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13 July 2007
Kruger closes CB paper machine, other companies may follow suit
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Kruger Inc . announced late on Friday that it was shutting down a newsprint making machine at the company's Corner Brook mill effective ...
Docs finger short time span in review foul up
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Dr. Joe Tumilty , president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association , said on Thursday that errors in the review of radiology r...
12 July 2007
The Darwin Awards of Crisis Communications
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Health minister Ross Wiseman and how not to handle a crisis, a detailed commentary at Persuasion Business . -srbp-
11 July 2007
Burin radiology timelines
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The tick tock: February 2007 : Concerns raised within Eastern Health of reports by a radiologist at Burin hospital. Eastern Health initiat...
10 July 2007
CT inks Bloom Lake ore sale
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Consolidated Thompson announced today that it has signed an agreement with Wordlink Resources to supply iron ore concentrates from CT's ...
More on Tilley departure
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cbc.ca/nl has an updated story on the sudden resignation yesterday of Eastern Health region's George Tilley. Meanwhile at Persuasion Bu...
09 July 2007
SOL Day 13: The Love Boat!
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It's a provincial government holiday in Newfoundland and Labrador, but holidays can't stop the election love machine from spreading ...
Tilley pulls pin
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George Tilley resigned today as president and chief executive officer of Eastern Health authority, based in St. John's. He will be rep...
Risk brings change to Gazprom project
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Only last October, Russian gas giant Gazprom claimed it exploit the Shtokman gas field on its own. But, Gazprom is now considering a part...
08 July 2007
Key Green provisions delayed to October 9 and beyond
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Members of the House of Assembly will be spending their constituency and other allowances until after the next election as Bond Papers repo...
Telegram: Legislature exempt from FOI law until after election
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The Telegram p. A1 Legislature exempt from FOI law until after election Quiet addition to Green report Rob Antle The Telegram The House of A...
When will Danny start blogging?
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The Governor General is already ahead of him. -srbp-
SOL Day 12: Strawberry Fields Forever
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Isn't it strange that in the middle of what is supposed to be a war between Danny Williams and Steve Harper, so many provincial cabinet ...
07 July 2007
Competence deficit the big one
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St. John's city council has quite a few deficits. There's the civility deficit that's been around as long as the current mayor h...
06 July 2007
SOL Day 10: Yet more money
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It's the Summer of Love in Newfoundland and Labrador and the cash just keeps on flowing. 1. CNG and NLDG are contributing respectively ...
05 July 2007
SOL Day 9: More money and photogenic turds
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So much for this feud between Dan Williams and Steve Harper. When there's a provincial election election campaign underway and a federa...
04 July 2007
Cameron inquiry to review health care PR
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There's a brief post at Persuasion Business discussing two of the terms of reference for Madam Justice Margaret Cameron's inquiry i...
Sponsorship of Connie hypocrisy
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From the Calgary Herald, news that more money was spent by Canada's New Harpocrisy on Canada Day celebrations in Quebec than in the res...
Bad timing? No. Just bad Layton policy
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Forget the appalling timing of Jack Layton falsely accusing NATO forces of indiscriminately killing Afghan civilians on the same day that ...
Aussie oil field approved
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BHP Billiton announced today that it will be developed an oil field offshore western Australia. Development cost is estimated at slightly l...
03 July 2007
SOL, Day 8: More money from Ottawa
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Who says the provincial Progressive Conservatives and the federal Connies are on the outs? Pish posh old boy. Not when there's an elec...
Persuasion Business Update
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A discussion of reputation, titled " Actions speak louder than words ", the latest post at Persuasion Business. - srbp -
The Real Change: 1991 and changed provincial government attitudes
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Think profits, Wells urges Newfoundland The Ottawa Citizen. Sep 11, 1991 Page. D.3 ST. JOHN'S (CP) _ Newfoundlanders have to start think...
Plus ca change: 1987 version
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First there was 30 years ago. How about 20 years ago? Province seeks focus for action Financial Post Jun 1, 1987 p. 16 Regional development ...
The Persuasion Business: Actions speak louder than words
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If public relations is fundamentally about relationships, there are two words that are crucial to any relationship: reputation and credibili...
Lower Churchill by undersea cable: the 1978 view
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This piece might be from the Globe and Mail 30 years ago, but it highlights so much about the megaprojects for Gull Island and Muskrat Fal...
It's the bit they don't say that kills you
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There's yet another piece on Newfoundland and Labrador in the Globe . Today's topic is the Lower Churchill project, which may becom...
Cooke passes Fortune; FFAW implicated
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From CBC News : A New Brunswick aquaculture company has decided not to process farmed salmon in a southern Newfoundland community this fall,...
02 July 2007
Proud to be Canadian
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Yeah I am. There are a bunch of reasons, none of which are really relevant because this is about other people who make me proud to be a Newf...
Last month in history
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Yeah. It was that long ago. June 1987 and Clyde Wells took on the then-thankless task of leading the provincial Liberal Party. And this snap...
Stimulus - response
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This editorial from the Telegram on June 28 turns up in the Toronto Star on July 2. Premier Danny Williams likes to throw out these one l...
01 July 2007
The Persuasion Business: What the heck is public relations?
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In 1999, I headed up the public affairs section of the Department of National Defence task force in Newfoundland and Labrador that would co-...
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