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25 November 2007
Security breach at public health lab
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Officials in Newfoundland and Labrador are investigating a security breach involving the province's Public Health Laboratory. On Fri...
21 November 2007
A breath of fresh air
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December 4-5,2007. Toronto. The Canadian Institute's conference on social media . For those outside Toronto, it would be a pricey ...
Leaving out crucial facts damages cred and rep
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One of the things that undermines any marketing or public relations effort is the gap between claim or statement on the one hand and fact on...
20 November 2007
A good start, the City Hall version
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The City of St. John's is short on its budget for next year. $6.0 million short. So councilors are considering axing funding for commun...
Wow, Peter Whittle
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Liz couldn't have scripted a better comment for CBC's Morning Show talk back line. -srbp-
16 November 2007
The old fat poll goose
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18 happy-happy joy-joy news releases from the provincial government on Thursday, triple the number issued each of the previous two days. ...
15 November 2007
Military oil demand
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From National Public Radio , an interesting article on oil consumption by the United States armed forces. Note the reference to a Hercules b...
14 November 2007
Hibernia at 10
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The Hibernia offshore oil field produced its first oil 10 years ago this week. The project - regarded as a gamble at the time - was neve...
All in favour of extras?
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Some Honourable members: Aye! No surprise the miniscule and ineffective Liberal Party caucus in the House of Assembly likes the idea of Y...
Doomed
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You read it here yesterday. It was cemented at a hastily called party executive meeting Monday night. -srbp-
Sell the pig
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Mile One could be profitable. It can't be profitable in the hands of St. John's City Council. This year's deficit will be ov...
13 November 2007
Reid to go; Jones to lead party?
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Gerry Reid will announce he is leaving politics today. That's the most likely announcement he'll make. In the meantime, the Yvon...
12 November 2007
Getting our fair share, the Nevisian view
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From a 2006 commentary in The Leeward Times , St. Kitts and Nevis, the following observations about a development by Newfound Group in the t...
11 November 2007
Newfound NV unable to secure US$21 million loan
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Newfound NV announced on November 8 that it has been unable to secure US$21 million in working capital for the company's Newfoundland o...
Top o' the Pile: Gary Kelly
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One of the better blogs around is written by Gary Kelly; Gary offers sharp writing on diverse topics backed by research and accompanied by l...
Reinforcements
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From Oh!, What a lovely war , a poignant commentary that combines a popular soldier's ditty from the Great War with one of the best know...
Remembrance
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1. Attack, Siegfried Sassoon At dawn the ridge emerges massed and dun In the wild purple of the glow'ring sun, Smouldering through s...
10 November 2007
Suddenly uncocky
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper doesn't seem quite as smug this Saturday as say he has on any day over the past two weeks. There's a...
09 November 2007
A national gallery belongs in the national capital
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Canada's toddler government wants to ship the National Portrait Gallery to a permanent home in one of nine cities across Canada. T...
08 November 2007
Excited about excrement
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The penchant for pushing "good news" in this the last polling period for government's official pollster has reached new highs....
Poll goosing explained
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Skinner's words: update
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Offal News posted an audio recording of human resources minister Shawn Skinner's profuse apology and backtracking exercise discussed ea...
In his own words: Shawn Skinner on federal-provincial relations
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Jonathan Crowe: But I mean, your boss is saying "Anybody But Conservative" in the next election. That's gotta be difficult...
Negotiating tactic
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Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro chairman Dean MacDonald tells an Ontario energy association meeting that when it comes to the Lower Churchi...
07 November 2007
Hey, Steve! Message for ya!
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Photographers sometimes capture images that they didn't see, but which turn up in the process of sorting shots after a shoot. Like thi...
Whither the fishery?
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In the Wednesday Globe , Derek Butler, executive director of the Association of Seafood Producers of Newfoundland and Labrador, offers some ...
Another resounding victory...
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1. In the cause for electoral reform or political reform or some kind of reform: another riding taken by a party already in dictatorship t...
06 November 2007
Emergency confuddles
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Someone released a bunch of letters between the provincial and federal governments about emergency response funding. From a media standpoi...
Lest we forget
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An e-mail this morning drew my attention to the use of the poppy, which, until this morning, was prominently displayed at the top of the rig...
05 November 2007
Power, politics and change
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People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people. 'Tis that time of the year onc...
Why the ABC thing might just turn out to be a farce or a ruse.
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The Star , via nottawa. The Conservative victory in 2006 was a function of a strong New Democratic performance . Someone could reasonabl...
Don't show us your tits: the media coverage
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Cheryl Cruz's sorry experience at Universal Studios Florida has turned into a bit of a media storm for the entertainment giant. Local ...
04 November 2007
Unfashionably frank, closer to home
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Craig Westcott, publisher editor and just about everything at the Business Post is now blogging. The Public Ledger -srbp-
Unfashionably frank
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Until his death last week at age 92, Paul Tibbetts never expressed any regret, remorse or indeed any emotional reaction at all to what becam...
03 November 2007
Woodrow packs it in
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John Woodrow has quit as the Liberal candidate in the deferred central Newfoundland election. He didn't do it for the right reasons ; ...
Business Shorts
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1. South Coast Partners LP concludes takeover of Oceanex. 2. Cornerstone adds new director. 3. Vulcan Minerals Inc . has been advised...
CSC boss likes government focus on volunteer/not-for-profit sector
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Penelope Rowe, president of the Community Services Council , told CBC that a new provincial government ministry aimed at the volunteer and ...
02 November 2007
Exxon confirms second Orphan Basin well
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ExxonMobil confirmed Thursday that it will drill a second exploration well in the Orphan Basin offshore Newfoundland in 2008. The well ha...
Don't show us your tits
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A woman from this province is asked to cover up while breast-feeding in public. She was giving her tyke a meal while at Universal Studios, ...
Stop your more for me please rants
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Danny Williams is using Loyola Sullivan's old debt boogeyman to try and frighten people away from demanding too much of a provincial go...
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