Left to Right: Bill Doody, Brian Peckford, John Crosbie, Jane Crosbie,and Beth Crosbie at the 1983 federal PC leadership convention The outpouring of praise in memory of John Crosbie, who died on Thursday, has been such a flood of cliché and, in some cases, fiction that it does a disservice
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Escape Hatch #nlpoli
Historian Gerhard bassler’s new book from Flanker examines efforts by the Government of Newfoundland to develop local industry by recruiting immigrants from Germany, Latvia, and Austria between 1950 and 1970. Based in large part on interviews Bassler conducted for other research on Germans in Newfoundland, this is a personal account
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Escape Hatch #nlpoli
Historian Gerhard bassler’s new book from Flanker examines efforts by the Government of Newfoundland to develop local industry by recruiting immigrants from Germany, Latvia, and Austria between 1950 and 1970. Based in large part on interviews Bassler conducted for other research on Germans in Newfoundland, this is a personal account
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Waiting for Fidel #nlpoli #cdnpoli
From the National Film Board: “This feature-length documentary from 1974 takes viewers inside Fidel Castro’s Cuba. A movie-making threesome hope that Fidel himself will star in their film. The unusual crew consists of former Newfoundlandpremier Joseph Smallwood, radio and TV owner Geoff Stirling and NFB film director Michael Rubbo. What
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