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22 February 2008

"It's an underlying attitude"

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Indeed it is, or so the minister responsible for the status of women claims with respect to comments recently by federal fish minister Loyol...
21 February 2008

Info on 28,000 school children stolen from school board

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This story takes on a whole different character when one of the children involved is yours. Well, likely yours since four days after the...

The answer is simple: it's polling time

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“Why are they doing this? I think the answer is simple. Voting time is here again. And if that’s the case, let’s be careful where we mark...
20 February 2008

On the one hand. On the other hand.

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A St. John's couple is struggling to find home care at an affordable price. CBC broke the story, one that appears to be typical of ot...

Curiouser bridge stuff

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Two of the T'Railway bridges announced yesterday as being closed have been opened after what the provincial government describes as &qu...

Announcing old government money, the provincial version

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Provincial cabinet ministers apparently didn't like Loyola Hearn's announcement on 16 February of $1.5 million in ACOA money for red...

The 18 + bridges/trestles

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Update:  For a complete picture, cross-reference the list in this post with the bridges mentioned in the provincial government's Tuesday...
19 February 2008

Provgov inspectors keep 4 bridges closed; information in gov release incomplete

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While the T'Railway website identifies 132 old bridges and trestles as comprising the linear park, a news releas e from the provincial ...

Old whine in old skins, or it takes one to know one

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Danny Williams told reporters today that he doesn't like Loyola Hearn announcing what Williams thinks is "old money". He think...

Alright so go already

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Andy's finally gone. But this was the top story in the province last night complete with Cochrane and a live remote? Or the front p...
18 February 2008

If public safety is really so important, Charlene...

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Five years after Auditor General John Noseworthy criticised the provincial government for not following its own policy on road bridge inspec...

Peckford remembers Abery

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Bond Papers received the following today from Larry Peckford about the passing of Cy Abery. it is a straightforward yet eloquent comment on...

Province doesn't regularly inspect its own bridges

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"We understand the inconvenience of the closure of these structures; however, public safety has to be our number one priority ,"...

Atlantic Accord among his professional legacies

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Cyril Abery, the man who chaired the negotiating team for the real Atlantic Accord passed away on February 18, 2008.  He was 71 years old. ...
17 February 2008

The Bond Store

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The most recent addition to the right hand navigation column is The Bond Store , the place to find exclusive Bond Papers tees, caps, and o...

The poverty of "We so po'" political rhetoric

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“People need to understand government cannot write a cheque for everything,” said Williams. “We can’t be all things to all people.” “...

I spy...

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a Hickey-up. Oh, and another trough. News outlets across the province are reporting provincial cabinet minister John Hickey's latest...

I spy a trough...

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I spy with my little eye a trough into which desperate politicians root for pork and votes. Just five days after Transport Canada forces t...

Oh Lord, shoot me now.

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The latest utterances on the breast cancer inquiry, courtesy of Voice of the Cabinet Minister . Danny Williams respects the decision. We...
16 February 2008

Where was the provincial inspection?

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While there has been some public kerfuffle over the announcement that bridges along the former railway will be closed pending further engine...