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06 January 2010
Brent Price Comparisons
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For those who have been following along with the discussion of oil prices and provincial government revenue, it’s interesting to compare the...
05 January 2010
Sikorsky settles with NL S-92 families/survivor
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There’s a settlement in the lawsuit launched by the sole survivor and the families of passengers and crew who died in the crash last march o...
In your wildest dreams…
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You likely never imagined a popular revolt at the idea that parliament would not be sitting for about the same number of days that Tom Rideo...
Oil production remains lower than forecast
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Provincial government oil production forecast remains way off track. Budget 2009 predicted oil production would total 98 million barrels i...
04 January 2010
ARC Silly Week
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As a bit of a diversion, here are some local contributions to what is known as Silly Week at Aircraft Resource Center , a website devoted to...
Imagine if they were senate vacancies…
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Seems that something is holding up the announcement of four appointments to the provincial court. The clerks’ room at Number 3 Iniquity co...
03 January 2010
Why I write
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“In any thriving democracy, sound public policy can only come through informed debate and discussion.” The reason for writing The Sir ...
01 January 2010
When finance ministers meet…
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31 December 2009
Top Bond Papers posts of 2009
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If you haven’t had your fill of lists, here’s another one. This time it’s some of the top posts from Bond Papers for 2009. Now by top, w...
New Year’s Contest: name the new NL senator
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So parliament will start anew in the New Year and all the empty seats in the senate will have new bums to fill them. Who do you think will...
The Spin Economy
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Spin is bullshit. Plain and simple. In this Canadian Press story, much is made of the fact that 29% of employers in a survey by careerb...
30 December 2009
Top 10 Best/Worst Communicators of 2009
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From Bert Decker, his list of the top 10 American communicators. Some you will recognise and agree with. Some you will recognise and won...
Top 10 Stories of 2009
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No need for elaborate commentaries for this one. Here are the 10 stories that - in the not so humble opinion of your humble e-scribbler ...
29 December 2009
Kids say the darndest things
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Before Christmas Memorial University political science prof – and former Williams administration spin-meister - Alex Marland had some choi...
Scenes from a parking lot: recycling at Walmart
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Discarded chewing gum is used to pave in front of every Walmart. -srbp-
Scenes from a parking lot: Big Truck
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There’s is no amount of l’il blue pills that can overcome the inadequacy symbolized by the honking great, brand new pick-up trucks to be fou...
The Cure and The Disease
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The guy who tried to blow up a Christmas Day flight to Detroit hid two containers of flammable materials inside his underwear. His unsucce...
Innu seek halt to water management application
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In a 51-page letter filed with the public utilities board on December 15, the Innu of Ekuanitshit are asking the border to refuse to approv...
TWINCO seeks intervener status in water management decision
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The Twin Falls Power Company is seeking intervener status in the hearings at the public utilities board into the water management applicatio...
28 December 2009
The Imaginarium of Spin-doctor Marshall
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According to finance minister Tom Marshall, estimated growth in the province’s population is due to people flocking home to find work. ...
The fly in the soup clinging to the hair
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Writing in the Globe on Christmas Eve, Fabrice Taylor noted the strong performance of Labrador iron ore in the market place, bouyed by in...
26 December 2009
Where’s Adolph?
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Interfax added to the controversy over the whereabouts of Nazi leader Adolph Hitler’s remains in early December with a story from the Russi...
24 December 2009
Keep an eye on Santa
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via NORAD’s Santa tracker . -srbp-
The other movie to see this holiday weekend
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23 December 2009
The movie to see this holiday weekend
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A gnu twist on the animal song meme
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Another Flanders and Swann classic: -srbp-
22 December 2009
The Written Word Round-up
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1. Rewriting the rules of defamation . The Supreme Court of Canada hands down a landmark ruling on two defamation cases and in the proces...
The Hippopotamus Song, Flanders and Swann version
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21 December 2009
They can’t re-blackball him
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Publisher Craig Westcott’s recent editorial from the Business Post has found its way to a New Brunswick newspaper . Wonder what the local...
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
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The song that is driving people insane. -srbp-
Rumpole and the Christmas Honours List
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Word coming from the clerks’ room at Iniquity Court has it that on Tuesday next the province’s justice minister will announce recipients of ...
20 December 2009
Yipppeee! Bring on those higher energy prices
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From the New York Times : In 2009, some 31,000 households in Rhode Island will have their utilities shut off, and the effort to juggle...
Kremlinology 13: the seat by the door
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Used to be Ray Hunter, a backbencher who reportedly had his fair share of differences with the direction some things went. Now it’s Wade V...
19 December 2009
Hebron Project Timelines
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For those interested in this sort of detail, and from the good folks at the Hebron project website , comes this picture of the project timel...
Significant digits: December 2009
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1. Number of days Tom Rideout was premier: 43. 2. Number of days the House of Assembly sat in 2009: 43. 3. Average number of days t...
18 December 2009
Purely coincidental: Hydro-Quebec/NB Power version
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Some of these things are linked. Some may be purely coincidental. 1. Hydro-Quebec plans to buy NB Power including the Point LePreau nucl...
“Everything else is advertising.”
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Sometimes, things that don’t appear to be connected things scream out to be connected. Take, for example, a piece last weekend in the Glob...
17 December 2009
Public execution delayed for Speaker’s Christmas Party
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Under Standing Order 9 of the House of Assembly, it’s pretty simple: 9. If at 5:30 o’clock in the afternoon except on Wednesday, the b...
Harvest Energy sold
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Harvest Energy Trust announced today that the trust has been sold to Korea National Oil Company (KNOC). Included in the sale is the oil r...
Hebron cuts: Dunderdale blunders; will NALCOR alone foot bill for replacement work?
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In the House of Assembly on Wednesday , natural resources minister Kathy Dunderdale confirmed what Bond Papers told you about on December 1...
16 December 2009
The die is cast aside
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“The die is cast!” That’s what then-education minister Joan Burke said back in 2007 when the current provincial administration unveiled i...
15 December 2009
The Placentia Bay Nostradamus
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If the Telegram editors ever get jammed up for copy, they could easily recycle Ray Guy columns from 40 years ago. Most people wouldn’t ...
Bon Deal. Bad Deal.
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Turns out buying NB Power could be a very bad deal for Hydro-Quebec. Of course, that would make it a very good deal for New Brunswickers....
Eight appointed to Order of Newfoundland and Labrador
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His Honour John Crosbie inducted eight new members into the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador in a ceremony at Government House last wee...
Net debt and liabilities
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In the next of this series of snapshots of the provincial government’s financial state, let’s take a look at few more charts. First, there...
14 December 2009
Hebron changes: uncertainty over implications of work cancellation
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Under questioning in the House of Assembly on Monday, natural resources minister Kathy Dunderdale couldn’t point to a section of the benefit...
Net borrowings up since 2000
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Net borrowing per person is higher now than it was in 2000, according to the province’s audited financial statements . In Fiscal Year ...
13 December 2009
Energy audio and video roundup
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1. From CBC New Brunswick , a panel discussion involving the leader of the New Brunswick Conservative, Green and New Democratic parties and...
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