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03 February 2006

30 million and two reasons to miss Brian Tobin

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Courtesy of Craig Westcott and The Express comes another reason to miss Brian Tobin: his hand in shagging up the provincial fishery, as not...

Of matching and magic

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The lack of candidates for the provincial Liberal leadership is now a subject for some media attention, as witnessed by David Cochrane's...
02 February 2006

The dark side

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Newbie members of parliament are busily getting their bearings in Ottawa in anticipation of taking up their new responsibilities within the ...

Hearn + fish minister = potential problem

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If Loyola Hearn gets to be fisheries minister in a Stephen Harper cabinet, there will likely be a problem. For one thing, if Hearn gives in...

Not one isotopic teaspoon, I say

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A newly discovered uranium deposit in Labrador turns out to be larger than initially thought. I say in all seriousness that government shou...
01 February 2006

There are 30 million reasons to miss Tobin. What's yours?

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Some of us will be mourning Brian Tobin's decision to stay out of politics but not for the reasons his old party pres gave to local CBC ...

Hearn off national radar, ditto Newfoundland and Labrador

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Loyola Hearn, predicted by some to be John Efford's replacement in Ottawa, is no t on Don Martin's list of the top 15 picks for the...

Democracy in action...at nottawa

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Head over to Mark's Random Musings and take part in his Great Experiment in E-Democracy. He's looking for some input on when the nat...

Williams' honeymoon over?

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The provincial auditor general John Noseworthy released a detailed - and damning - report yesterday into the provincial government's adm...

and they dissed Lono's Code of Conduct

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In light of the ongoing fiasco over handing themselves a hefty raise by breaking their own rules, St. John's city council has likely cau...
31 January 2006

Then there are ducks

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Dad is not without some talent, of course. At left is a 1/35th scale DUKW built and painted by your humble e-scribe. This is a picture from ...

Ralph just bided his time

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Alberta may well be introducing changes to the province's health care system that include direct billing by doctors to patients for som...

Charges laid in DND fraud case

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Some Connies tossed the case of alleged fraud within the Department of National Defence on the doorstep of the Liberals, largely because the...

The battle lines might be forming

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over the so-called vertical fiscal imbalance and Equalization reform. Check the Globe and Mail on Tuesday, specifically the story on the H...

Quebec not interested in elected senate

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Since Steve Harper has only committed to a "national" approach, there's no reason why we couldn't wind up in the bizarre s...
30 January 2006

Goose Bay take note: Connie defence promises to be modified

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As noted here, the Conservative defence promises contained many elements that could not be delivered, at least in the near term. Canadian P...

Toronto power needs good sign for Lower Churchill

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As much as Danny Williams likes to muse about building the Lower Churchill hydro project on his own, the joint offer from Quebec and Ontario...

The Harper Plan

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Courtesy of the Toronto Star comes a speculation piece on Steve Harper's plans for Canada. Part of the plan is already easy to see: t...

Provincial Liberals still hunting for leader

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Interim provincial Liberal leader Gerry Reid announced today that he won't be seeking the job permanently. Former cabinet minister Ann...

St. John's council gets religion - sort of

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Surprise. Surprise. St. John's city council voted tonight to send the matter of their raises to an independent committee of some kind ...