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05 June 2009
Job losses in NL no paradise
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The number of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians out of work in May 2009 compared to the same month last year is equivalent to almost the enti...
Bell 206 crash – photo interpretation
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At approximately 2030 hrs local time, a Bell 206 belonging to Quinlan Brothers fish company crashed about 15 minutes east of Conne River on ...
What drives current oil prices?
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Some people will tell you that resurging growth in the Chinese economy is pushing oil prices up and will sustain high oil prices into the fu...
04 June 2009
Rio dumps Chinese, partners with BHP
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Rio Tinto announced Friday that it is no longer pursuing its deal with Chinese industrial concern Chinalco. Instead, the company will la...
Anger, personified
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The raw scrum video, via cbc.ca/nl of the response by Premier Danny Williams to an ongoing story at Eastern Health. There’s also the full...
03 June 2009
NS election: undecideds dominate
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Forget what you’ve seen reported. Take a look at the Corporate Research Associates quarterly poll results since early 2008, adjust them t...
NS election: Undecideds double in two weeks
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The number of undecided voters in the Nova Scotia general election doubled in the second half of May compared to first half, according to tw...
Adios, Lisa
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Not only did federal natural resources minister Lisa Raitt or one or her staff leave a three inch thick binder of confidential briefing note...
02 June 2009
Lessons not learned, Part II: health department may have breached privacy law
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Unless they’ve got written consent for the disclosure, the province’s health department violated several sections of the province’s Access t...
Lessons not learned
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“They should be shot over there.” So said Premier Danny Williams when the public reacted angrily to a news release from Eastern Health lat...
Williams invents excuse for stalling whistleblower law
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In a scrum with reporters last week, Premier Danny Williams said he has instructed government officials to gather evidence on experience wit...
01 June 2009
Who said that?
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What about the principles of accountability of government and the reliability of the budgeting process? Why doesn't government just t...
31 May 2009
Whatever happened to…
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1. The Sustainable Development Act (2007)? 2. The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (2007)? 3. The Court Security Act (2...
Williams afraid of whistleblower law
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Forget all the excuses offered by cabinet ministers before about a whistleblower protection law being complex. The real reason the provinc...
30 May 2009
How Icelandic are we, 2009 budget version
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According to the Premier the relatively high price of oil at the moment is a good thing, with the prospect that it could wipe out the provin...
29 May 2009
Everything old is new again, fisheries version
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From the New York Times , November 2, 1889, quoting a report by the Newfoundland Chamber of Commerce: The lobster fishery has been expa...
Newfoundland pre-Confederation trade, a snapshot
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As reported by the New York Times , 1889 Exports: Destination Amount (US $) ...
Great Quotes by Rhodes Scholars in Newfoundland (abridged)
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1. Bill Clinton , Mile One Stadium, St. John’s, 28 May 2008 All of us need to think of our citizenship in terms of what we can do in ...
In search of John C. Doyle
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The provincial and federal government’s are trumpeting their efforts to help local companies drum up business in Panama. Those of us old ...
And some help for Tom as well
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In the interests of helping out justice minister Tom Marshall, here’s a link back to a January 2009 in which your humble e-scribbler offere...
28 May 2009
Two thirds of three fifths of f*** all
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There’s an old limerick that, among other things, speaks to the ridiculous use some people make of numbers. Like say, repealing an old pi...
27 May 2009
The second most dismal science
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If economics is the dismal science, then reporting on economic issues is in contention for the title of second most dismal science. Take, ...
More help for Jerome
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Finance minister Jerome Kennedy’s not alone. He’s not alone on a lot of things, but in this case, we refer to his lack of willingness to r...
26 May 2009
But did he bring any seal products with him?
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INTRD minister Shawn Skinner is in Europe this week on a junket promoting the Atlantic Canada gateway to Europeans. The event is in Antwe...
The strange case of Harvey Hodder
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Anyone who has been following the spending scandals in the Mother of Parliaments and in the Bow-Wow parliament cannot help but be struck by ...
Government computer system fails
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The much vaunted office of the Chief Information Officer failed today as an unspecified electrical failure collapsed the entire provincial ...
25 May 2009
Offshore board S-92 inquiry release and terms of reference
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Issued Monday by the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board: C-NLOPB Announces Commission of Inquiry Terms of Reference The ...
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