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13 April 2006

Food for thought: the need for realism and statesmanship

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Ever since it became self-governing in the mid-nineteeth century, political leadership in Newfoundland and Labrador has rotated between repr...
12 April 2006

Harper on Hebron: leave me out of it

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Answering questions from reporters during a visit to St. John's, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said today he wanted to stay out of the ...

Hebron Fiasco Week 2: More answers, more questions

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1. Elvis has definitely left the building. The Globe and Mail story on Wednesday makes it clear that Hebron is dead. The project offic...

Liberal leadership? Danny Williams

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Rick Mercer comes up with another interesting idea. Check out the rant for April 11.
11 April 2006

New JAG - Newfoundlanders taking over National Defence

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National Defence minister Gord O'Connor today announced the appointment of Ken Watkin as the new Judge Advocate General ( JAG ) for the ...

Hebron Fiasco Week 2: Notes and numbers

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1. I've got a gun... "Williams wants expropriation tools " If Danny Williams wants to attract greater investment in Newfou...
10 April 2006

Stunned is as....well...

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From Bill Rowe's Telegram column, Saturday April 8, 2006, titled "Are we as stunned as we were?": Then, we hooked up with a...

Williams, Chavez and Putin

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What's the difference between Danny Williams, Hugo Chavez and Vladimir Putin? Not much if you ask some people. But there are plenty of d...

Current goes bi-weekly

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Following is a news release issued today by the publisher of Current announcing the provocative tabloid will be going bi-weekly. One of Cur...

Bond Papers New Look

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Brighter. Cleaner. Hopefully easier on the eyeballs. Cleaned up right nav strip. Call it Spring Cleaning at the Bond Papers . Now all I have...

Feds speak on offshore board appointment

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Three days of coverage from The Telegram last week on the ongoing saga of Max Ruelokke. You may recall he was picked to head up the board r...
09 April 2006

Spindy 2: The Second Coming

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Outlets for The Independent have a letter this week advising that the paper, under new management, will be returning to shelves next weeke...
07 April 2006

Whither the offshore? Hebron collapse likely to bring unwelcome results

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In the wake of the collapse of the Hebron project, investors are reviewing their plans to invest offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, accordi...
06 April 2006

Dawn of the In-dead-pendent?

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A year ago, The Independent was running radio spots telling us all that to be informed everyone had to read the Spindy . Now the former man...

Hebron background

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The Hebron-Ben Nevis is the second largest of the four major oil discoveries offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. Hebron-Ben Nevis is locate...

Peter Fenwick on Hebron failure

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Realization that the Hebron deal is dead is starting to sink in across the Newfoundland and Labrador oil patch. Hope of possibly restarting ...

Hebron equity and a possible conflict of interest

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Premier Danny Williams provided more information in the House of Assembly on Wednesday about negotiations between the Government of Newfound...
05 April 2006

Hebron: Did Williams kill the $10 billion fatted calf with last minute gamble?

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Some additional information on the failed Hebron deal came to light on Tuesday in the House of Assembly. The Hebron project was a $5.0 billi...
04 April 2006

Why Danny wanted Andy...at the offshore board

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Since Danny Williams first confirmed that he thought Andy Wells would be the perfect chairman for the federal-provincial board that regulate...

Oil industry backgrounders

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Check offalnews for three articles penned by one Simon Lono on Newfoundland and Labrador's oil and gas industry. These are the raw vers...