva...
Mr. Byrne goes to jail
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Danny Williams’ predecessor as Provincial Conservative Party leader and his former right-hand political man is headed to jail after pleading...
16 April 2009
Chief electoral officer refuses to investigate alleged campaign finance irregularity of his old political party
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According to CBC’s David Cochrane, a Progressive Conservative organizer received $3,000 for working on the by-election in St. Barbe in 2000...
The Matrix runs on Windows XP
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Just in case you are wondering, Winston : -srbp-
Offshore board appoints retired Justice Robert Wells to head helicopter crash probe
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The following was issued today by the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board: The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador O...
AbitibiBowater seeks creditor protection
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The following was issued today by AbitibiBowater: US$ ABH (NYSE, TSX) MONTREAL, April 16 /CNW Telbec/ - AbitibiBowater Inc. ("...
15 April 2009
Gimme your lunch money, dork: the latest editorial version
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The Telegram editorial this wintry Wednesday in April tackles the ever-stimulating issue of federal-provincial fiscal relations. That’s f...
Chinese officials in town
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Wags will no doubt make much more of the story at the government’s official news agency that Chinese officials are in town to learn how we ...
14 April 2009
Manley ponders rot
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Former federal fin min John Manley compared the recent provincial budgets in Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador. Ontario took full ...
AbitibiBowater gives default status report
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Issued by AbitibiBowater (paragraphing changed to improve legibility): ABH (NYSE, TSX) AXB (TSX) MONTREAL, April 14 /CNW Telbec/ - ...
Pharmacy security
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A rash of break-ins at local drug stores has store owners wondering what needs to be done to increase security and keep prescription drugs ...
Crass political opportunism continues unabated
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The guy admits he knows nothing about the issue . But that doesn’t stop him from renewing his efforts at trying to take political advantag...
13 April 2009
Provincial Tory pork star praises federal Connie cash
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Local Tory stalwart Len Simms didn’t get the memo. The former Provincial Conservative heavyweight, now holding down the heavyweight pork-...
12 April 2009
A little help for his friends
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So which Progressive Conservative – maybe a member of the current House of Assembly - got the benefit of Ed Byrne’s constituency allowance t...
10 April 2009
Moores linked to Airbus before 1984?
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That’s the gist of documents found by CBC [ Globe ’s got it too.], according to a story on the cbc.ca website: former premier turned lobby...
09 April 2009
Measurement and progress at Eastern Health
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Without the benefit of a transcript, it’s hard to be 100% sure but your humble e-scribbler heard Jennifer Guy - Eastern Health’s vice presid...
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