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20 January 2011
Fisheries agreement delayed again
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Did anyone really expect that fisheries minister Clyde Jackman would actually tell the people of the province officially, with a news releas...
New gas find offshore Israel
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Funny the things that slip by. Over Christmas the Globe and Mail ran a story on new oil and natural gas finds in Israel. The twenty tril...
19 January 2011
AbitibiBowater properties up for sale
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An advertisement appearing in the Telegram on Wednesday put the Stephenville and Botwood properties still owned by AbitibiBowater up for sa...
Non-res building up 23.% in Q4
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The value of non-residential construction in Newfoundland and Labrador increased 23.6% in the fourth quarter of 2010 compared to the third q...
17 January 2011
Tory angst might be well founded
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Conservatives across Newfoundland and Labrador seem to be in a bit of a tizzy. Danny Williams’ sudden departure has the caucus so spooked th...
Layton renews call for Conservative-style tax cuts
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On a visit to St. John’s Monday, federal New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton renewed his call to cut taxes from home heating: Layt...
The King’s Speech
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Via the BBC, a short article on King George VI and his speech impediment. The article includes the complete audio of the King’s speech in...
Rick Hillier? Tim Powers? No thanks, say NL Tories
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Whatever is going on in Newfoundland and Labrador these days certainly is politics but it most certainly is not democracy. What is dizzyin...
16 January 2011
Overture: “William Tell”
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Sadly, split into two bits: - srbp -
Overture from “The Barber of Seville”
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Political blarney stone gone
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Danny Williams’ political backside used to be like a blarney stone on legs. Any politician of any stripe loved to kiss Danny’s hind bits ...
Iceland opportunity lost
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Danny Williams’ obsession with signing something he could have called a Lower Churchill deal before he quit politics ignored a far better op...
15 January 2011
Connie Leadership 2011: Party delays appeal hearing
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According to the Telegram, the provincial Conservative Party is postponing the appeal into it’s decision on Brad Cabana’s leadership bid. ...
HQ signs new power deal with Vermont
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Starting next year, Hydro-Quebec will ship power to Vermont under a new 26 year power purchase agreement, according to the Montreal Gazette ...
Connie Leadership 2011: Spooky stuff
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In the middle of the 1990s, some guy - a “prominent young St. John’s lawyer” apparently thought the Tories should have a leadership contest...
Dunderball - Traffic for Jan 10-14, 2010
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Who would have thought a mere two months ago that the ruling Conservatives could be embroiled in a political clusterfrack entirely of their ...
14 January 2011
Money for nothing
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A change in lyrics, if ya notice…
No Muskrat Falls in BMO forecast
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Curiously, BMO’s latest economic forecast for the province doesn’t include any reference to Muskrat Falls. The bank’s economists forecast...
Building permits value drops almost 50% in November
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The value of all building permits issued in Newfoundland and Labrador in November 2010 dropped 49.3% from the month before, according to fig...
Paternalism on display
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Members of Danny Williams’ personality cult tend to infantilise themselves and those around them. It’s an expression of paternalism, one of ...
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