The Sir Robert Bond Papers

For those who have lived by the provincial government’s polling as proof of how popular the governing Conservatives have been, the most rece...

Former conservative member of parliament Rex Barnes announced today that he will be challenging Conservative incumbent Ray Hunter for the n...

Granter won.  Watton lost. Myers came a distant third. Tories held the seat and they still do. That’s the simple result and for the ...

So the provincial Conservatives are still looking to Uncle Ottawa for a loan guarantee to build the Danny Williams Memorial Money Pit, a.k.a...

Since 1949, not a single Premier has left office and then come back later to campaign on behalf of a by-election candidate for his party whi...

First Danny Williams emerges from his hiding place to campaign in Corner Brook on behalf of the hand-picked Conservative candidate in Humber...

The year:  2008. The case:  Auditor General John Noseworthy suddenly took it in his head that the offshore regulatory board fell within hi...

Danny Williams’ former law firm got potentially lucrative provincial government legal work without competing in any way.  The information ...

Front page of the Telegram with a glorious picture.  Way better advertising than he could ever buy with cash and Steve Kent nailed it. ...

Ottawa Citizen defence columnist David Pugliese posted this comment from a former Coast Guard employee on search and rescue.  Interesting t...

Cheryl Gallant sinks Here’s hoping… (political campaigning in Humber West) The road not taken (public debt, Conservative fiscal...

One of the most tragic and despicable beliefs to come out of the Cougar 491 crash in 2009 is that the outcome might have been different exce...

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Jerome’s shaved off his moustache. Again. Last time the province’s health minister went out in public sans ‘stache, he came up with so...

A complex series of events involving 16 significant factors contributed to the crash of Cougar Helicopters Flight 491 in early 2009 and the ...

The audio is now available online . [mp3] CBC set this up correctly:  in-studio interviews so that none of the candidates can hear the oth...

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Seriously, gang… Is it more disturbing that someone started an obviously fake Twitter account for Kathy Dunderdale in the general style o...

Feast your eyes on labradore’s latest offering about public debt in Newfoundland and Labrador. The only people left who think the curren...

Last fall when the provincial government debated a resolution to appoint the current child advocate, the minister then responsible for the d...

That all those cabinet ministers and political staffers working hard to take Humber West for Grantered and the Conservatives are not campaig...

From a Rio Tinto news release issued Tuesday: “Rio Tinto has given the go-ahead to a further US$277 million investment (Rio Tinto share U...

Last week Humber West Conservative candidate Vaughn Granter didn’t have the time to discuss issues. He would need – by his own estimate – ...

The value of building permits in Newfoundland and Labrador dropped again in December, to $76 million from $90 million in November according ...

The federal and provincial governments released the environmental impact study scoping document on Monday for the proposed transmission lin...

Pity Clayton Forsey. He’s the Conservative member of the provincial legislature from the district of Exploits. Like many of his colleagues...

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Two stories this week to lighten the mood. First:   a poster in the Health Sciences Centre announcing an event for February.  Someone cros...

Good question. You’ll find one woman’s take on it at cbc.ca/nl .  Beware, though, of one figure that is likely off.  Both Debbie Cooper ...

The provincial government hasn’t really been managing the public purse in a sustainable and fiscally responsible way. Your humble e-scribb...

Compare this Conservative Party spot… with this classic political spot: The Conservative spot is darker and much less hopeful ...

But different. A good first step is how the Premier described her first meeting with the Prime Minister. But she was bit vague on the d...

Maybe Kathy Dunderdale can resurrect Danny Williams big dream of a tunnel connecting Labrador to the island. Remember the Stunnel ? Surely...

In a city where the environment is a big issue, a chance to speak in a public meeting on environmental issues during a by-election might be ...

Ken Dryden dropped in to Corner Brook last weekend to endorse his old chief of staff – Mark Watton – who is running in the by-election to fi...

From 2006, an article by Craig Westcott that appeared originally in the now defunct Independent .  Premier Kathy Dunderdale went to Ottawa...

Politicians running for the government party in Newfoundland and Labrador usually have a simple message;  vote for me or the district won’t ...

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Okay so if January comes in like a political nut-bar, it makes you wonder if it will go out in a straightjacket. Like is this the most san...