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22 April 2007

Dion: a man of integrity

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From Canadian Press , via the Globe : Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion is pledging to foster a relationship of co-operation with Newfoundland a...
21 April 2007

A veritable GPS to the butts of the politically powerful

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From the Telegram , Bill Rowe demonstrates once again that he is good at nothing else if not sucking up to autocrats. Hence his successfu...

Fed changes to Accord cause worry

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From the Saturday Telegram , Rob Antle's story on federal changes to the Atlantic Accord (1985). Antle quotes Ron Penney, a member of t...
20 April 2007

Danny loves Loyola

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This 1989 clip from CBC coverage of the 1989 provincial Tory leadership convention shows Danny Williams speaking with Deanne Fleet about, o...

Too damn sexy

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This didn't take long for someone to pump out. Personally, I was thinking more Marie Antoinette, but it still works. The guy who threw ...

Husky to expand Terra Nova presence

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From Oil Week : Husky Energy Ltd. (TSX:HSE) plans an active year of expansions and acquisitions, from bumping up its stake in the offshore T...

Excerpts of Charest's instructions to the new cabinet

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From le soleil , something for the provincial government to ponder (once they've had it translated): 9 - M. le Ministre des Ressources ...

Hearn hits back

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Federal fish minister Loyola Hearn delivered a luncheon speech on Friday in which he took a few strips off the provincial government, in ret...

Your serial government at work

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There's a northern "strategic plan" for Labrador . Labrador is north, so that bit is redundant. Well, unless the plan is for n...

The Imperial Prime Minister

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Apparently requires a psychic, luggage-carrying dresser . Steve joins Tsarina Alexander, Nancy Reagan, Marie Antoinette and others not actu...
19 April 2007

Did Danny consent?

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Over at Offal News , Simon Lono has another take on the implications of the federal government's Equalization changes. Lono makes the ...

Two degrees of separation

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Fox News brunette Coulter-wannabe, Rachel Marsden . Check out the links on the left of her bio page. Yep. Fight the Seal Hunt. Look up tho...

Brown and browned off

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Give credit for the title to CBC television's supperhour news and the banter between the anchors after a segment on Premier Danny Willi...
18 April 2007

Spend 'em if ya got 'em

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At a time when the provincial government is screaming that it needs federal handouts to deal with a huge public debt, finance minister Tom M...
17 April 2007

The North-South connexion

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From Walrus magazine, a four-pager on growing economic ties between Canadian provinces and American states. All three of these transnationa...

Conoco Canada boss looking at expanded presence

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ConocoPhillip's new chief executive officer in Canada is interested in developing the company's Canadian assets. Of the Newfoundlan...

The future of rural Newfoundland

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Craig Westcott's latest commentary for CBC radio [ram file] and Merv Wiseman's reaction. [ ram file ]. Westcott was his usual bol...

Facts do matter

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Except to this man, apparently. From federal finance minister Jim Flaherty 's latest Equalization news release: To do so [not to alter ...
16 April 2007

That was then. This is now.

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Then , federal foreign affairs minister Peter MacKay said: "It is important to note that if Nova Scotia opts for the new system, it d...

Connies write off three NL ridings

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A news release like this one virtually guarantees the seven seats in Newfoundland and Labrador will represented by someone other than a Con...