The Sir Robert Bond Papers
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17 June 2008
Resist the hype
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or is it the spin about a possible Hebron deal being announced this morning. Not gonna happen. Too much left to negotiate. But that's no...
Privatizing Hydro: a glance back
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Introductory Note: One of the more controversial proposals over the past 20 years was the privatization of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro ....
16 June 2008
Russert moments
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There have been plenty of tributes to Tim Russert, the long-time host of NBC's flagship public affairs program Meet the Press , who died...
15 June 2008
Cameron wins White Rose contract
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Houston-based Cameron International has been awarded a US$235 million contract to engineer, construct and install subsea systems for the N...
It's all about control
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You can read a profile of the Premier , this week in the Toronto Star . You've heard it before but you can read it if you want. Or you c...
14 June 2008
What a difference a week makes: the latest Hebron project stories
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First - June 9 - a deal was "close" . There were just a few minor details left to sort out. Mark Nelson, Calgary-based president o...
Never forget to remember
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Maxime Bernier is the latest politco afflicted with what appears to be a virulent disease: amnesia politica. “He doesn't remember forget...
13 June 2008
CDS wins national PR award
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Outgoing Chief of Defence Staff General Rick Hillier is the first recipient of the Canadian Public Relations Society's (CPRS) president&...
12 June 2008
From the G&M: "The broken chain of answerability"
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By one definition, a gearhead is a person who is extremely interested in computer hardware and software and they work. Well, if that's ...
11 June 2008
Create wealth fund: OECD
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The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development believes that a Norway-style overseas investment fund would be beneficial for Can...
Don't cut yourself on the edge...
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Earlier today, from the CPRS national conference in Halifax, Joseph Thornley liveblogged a panel presentation on the impact blogs, youtube...
10 June 2008
CPRS-NL submission to the Cameron Inquiry
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[Editor's note: Following is the text of the submission made by the Newfoundland and Labrador Chapter of the Canadian Public Relations ...
08 June 2008
Legal roflmao of the week
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roflmao. Rolling on floor laughing my ass off. Internet shorthand. Anyway. Post a few court decisions and someone sends along a link to a bl...
07 June 2008
From the Supreme Court of Canada
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Where someone is from would obviously affect how one applies the Charter. Was that sarcasm clear enough for the proponents of the ghetto sch...
The elements of a good communications plan
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Courtesy of Dave Fleet , a step by step guide to communications planning. He starts - where else? - with a good overview . -srbp-
05 June 2008
And it isn't in code
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Israel's security service is blogging in hopes of attracting a few good nerds into the service. Sounds like a farkocktah idea. Who kno...
D'oh!
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Two "patriots". One shags up a discussion of the courts . The other shags up the current discussion on the Lower Churchill . Both ...
To the crowd running Tammany Hall
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St. John's municipal elections use mail-in ballots read by optical scanners. The people running the thing should think about how their s...
Things that go up...
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Usually go down. It's just a matter of when and how far . -srbp- Related: " What goes up must come down "
Rest in peace, Jack. You earned it.
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For every sleveen in politics, there's someone like Jack Byrne to keep your optimism alive. -srbp-
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