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13 July 2005

Galway gets big thank you from Danny

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It only took the better part of two years but Danny Williams finally rewarded Leslie Galway, formerly the president of the Newfoundland Oce...

Australian SAS head to Afghanistan

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The Australian government announced today that a special forces task group comprising 150 soldiers will deploy to Afghanistan following req...

To infinity and beyond!

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Space Transportation System mission 114 (STS-114) will launch from pad 39B at Canaveral space centre 13 July 2005 at approximately 1531 hrs ...

It must be a hoser thing

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For those who want some entertainment, try flipping over to a blog run by a guy named Calgarygrit and take a look at his post on calls for A...
12 July 2005

Put John Crosbie in the dock over Upper Churchill

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In his last television interview before his death on Sunday from cancer, former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Frank Moores said he doubt...
11 July 2005

Getting the deal - Danny Williams and Atlantic Accord polling

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[ Note: This is an opinion piece, intended to offer one possible explanation of events. The following is an account of the offshore discuss...

Generic Obit-generator

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Newly developed is this simple list of phrases for people writing obituaries, especially of former politicians: - He was a great man/she wa...
10 July 2005

Frank Duff Moores (1933-2005)

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The second premier of Newfoundland and Labrador after Confederation and successful businessman, Frank Moores died today in Perth, Ontario of...

Ask a simple question...[Update II]

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Ignore the simple answer. You have to hand it Ryan Cleary. He is relentless in his pursuit of something or other. The real problem for reade...
09 July 2005

Outing another Lower Churchill company

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Rob Antle's July 6 2005 story in the Telly on a proposed underwater cable to carry Lower Churchill power into the Maritimes (" Prop...
08 July 2005

We will fight them in the tube stations - Update

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Over at Macleans, Inkless Wells beat me to use of one of my favourite Churchill quotes. He does link to a very short message from a London...

Trevor Taylor - up tarring the roof

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Thankfully, Trevor Taylor came down off the roof and took some time to call Bill Rowe on Crap Talk, the afternoon call-in show on VOCM. That...

Outside the box - The politics of history

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An early morning e-mail from a regular reader caused me to go back and review a column I had originally written for the Independent back in ...

More poll dancing - as promised

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This is just a teaser. After lunch, I'll throw up the post on the January offshore poll. There are some interesting things in there and ...
07 July 2005

It could never happen here...

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In the wake of the London terror attacks, it is very interesting watching the Ontario emergency measures boss Julian Fantino and Ontario pub...

Jack Byrne - Back to the Future!

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For those not in Newfoundland and Labrador, the Fisheries Broadcast is a CBC Radio show that has been running for decades. It's the last...

It's the Lord's Table, Father. You're just the waiter.

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This little story about a member of parliament and his wife being denied eucharist because of the MP's stand on social policy issues is...
06 July 2005

The price of the premiership

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The Premier took the time at the White Rose launch in Marystown and at the lame cheque stunt yesterday to do two things: 1. In Marystown, ...
05 July 2005

There's no pleasing some people

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As I sit here working away, there has been a non-stop bitch-fest on Crap talk with Bill Rowe with caller after caller and Sightless Bill him...

An announcement a week and a good poll

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Reputedly that was Brian Tobin's formula for political success. Danny Williams is determined to go him one better what with eight good p...