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Churchill Falls and Muskrat Falls - Background
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15 March 2009
Atlantic Osprey
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Background information, including a photograph of the vessel and last reported position, via marinetraffic,com . The position appears to b...
Partial list of crash victims released
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police released a partial list of names of victims of the Cougar S-92 crash. Raw video of the RCMP newser is a...
14 March 2009
“Hard landing”: Cougar S-92 crash chronology
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Adapted from The Telegram: [BP notes in square brackets.] Here's a brief timeline of the events of March 12 when Cougar Helicopte...
13 March 2009
News release: C-NLOPB REACTS TO LOSS OF COUGAR FLIGHT 491
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The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB), issued the following statement in relation to the loss of Cougar’s ...
S-92 crash links
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For those looking to keep track of the reporting on this story, here are the two best local sources: 1. CBC Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Bullshit
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Williams has been in contact with the Prime Minister and the province's federal representative Peter MacKay keeping them up to date o...
Upright in a hurricane
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This is raw video of what appears to be a sales demonstration of the S-92 for a Hungarian audience. This one is in military configuration,...
Gearbox oil pressure implicated in S-92 crash
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Cougar official Rick Burt, interviewed by CBC Radio the morning after the crash, indicated the aircraft commander declared a MAYDAY after ge...
12 March 2009
CADORS 2009A0212
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From the Transport Canada’s incident report on the Cougar S-92 crash: CHI91, S92, enroute from St. John’s (CYYT) to the Hibernia Oil Platf...
If a little knowledge…
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is a dangerous thing, reporter Brian Callahan’s comments this evening about search and rescue response to the Cougar S-92 accident is provin...
Sikorsky S-92
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1. Australia: Airworthiness directive AD/S-92/4 dated 2/2007 re: tail gearbox. 2. Australia: Airworthiness directive AD/S-92/3 dated 2/...
Government pollster misses more interesting story
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Here’s a great comment attributed to the provincial government’s pollster, CRA’s Don Mills, by voice of the cabinet minister: Mills say...
11 March 2009
Dysfunction and disconnect
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How many times does a government get to do and say completely contradictory or unfounded things before people wonder about the competence of...
10 March 2009
The poll numbers – first quarter 2009
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We’ve bashed the Corporate Research Associates polling around in these parts for quite some time. Since since it’s the only game in town,...
Baby Talk
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A news release on Tuesday from the provincial government agency that collects and analyses health statistics showed the number of live birt...
God save us…
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From mainlanders who spent a bit of time in St. John’s at some point and think they understand Newfoundland. For the most part, the only ...
09 March 2009
November 2008 Churchill Falls fire knocked out two of 11 generating units
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A fire last fall at Churchill Falls knocked out two of the 11 generating units at the facility, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro confirmed fo...
Rex should check his video archives
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Rex Murphy, in his Globe and Mail column , Saturday, March 7: Mr. Harper is not Canada. Mr. Williams is not Newfoundland. Danny Will...
07 March 2009
Bursting bubbles everywhere
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last year the provincial government budget for 2008 forecast the provincial economy would shrink by 2.2%. Even with the economic down-turn, ...
Darwin Awards Runners Up: Things that go boom in the night
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Police answered an unusual call this week in North River, Conception Bay. Someone wanted the police to dispose of a naval five inch shell ...
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