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03 August 2005

Up the Pond!

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With any luck and a good weather forecast, Wednesday marks the annual St. John's Regatta. The boat races held on Quidi Vidi [pronounced ...
02 August 2005

Local lobster miracle

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Out of New Brunswick comes a story about some lobster re-stocking program that worked very well. That's all fine, but there is always t...
01 August 2005

What the heck is public relations?

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In 1999, I headed up the public affairs section of the Department of National Defence task force in Newfoundland and Labrador that would co-...
29 July 2005

Goose Bay base saved by Liberals!

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Bill Graham to start hot war with Denmark. Facetious? Maybe. I've always said the easiest way to save Goose Bay in a way that would sati...

Abitibi: forest and trees

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International wood products company Abitibi Consolidated has given notice it intends to close its Stephenville operation and shut down one o...
28 July 2005

Westcott's take on the Damn-Fool Fishery

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Our respective reasons may be different, but Express columnist Craig Westcott and I are in complete agreement that the food fishery is a dam...

The Rooms' Renouf: resistance is futile

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From the vacuous space known as The Rooms comes this suitable news release issued on Wednesday by board chairperson Dr. Priscilla Renouf....
27 July 2005

Another offshore board opening for Wells

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Sometimes when you go looking for information, you actually find something really curious. As part of an interview your humble e-scribe did ...

The offshore board and benefits plans

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Follow this link and you'll wind up at the federal implementation act for the Atlantic Accord. The provincial one is largely the same, ...
26 July 2005

Peter and Loyola missed the real security threats

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Any visitor to St. John's knows that what Peter Mackay, DDS, is hopping over in this story from the CTV website is just a low barrier t...

Public relations people take note

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CBC journalist and blogger John Gushue recently offered a link to Contentious , a blog by Amy Gahran. This post challenged people to think o...

His Excellency Paul Soles

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Ok. To be honest I got this idea from one of the Liblogs but it was just such a flash of inspiration, I thought I'd make it your morning...
25 July 2005

Say hello to 40 bucks a turnip

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Taking a leaf from the ongoing trend for promoting the most abysmal ideas in public policy proven ludicrous in other places, Federation of A...

The political death of Andy Wells?

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Federal natural resources minister John Efford is invoking the Atlantic Accord (1985) to send the job of picking a new chair for the Canada...

The gasoline regulation charade [revised]

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One of the greatest public policy failures of the Grimes administration was the imposition on Newfoundlanders and Labradorians of the Petrol...

Good riddance to bad ideas

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Premier Danny Williams suggests that St. John'’s mayor Andy Wells should be the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the...
22 July 2005

The damn-fool fishery

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This post was originally intended as a simple comment on one posted by Liam O'Brien about Iceland. At the time, I was intending it to be...

Mar 10 delayed - Labradorians still get more from Ottawa than St. John's

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As I wad cleaning out the mouldy drafts bin, I can across this one which for some reason I didn't post back in March. Here it is now, fo...

Megapost for Monday/Get Smart Trivia instead

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Since I am still trying to enjoy my vacation, I am putting off the Andy Wells megapost until Monday. In the meantime, here's the answer ...
21 July 2005

Ubique - James Montgomery Doohan, 1920-2005

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Pause a moment today and remember James Doohan, who passed away yesterday morning at his home in Washington state at the age of 85. Best kno...