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Churchill Falls and Muskrat Falls - Background
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22 April 2010
A million monkeys…
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There’s an old joke about putting a millions to work banging away at typewriters. Eventually, according to the law of averages, probability...
Western Star raises issue of Danny Williams’ resignation
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The Western Star, the only other daily newspaper in Newfoundland and Labrador and the newspaper in the Premier’s district, is raising the p...
Strategic Social Plan (1995) – Social Profile
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This Province's unique advantage is the strength of character, resilience, ingenuity and enterprise of its people. In the past 50 years,...
21 April 2010
Strategic Social Plan (1995) - Introduction
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In June 1992, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador released Change and Challenge , the Province's Strategic Economic Plan. In the...
20 April 2010
Dust to dust
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Apparently, the last wish of the Icelandic economy was to have its ashes scattered across Europe. -srbp-
Desperate Remedies
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All principle converts to cash . The official policy is reductio ad argentum . As your humble e-scribbler put it only a few weeks ago: ...
Offshore board announces 2010 land sale
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The official release: “The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) announced today the details of the 2010 Cal...
Megamania: Wacky edition
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A 40-year-old hydro-electric megaproject, on a river already home to massive hydro development, estimated to cost at least $6 billion, that ...
Strategic Social Plan (1995) - Forward
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This Strategic Social Plan Consultation Paper initiates the final phase of an intensive Provincial planning process which began more tha...
19 April 2010
Taking responsibility – comments, courts and disclosure
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A Nova Scotia court decision last week ordering The Coast to cough up details of people who left comments on the newspaper’s website caused...
18 April 2010
Will Americans shift oil attention to own offshore?
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According to figures in a 2006 study for the United States federal government, the Atlantic offshore area that may be opened soon to drilli...
NL manufacturing nosedived in February
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Manufacturing sales in Newfoundland and Labrador dropped almost 40% in February 2010 compared to February 2009, according to figures release...
17 April 2010
Offshore oil production remained down in February
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Oil production offshore Newfoundland and Labrador continued to trend lower in February 2010, despite continued high oil prices. Total prod...
16 April 2010
I thought *you* had jobs to send to *us*…
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Take a look at the very limited amount coverage available on the Internet about the southern governors and Canadian premiers conference. T...
15 April 2010
Jon Lien: mensch
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Jon Lien, known around the world for his work with humpback whales, died in St. John’s today, age 71. He was a remarkable human being and ...
Interconnection key to reliable wind power
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A recent study from the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment shows that a network of offshore wind sites can b...
14 April 2010
Show Trial
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Charges laid against one Innu hunter from events in 2009 caused a minor flurry in St. John’s when the news broke charges had been laid. Thi...
Wolfe Island Wind Farm
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Since last summer, pictures of the Wolfe Island wind farm have been one of the most popular search terms to drive traffic to Bond Papers . ...
Government-subsidised government jobs
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There are two things to notice about a provincial government news release from the human resources and labour department announcing the awa...
13 April 2010
Oil above $80/bbl may hamper recovery
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The International Energy Agency is warning that oil prices above US$80 a barrel may jeopardise economic recovery in major countries. From ...
Labour Force and Employment, March 2007-March 2010
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Just for the fun of it all, here’s a table showing the Newfoundland and Labrador labour force (top line and the employment, by month, from M...
12 April 2010
The Fragile Economy: …and two steps back
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In 2007, the contracts manager at Metalcraft Marine , a Kingston Ontario boat builder noticed the growing number of reports from the united ...
10 April 2010
Rosy with a chance of goofballs
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Not only will the provincial government continue to make billions despite dwindling oil production, that situation will continue over the ne...
09 April 2010
Let he who didn’t oppose The Deal…
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cast the first stone against New Brunswick Power’s proposed 3% rate hike or any of the other proposals aimed at coping with the company’s f...
Conveniently close to home
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The Premier is co-hosting an international trade mission this weekend, as the provincial government’s information service dutifully tells u...
Cod farm folds only months into start-up
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Cooke Aquaculture is closing an $8.5 million cod demonstration project it opened last year with financial help from the federal and provin...
08 April 2010
Community Values
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Some Newfoundlanders and Labradorians may be offended that a Pentecostal pastor received a light sentence – a suspended sentence and 12 mon...
Not quite #bustyhookers - Twin Peaks 20th anniversary
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The first episode of Twin Peaks aired 20 years ago – April 8, 1990. Here’s a quick clip in which SA Cooper meets the ever-lovely Audrey H...
From the ridiculous to the absurd: national news quickies
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1. A Harris-Decima poll for Canadian Press confirms what most Canadians have known for a couple of years: neither of the federal politica...
07 April 2010
Significant Digits – oil production
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In 2009, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers forecast a steady decline in local oil production. The decline is forecast to e...
Significant Digits – health care edition
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In 1995, the provincial government spent slightly less than a billion dollars on health care. That was 26.4% of the provincial budget tha...
06 April 2010
Crisis at Tammany
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Well, not really. It’s really just a couple of councillors who have opted for hysterics over reason given the decision by Fortis to withdr...
The Fragile Economy: reductio ad argentum
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Political parties that come into power without direction tend to fall back on a couple of crutches to help them get through. One is inerti...
05 April 2010
Colonel Mustard…
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in his jail cell with aluminum foil and cardboard. Accused murderer Russell Williams tried to off himself in his cell at the Quinte Deten...
04 April 2010
Seven cent nickel
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How the Tories plan to balance the budget: -srbp-
03 April 2010
Colbert doesn’t RATE
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Retired at Taxpayer Expense that is. If Gerry Colbert wants to retire after 25 years of working, then let him. No one would begrudge him...
02 April 2010
Epic Fail of The Week: prov gov loses to Abitibi… again
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First, the provincial government’s Legal Genius(es) drafted the expropriation bill which seized - all, as it turned out - AbitibiBowater as...
01 April 2010
Happy Confederation Day!
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Signing of the Terms of Union between Newfoundland and Canada, December 1948. The union took effect shortly before midnight on March 31...
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