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05 June 2006

Good governance: goose and gander

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The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board regulates the offshore oil and gas industry. The senior administrative positi...

Doug House's speech

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For some reason the abstract of a speech given recently by Doug House has attracted some attention. The speech itself isn't available o...

Check out the Chicks

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The Dixie Chicks new CD is great , and picks up on the spat from Natalie maines criticism of George Bush.
04 June 2006

A good take on the PMO/news gallery flap

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For those tripping over from RGL's latest ad hominem dodge, try this post on for size, from a fellow who styles himself Townie Bastard...
01 June 2006

CNLOPB ups estimates of offshore gas and oil reserves

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The federal-provincial board regulating the oil and gas industry offshore Newfoundland and Labrador today released revised estimates of the ...

Placentia Bay no place for a tired ship's pilot

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According to NTV News, the Atlantic Pilotage Authority ( APA ) is blaming crew fatigue for the accident that sent one of its two small boa...

Another take on fastballs to the side of the head

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Over at the blogspot site offalnews , Lono is feeling a bit smug. He contends that Danny Williams "fastball to the side of John Risley&...

Belling the cat

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John Risley stated the obvious, namely that the government's changes to the Fishery Products International legislation won't have ...
30 May 2006

Buffett back in the news

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My mother comes from Harbour Buffett, resettled in the 1960s but once a prosperous fishing community on Long Island in Placentia Bay. She w...
29 May 2006

Opposition Notes

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Liberals: The party brass have anointed interim leader Gerry Reid as the new permanent leader. Did Gerry have to pay the $10K required of ...
27 May 2006

PJ Jazzy Jan

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Alright, since none of you appear to be trivia nerds, here's the answer to the question about CTV reporter Janis Mackey Frayer's fir...

So who did Workman piss off?

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[Update. Original posting 26 May 2006] In shuffling its overseas scribblers, CBC is sending Paul Workman to Kandahar for a year. A year. Tha...
26 May 2006

Must be an English thing

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Long-time readers of these e-scribbles will know that your not-so-humble scribbler is known to play the euphonium once in a while. Before t...
25 May 2006

Harper wants to be mayor of Vancouver

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Apparently controlling street racing in a major Canadian city is the next big thing for Stephen Harper to tackle. Stephen is the Prime Mini...

FPI not alone: Sanford affected by high dollar

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New Zealand fishing company Sanford has been affected by the relatively high New Zealand dollar as well as international competition. How th...

Another Sanford tidbit: closing areas of the offshore to trawling

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Catch a Newfoundland and Labrador fishing enterprise taking this kind of stand on the environment: The seafood industry announced today a ...

FPI viewed from down under

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Sanford is an international fisheries business based in New Zealand. The company holds about 14.97% of FPI's outstanding shares. In th...

Status quo not an option: Williams

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Predictably, Premier Danny Williams thinks huge progress was made at yesterday's summit/town hall/audience on the fishery. This sort of ...

Ralph's idiotic last stand

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Outgoing Alberta Premier has decided to make one last political stand, demonstrating he knows nothing about the Constitution in the process....
24 May 2006

St. John's City Garbage

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New municipal trash regulations make it mandatory to cover trash put at the curbside for pick-up by council crews. That is, you have to cove...