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17 November 2009

The fix is in

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As of September 22, the presidential search committee at Memorial University had 40 names to review and two whole stages of sifting left bef...

Danny Williams and the Philosopher’s Stone: Control and Resources

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“Securing equity means having greater leverage to control our own destiny.” “The principle of making our own way and taking cont...
16 November 2009

AIMS confirms the population trends

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The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies today released its updated 1998 demographic study for the Atlantic provinces.  Not surprisingly...

Lower Churchill definitely a long way off

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Danny Williams and his little band might be off to New York to push the Lower Churchill but those savvy people in the Big Apple will know t...
14 November 2009

The first forecast for negative economic growth in 2010

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According to the Conference Board of Canada ’s latest economic projections for the provinces,  province’s that are down this year are going ...
13 November 2009

What Hydro Quebec gets in the Maritimes

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Quebec Premier Jean Charest revealed today that Hydro Quebec has started negotiations to take over electricity delivery on Prince Edward is...

Another good Lower Churchill question

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Ok. So the political theatre that is the Lower Churchill project is now pulling into a another location already mapped out on the route. ...

How lucky are we, again?

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Energy analyst Tom Adams recently wrote that “Newfoundlanders are lucky that Nalcor, their Crown energy company, is not out in the market t...

It’s Fire Truck Season now?

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Well if Tom Hedderson is putting on his firefighter’s hat to go visit Joan Burke , you know it’s either to announce another fire truck, offi...
12 November 2009

Flu Trends – using the Internet to spot emerging health concerns

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By now some of you will be familiar with Google’s Flu Trends , a website that shows in general form, the intensity of Google search activity...

AG report makes up old recommendation, gives no real update on small business program

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The section of the recently released auditor general update report that deals with small business fund in the provincial innovation departm...

Oil production down by almost 29% in first half of FY 2009

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Oil production in Fiscal Year 2009 (Apr 09 – Mar 10) is on track to fall below even the low-ball estimates used in the spring provincial bud...
11 November 2009

And now from the “No D’uh” economics desk…

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1.  OPEC is warning that sustained high oil prices coupled with a weakened economy – like say in the Untied States? – could push demand for...

Where’s Joey? The Churchill Falls contract signing, 1969

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Signing the contract to develop Churchill Falls in 1969 are, left to right, Yvon de Guise and Jean-Claude Lesard of Hydro Quebec and Donald ...

Twice the citizen

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From the Remembrance Day edition of the Telegram , a fine account of two local soldiers’ experiences with the modern Canadian Army at home a...
10 November 2009

So where’s NALCOR?

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The 17th annual bilateral (U.S.-Canada) conference on energy issues is taking place in Boston this Thursday and Friday. The conference the...

MIA AG report pops up

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The auditor general update report that appeared and then disappeared a couple of weeks ago is back. This time all the links work . No e...

Oil royalties down 57% from 2008; 15% below budget so far for 2009

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Forget the bubble, the imaginary protection Newfoundland and Labrador supposedly enjoyed from the global recession. Forget any prospect o...
09 November 2009

Freedom from Information: oil royalties version

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After two e-mail requests to the provincial finance department yielded nothing but delays for two weeks, a simple e-mail to the federal natu...

Lower Churchill a long way off

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In another Telegram story not available on line Danny Williams admits the Lower Churchill is still a long way from being a reality: “W...