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29 November 2016
Down due to illness - updated
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Update (30 Nov 2016): A trip to the doctor on Tuesday proved to be the best thing to do. The cold is on the run and regular screeding wil...
Waiting for Fidel #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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From the National Film Board : "This feature-length documentary from 1974 takes viewers inside Fidel Castro's Cuba . A movie-mak...
28 November 2016
The graveyard of ambition #nlpoli
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Think of it as an inside joke. James McLeod interviewed Premier Dwight Ball about the horror show that has been Ball's first year in...
25 November 2016
Fractured Fairy Tales: Jerry Earle edition #nlpoli
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Via VOCM , the reaction of NAPE boss Jerry Earle to a study that showed the provincial government is overloaded with provincial public serv...
24 November 2016
The future will be something #nlpoli
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The association representing the province's offshore supply and service businesses paid a consultant from London to look at the potentia...
23 November 2016
Population density and just dense #nlpoli
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The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is in financial trouble. It will spend this year about $3.0 billion more than it will take in....
Unopen Government #nlpoli
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The idea of open data has been around for a while. In government, it means that government would make information like census data, stat...
22 November 2016
un autre pet de cerveau de Jones #nlpoli
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Labrador member of parliament Yvonne Jones got so effercited at the prospect of more hydro-electric development with Hydro-Quebec that she ...
School Board Elections #nlpoli
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Some folks were a bit agitated over the weekend about how hard it is going to be - supposedly - to vote in the school board election. Vo...
21 November 2016
Poor Russell's Almanack #nlpoli
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Pity Russell Wangersky. Somebody is telling Russell he is part of the elite and Russell doesn't like it. Not me , writes Russ...
18 November 2016
Canadian war grave destroyed by illegal salvagers #nlpoli
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A recent survey of the waters around Indonesia by researchers using three-dimensional sonar imaging has confirmed that illegal salvagers hav...
17 November 2016
Canadian soldier dies on Jordanian training mission
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Major Scott Foote, a logistics officer with 1 Canadian Division in Kingston, Ontario, died on Thursday while on a training mission in Jord...
Political campaigns matter #nlpoli
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New information calls for a change in perspective. Turns out that the drop in turnout identified by the initial vote results wasn't ...
Ego and folly #nlpoli
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“When the situation was manageable it was neglected, and now that it is thoroughly out of hand we apply too late the remedies which then mi...
16 November 2016
Ball, Coady confirm secret talks with Quebec on Labrador hydro #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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Premier Dwight Ball confirmed in the House of Assembly on Wednesday that officials from this province are talking to officials in Quebec abo...
The Sunshine List Case hits the court #nlpoli
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The public sector unions' attack on freedom of information is finally in front of a judge. The unions want to block disclosure of the...
15 November 2016
General Ignorance: Economic Version #nlpoli
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Of all the people in Canada who know something about the Equalization system,. none of them sit in the House of Assembly. Item: Kevin Hu...
The Trump Election #nlpoli
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All you will ever need in order to understand the recent American presidential election is contained in this little chart. It appeared wit...
14 November 2016
Leaders and salaries #nlpoli
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Donald Trump says he won't even take one dollar in salary as president. Sounds familiar. In Newfoundland and Labrador, Proto-Trump...
His best shot #nlpoli
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The most important measurement you need to take of Dwight Ball's great vision for the provincial government is that this is his one, bes...
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