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31 March 2008

One person, two different versions of Tilley's departure

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Eastern Health board chair Joan Dawe has given two different accounts of the circumstances surrounding George Tilley's resignation in 20...

When did they know - Part 2

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When did the Premier know? As Bond Papers noted on Sunday, the premier knew in July 2005 , shortly after the health minister learned of p...
30 March 2008

The power of apology, part the second

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Lawyers don't like apologies. Perhaps they need to read more widely. From The Intangibles , a public relations blog, a brief note wi...
29 March 2008

When did they know?

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Then-health minister John Ottenheimer knew in July 2005. Ottenheimer had a briefing note in his legislature briefing books for the fall s...
26 March 2008

Two positions are better than one

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Danny Williams, on the impact of tight financial markets on major development projects in Newfoundland and Labrador: "There are s...

Two apologies are better than none

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The chair of Eastern Health's governing board has apologized to breast cancer patients who were given inaccurate test results. This i...
25 March 2008

Equal Voice: Electing more women in Canada

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Do you believe that more women need to be elected in Newfoundland and Labrador? Women represent 52 percent of Canada's population yet ...

Rip-off Ron's Campaign for Deputy Mayor

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Deputy mayor wannabe Ron Ellsworth - he being the guy who apparently believes he has been blessed by Danny Hisself to go not just to the ma...
24 March 2008

Toward a future that works: Hebron and old people

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The comments made by the Auditor General in relation to prudent fiscal management are in many ways consistent with the views of our gover...

Old whine. New skins.

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No small irony that on a weekend where the editor of the local daily took issue with people who make arguments without facts, two professors...
23 March 2008

The power of apology

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"Sorry from me, what does it absolutely mean?" Louise Jones, interim Chief Executive Officer, Eastern Health Some public relat...
22 March 2008

Saturday night quickie: Depressing economic forecast

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The Toronto Star financial columnist David Olive is giving five reasons to start worrying about the economic circumstances over the next wh...

Hey cultists: Kush mir im tokhes

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Russell Wangersky will be getting e-mails. Definitely, e-mails. Russell's bosses will be getting e-mails. There may even be editori...
21 March 2008

Toward a future that works: What goes up, must come down

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The current increases in provincial government spending on built almost entirely on the phenomenal crude oil prices of the past few years. ...
20 March 2008

The Power of Bureaucracy

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One of the first initiatives of the new Williams administration, back in 2004, was to turn the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health ...
19 March 2008

Breast cancer inquiry opens

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The Cameron Inquiry into breast cancer testing at Eastern Health started public hearings today, after a weather delay on Tuesday. Hearing...
17 March 2008

Irving and BP to partner on Saint John refinery

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While the second refinery proposed for Newfoundland has hit a cash snag, the proposed refinery expansion at Saint John New Brunswick gained...
16 March 2008

Of gas prices, tourists and ptomaine

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Ed Ring is right.  Having inspection reports on restaurants and other food service places accessible to the public is good.  It's a step...

Living in a lost episode of Star Trek: TOS

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One of the basic ideas we've been pushing around these parts is that Danny Williams is merely continuing the general policy approach of ...
15 March 2008

Charades

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Igor: Sed-a... Inga: Sed-a... Igor: Dirty word! He said a dirty word!   The normally straightforward innovation minister loo...