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19 January 2009
No tax cuts: Williams
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Notice in this short clip that Premier Danny Williams makes the pitch for expanded employment insurance benefits instead of tax cuts. &q...
Stunner: “Liberal sources” not keen on election
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Like who possibly might have seen this coming ? -srbp-
18 January 2009
Money Talk
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1. From labradore , a post titled “ Responsible Government ”. 2. From the Telegram , the editorial follows up on a story from the Satu...
17 January 2009
Verbal Tic (2)
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Who: Bob Cadigan, president and chief executive officer of NOIA , the association representing oil and gas supply and service companies. [...
16 January 2009
Simmonds nabs plea deal for Byrne
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Former natural resources minister Ed Byrne pleaded guilty to two of the charges against him resulting from the House of Assembly spending s...
Rumpole and the Heavy Heart
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Sir John Mortimer, creator of Horace Rumpole, passed away on Friday, aged 85. -srbp-
Gov pension fund drops $1.6 billion in asset value in 2008
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The provincial government pooled pension fund saw its asset value drop by $1.6 billion in calendar 2008, dropping to $5.1 billion on 31 D...
Busy Work (3)
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Newfoundland Hardwoods is a Crown Corporation established in 1950 to manufacture liquid asphalt and sell chemically treated poles and lumber...
Busy work (2)
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Newfoundland and Labrador Farm Products Corporation is the Crown agency that used to run the chicken processing plant at Pleasantville. Th...
14 January 2009
Two iconic 1960s actors pass away
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Ricardo Montalban , known to most English-speaking fans as either Mr. Rorke from Fantasy Island or as Khan, the villain from the second St...
A bit late for crying now
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Some people – evidently including the governing Provincial Conservatives, the Liberal Opposition and the New Democrats - thought it would b...
Make-work projects
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On the one hand traditional make-work projects may be in decline: The knocks against infrastructure are that it is not as labour-inten...
Busy work
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Otherwise known as shuffling deputy ministers around. 1. We’d be remiss if we didn’t note that the provincial government’s recycling pro...
13 January 2009
Chevron postpones Orphan Basin drilling
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Chevron has decided to postpone an exploration drilling program in the deep water Orphan Basin, according to The Telegram and CBC , due to ...
Freedom From Information: Bull Arm
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From The Telegram , the latest exploits of the supposedly most open accountable and transparent administration in the history of mankind: ...
Rumpole and the Minister’s Choice (Part Two)
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Why exactly did Tom Marshall, justice minister, attorney general and experienced lawyer, select Don Singleton to be a provincial court judge...
12 January 2009
Rumpole and the Minister’s Choice
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For the record, here is the section of the Provincial Court Act, 1991 under which cabinet appointed Don Singleton to be a Provincial Court...
Rumpole and the Nose Puller
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As CBC’s David Cochrane reported this evening Don Singleton had not one but three run-ins with the law for impaired driving in the 1980s ove...
Rumpole and the Doddering Old Man
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Don Singleton won’t be sitting on the provincial court any time soon. He withdrew his application , declined the nomination - whatever is...
11 January 2009
Old Harry: Jurisdiction dispute holding up oil exploration
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According to Deer Lake Oil and Gas , a small oil company headed by former Peckford and Moores era advisor Cabot Martin, exploration of promi...
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