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10 February 2007
Analyst: NL economy from top to bottom of pile by '08
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Laurentian Bank Securities' analysis of provincial economies forecasts that Newfoundland and Labrador will experience 3.5% real economi...
Some rejected campaign slogans
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As the three major political parties in Newfoundland and Labrador get ready for the fall general election, their advertising consultants ar...
09 February 2007
For the record: Danny Williams' 2001 speech to Nova Scotia Tories
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Shortly after taking power in 2003, the provincial Progressive Conservatives stripped their party website of any documents from their time i...
No charges for Hickey; defamation suit possible
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According to news reports , the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary will not be laying charges against transportation minister John Hickey [ Rig...
Lorne Calvert to Harper: you shoulda let income trusts suck my treasury dry
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While the federal government's decision on income trusts may have violated an election promise, failing to act in the way it did would h...
A day late...again
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On January 17, Consolidated Thompson chief executive Brian Tobin - yes, that Brian Tobin - said that his company would no longer be pursui...
The Equalization Phoney War
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Before he was hired away from Atlantic Institute for Market Studies to work for the Harper Conservatives, Brian Lee Crowley wrote a brief c...
Pay heed to the silent majority
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Political science professors often get quoted in media stories. They are considered experts on politics. Fair enough assumption. Too often t...
08 February 2007
Danny sweeps three
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The Tories took all three by-elections. No surprise in Kilbride which is a staunchly Tory seat, for for that matter in Ferryland which was...
Stelmach and Williams at odds on fed hand-outs?
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During his trip to Alberta with the three Maritime premiers, Premier Danny Williams claimed he had support from Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach...
Premiers disagree on Equalization
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Demonstrating once again that the Council of the Federation is a vital tool of inter-provincial co-operation, premiers agreed yesterday to ...
07 February 2007
Natural gas terminal on track: Turner
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Mark Turner, president and chief executive of Newfoundland LNG Ltd , is optimistic construction will start this spring on the company's...
Hibernia production slowed down
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Operators of the Hibernia production platform are doing a scheduled maintenance now, instead of seven months from now when it was originall...
A family of talent
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Mike Herriott's back in town to play a gig . He truly is a talented trumpet player who has made a name for himself internationally. You...
Lower Churchill timelines slide back
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Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams announced on Tuesday that the province's hydro corporation had filed applications to t...
06 February 2007
Energy plan delayed...again
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Premier Danny Williams told a VOCM audience this evening the energy plan - 10 years in the making - will be delayed until spring, at the e...
Plunkin' it at City Hall
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Danny Williams says he doesn't take a salary . He does, of course. Williams donates the whole thing to his family charity . Since the mi...
DW missile hits target!
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Danny Williams said Friday he wanted to send a missile to the oil industry. It hit. bloomberg.com - one of the most widely read business ne...
Lower Churchill costs increase; must be polling season
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This announcement on filing an application to build transmission lines in New Brunswick for Lower Churchill electrical power means three thi...
Service interruption
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A minor technical glitch kept the updates down for a couple of days. Bond is back! We now return you to regularly scheduled programming.
04 February 2007
McLellan joins LabMag
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Former deputy prime minister Anne McLellan has joined New Millenium Corp as a strategic advisor. New Millennium holds an 80% interest in ...
03 February 2007
Williams acts...long after the fact (Updated)(Updated 2)
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[Originally posted 02 February 2007] Danny Williams wants members of the legislature repay a $2800 bonus granted in May 2004 for the previo...
NL subsidiary posts higher profits in Alberta
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FortisAlberta , subsidiary of Newfoundland and Labrador-based Fortis Inc announced Friday its profit for 2006 was Cdn$41.1 million, up from ...
The serial government slows further
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Since Danny Williams took office in 2003 he's tried to manage the provincial government with everything - literally every little thing ...
Williams to oilpatch: closed until further notice
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Danny Williams is confused. Or maybe Telegram political reporter Craig Jackson is confused. In the Saturday paper, Danny Williams rants...
Williams money recall: Lipstick on a pig
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Give the Telegram editorialist credit for stating it plainly and correctly. In Saturday's editorial, the province's largest circul...
02 February 2007
Energy minister displays incompetence...again
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Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are growing sadly too familiar with incompetent legislators who sign documents without reading them. In the...
Did Williams fatten charity with allowance?
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Since first confronted with the Auditor General's revelation that members of the legislature took a retro-active bonus in 2004, Premier ...
Friday Follies
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This wasn't there last night when Bond posted last night on advertising. But overnight, this turned up on youtube.com . It's funny.
Hibernia South veto has consequences
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Bond Papers linked to the offshore board documents on Thursday, but the Telegram 's Moira Baird does a much better job of covering the...
Advertising highs and well...ummm...
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For SuperBowl Sunday (now that I know when it is!), here's a spot that remains one of the best SuperBowl spots ever run. This one come...
Boston "guerrilla marketing" stunt: a dumb idea
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The publicity stunt that set Boston police bomb squads hopping on Thursday was not a guerrilla stunt so much as a case of some monkey toss...
01 February 2007
Alberta oilpatch keen on Norwegian offshore
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From CanWest : Canadian-based companies went to town Tuesday in Norway's offshore oil and gas licensing round, snapping up 13 of 49 parc...
Army reserve stretched by Afghan mission
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Reserve army commanders told the Senate committee on national security that continuing the Afghan mission beyond 2009 will put increased pr...
Military family support centres opens in Corner Brook
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With the deployment of nine reservists from second battalion of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, the Gander Military Family Resource Centre ...
Dunderdale wrong on offshore board and Hibernia South
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The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Board today released (click "what's new", once at the CNLOPB site) corresponden...
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