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15 July 2009
Ospreys at YYT: Day 2
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A flurry of photographers arrived in ye olde e-mail inbox this morning from local aircraft enthusiasts. These people can also use a camera...
Fantasy Island; Flags of Our Fathers version
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A cabinet minister whose doesn’t know his historical arse from his current events elbow. And now a bunch of guys who put up a flag to rem...
14 July 2009
Seen at YYT: Ospreys!
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Pictures to follow but three Osprey tilt-rotors arrived at St. John’s airport within the last hour, apparently accompanied by a KC-130. T...
Having big guns helps
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Paper maker Kruger may be getting additional financial help from the provincial government to keep its mill in Corner Brook operational. ...
Good news on fishery
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It may have taken a global crisis to bring everyone together but the provincial government, the Association of Seafood Producers and the Fis...
13 July 2009
Sorta NSFW Monday
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There is no limit to the human imagination. Proof can be found in the marvellous Lego. Millions of children have grown up with them, bui...
Sudbury workers on strike
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Vale Inco’s unionized employees in Sudbury hit the picket line Monday after 85% rejected the company’s latest contract offer in voting on th...
$300 million for Goose Bay environmental clean-up
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The federal government will spend $300 million for environmental clean-up at 5 Wing Goose Bay. The clean-up project will end in 2020. The...
12 July 2009
Government on shuttle watch?
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STS-127 will launch from Cape Canaveral in less than four hours. The shuttle Endeavour will launch on an inclination of 51.6 degrees taki...
10 July 2009
Paul Oram: Minister of Revisionist History
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Former business minister Paul Oram did a series of interviews when he was in Atlanta last October to attend a trade mission. His intervi...
Well, that didn’t work
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A quickie cabinet shuffle – the third in eight months – didn’t produce the media coverage they likely thought it might. Check the headli...
09 July 2009
It’s not easy being green
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Well, at least not under a variety of American state and federal laws in New England especially if you are proposing a hydroelectric project...
The Great NL Gasoline Price Fixing Scheme: Summer 2009 edition
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Gasoline prices in Newfoundland and Labrador are set by the provincial government. While gasoline prices across North America have been dr...
08 July 2009
Oil drops 18 % in a week
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Prices for front month crude have dropped more than 18% in the past week. The markets appear to be reacting to news of continued economic...
Strike looming at Sudbury and Voisey’s Bay
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Unionized workers at Voisey’s Bay voted on the weekend to reject a contract offer by the employer Vale. A vote at Vale’s Sudbury operation...
Chew the wafer
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The Prime Minister is in a bit of a political hard spot with questions over what he did with the Eucharistic host at the recent funeral fo...
Of mice and antelope through the looking glass
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In this summer of political problems across the province, of meltdowns and power lines, some old posts at Bond Papers take on a renewed rele...
07 July 2009
Gros Morne erections trump the unforgettable natural environment
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Natural ecosystems were worth protecting in 2007 – the election year – because they define us as a people. In 2009, yeah, maybe not so muc...
An equity stake in the province’s natural heritage
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A cynic, Oscar Wilde once wrote, is a fellow who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. There is no word, apparently for ...
9 Wing Gander to get new buildings
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The Department of National Defence will spend $42.5 million on three new buildings at 9 Wing Gander. One building will give a new home to...
NALCOR may be exempted from offshore royalty payments
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If the provincial government acts on a provision of the Hebron fiscal agreement, the government’s own energy corporation could wind up payin...
06 July 2009
CHHC pays off for provincial government
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Even without owning it, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador will likely earn more from the federal government’s 8.5% share in Hibern...
Province’s political puff posture goes “Poof!”
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Sure, the Premier claimed the provincial government wasn’t participating in the trade talks with the European Union, but Geoff Meeker discov...
Agricultural land freeze action MIA
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The provincial government announced a review of the agricultural land freeze in the metropolitan St. John’s area in early 2007 . The com...
05 July 2009
Kremlinology 3: Gros Morne version
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The provincial government’s tourism folks love Gros Morne with all its beautiful views and its UNESCO World Heritage Site designation. Th...
04 July 2009
“Negativity” and “bloggers” part of Palin excuses
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Some aspects of Sarah Palin’s resignation excuses will sound familiar to people living t the other book-end of the continent’s northern reac...
Gros Morne international status threatened
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Gros Morne national park could lose its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site if NALCOR Energy, the provincial government’s oil, gas ...
Happy second term, President Obama
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Sarah Palin is considered by most to be a serious contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. This should make Republica...
03 July 2009
Northern Trident ’09 - Port Visit- St. John’s
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Two Royal Australian Navy frigates – HMAS Sydney and HMAS Ballarat – will be in St. John’s on Monday July 6 for a port call. The ships ar...
R.I. M.O.U. M.I.A.
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A memorandum of understanding between the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and the State of Rhode Island in mid-2007 appears to have...
VOCM website = GCRI
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VOCM’s new website is turning into a bit of a disaster. A new feature that lists the most popular news stories also allows for old storie...
New Dawn still M.I.A
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Announced with great fanfare last September , a land claims agreement-in-principle between the Innu of Labrador and the provincial governme...
02 July 2009
Alive or dead?
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According to an online VOCM story dated June 30 but still running at 5:00 PM, July 2: A friend of the bicyclist critically injured in ...
Equity
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The people of Newfoundland and Labrador have been hearing a lot about equity these past few years. They’ve been hearing about it just rece...
Former LG Roberts named to Order of Canada
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Her Excellency the Governor General yesterday announced the appointment of former lieutenant governor and former cabinet minister Edward Ro...
01 July 2009
Congrats Al Franken!
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After a lengthy election campaign and a seemingly endless court battle, Al Franken is new senator from Minnesota. In this short clip from ...
Commemoration Day, 2009
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An old post that still resonates: Commemoration Day 2006
Fishing for sympathy without any bait
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You can tell a government is up a political creek without a canoe let alone a paddle. They issue windy news releases rattling off supposed...
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