The Sir Robert Bond Papers

For all those who have really been paying attention, here’s a simple question: How many independent reviews of the project people call ...

The provincial government in Newfoundland and Labrador spends more per person on delivering services for most things than does any other pro...

Simple truth:  fourteen year old boys are not supposed to freeze to death, alone,  on the ice. Other simple truth:  in their grief and des...

Headline:  “ Grand Falls-Windsor growing without mill ”. Sounds marvellous. Then you read the story. Turns out that the central Newfou...

The province’s public utilities board is concerned about the impact Nalcor’s capital works programs will have on consumer rates even without...

A couple of years ago, in the aftermath of Cougar 491, SRBP made some suggestions about how to improve search and rescue services on the ea...

Now that he’s safely latched on the public tit in Ottawa, Noob Bloc-NDP MP Ryan Cleary says that everything he ever wrote was just to stir d...

Ground search and rescue is a police responsibility.  Police forces in Newfoundland and Labrador report to the provincial justice minister...

The premier whose government was responsible for directing the search effort for a young boy in Makkovik is now calling for an investigation...

In all the hullaballoo the past week or son you may have missed a couple of fine examples of local reporting. For starters, check out Curt...

Fisheries minister Darin King rejected Ocean Choice International’s proposal for exporting and processing fishery. He held a news conference...

What is it about some political Conservatives and ignorance? There really isn’t another word for it except ignorance. In the most recent...

It is wonderful to be proven right. Sometimes being wrong is nicer. In this case, wrong would be the prediction from this corner that th...

It’s-uh gas, gas, gas An 824 megawatt combined cycle gas turbine electricity generator plant would cost roughly CDN$950 million. The g...

“How satisfied are you with what they [DND officials] had to say?” And with those words, CBC Here and Now’s Jonathan Crowe asked the man w...

Take an elementary level classroom in small town school on the northern coast of Newfoundland. Add a bunch of 10 year olds. Toss in some...

Digging back through some old posts on Monday evening, your humble e-scribbler came across one titled “ Abuse and power ”. This sort of th...

Transcon’s Michael Johansen on the latest twist in the Lower Churchill saga: Creak, creak, creak … rattle, rattle, rattle … snap! Scre...

Newfoundland and Labrador has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the country. There’s a huge demand for skilled labour in the provinc...

18.   [ Defendant ] also owed plaintiff ... a duty of care not to drink under age, or to file bottle rockets out of his anus. This see...