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14 April 2009
Manley ponders rot
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Former federal fin min John Manley compared the recent provincial budgets in Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador. Ontario took full ...
AbitibiBowater gives default status report
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Issued by AbitibiBowater (paragraphing changed to improve legibility): ABH (NYSE, TSX) AXB (TSX) MONTREAL, April 14 /CNW Telbec/ - ...
Pharmacy security
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A rash of break-ins at local drug stores has store owners wondering what needs to be done to increase security and keep prescription drugs ...
Crass political opportunism continues unabated
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The guy admits he knows nothing about the issue . But that doesn’t stop him from renewing his efforts at trying to take political advantag...
13 April 2009
Provincial Tory pork star praises federal Connie cash
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Local Tory stalwart Len Simms didn’t get the memo. The former Provincial Conservative heavyweight, now holding down the heavyweight pork-...
12 April 2009
A little help for his friends
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So which Progressive Conservative – maybe a member of the current House of Assembly - got the benefit of Ed Byrne’s constituency allowance t...
10 April 2009
Moores linked to Airbus before 1984?
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That’s the gist of documents found by CBC [ Globe ’s got it too.], according to a story on the cbc.ca website: former premier turned lobby...
09 April 2009
Measurement and progress at Eastern Health
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Without the benefit of a transcript, it’s hard to be 100% sure but your humble e-scribbler heard Jennifer Guy - Eastern Health’s vice presid...
NB grid booked up
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The New Brunswick electricity is booked, with only 310 megawatts of capacity expected to come free in 2015, according to the Telegraph Journ...
08 April 2009
Meeker: on media
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If you think Winston Smith is shy and retiring, try Geoff Meeker who in his most recent posting laces into the coverage of Eastern Health i...
Winston Smith: on health care
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Shame this guy – we all assume he’s a male writing under a pseudonym – feels so constrained in sharing his views. But there is a Parkwa...
Offshore board announces inquiry into helicopter crash
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A news release from the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board: The C-NLOPB announced today that in accordance with ...
That’s great but…
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There are plenty of pockets of oil offshore Newfoundland that have “significant discovery” status that aren’t commercially viable finds. E...
07 April 2009
How Irish aren’t we: budget deficit version
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Here’s an idea for public finance we are not likely to see around these parts: Irish politicians - both in the Republic and in the North...
Federal funding for universities
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The Conservative government in Ottawa wants to funnel cash to the country’s universities but it wants to have a say in how the money is spe...
Coincidence: Abitibi union version
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Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union leaders met with Danny Williams in St. John’s in early April. As a Canadian Press story put...
Pentagon eyes VH-71 cancellation
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As part of re-shaping defence spending, the Pentagon is proposing to scrap a purchase of an EH-101 variant, dubbed the VH-71, to replace th...
Rio Tinto responds to aluminum downturn
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Via company news release : Rio Tinto Alcan today announced it will slow the construction of the Yarwun alumina refinery expansion in Gl...
Continuing the Cougar S-92 SAR spin: CBC or Cougar?
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CBC is running an exclusive interview with Cougar helicopters employees about the search and rescue mission its dedicated SAR helicopter fle...
Just shoot me
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Gunplay - or more accurately stating that people ought to be shot for certain things not normally associated with capital punishment offen...
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