DHDM 2: St. John’s East #nlpoli #cdnpoli
If the numbers from the Liberal campaign in St. John’s East are right, then New Democratic Party incumbent Jack Harris is in serious trouble. Asked if which candidate they would…
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Dead heat = dead meat #nlpoli
As the federal election winds down to the last day, the result is likely going to be nothing any of the pundits expected. Okay, the election isn;t winding down for…
WTF?
There are times you read stuff and you just have to wonder what brought that on. There’s Telegram editor Russell Wangersky explaining how newspapers are still relevant in the world…
Consumer to pay 19.8 cents for electricity in 2020: Nalcor #nlpoli
Muskrat Falls will ensure consumers in Newfoundland and Labrador pay much higher electricity rates than they otherwise needed to pay. The latest Nalcor estimate is that consumers in the province…
The Manipulation Manipulation #nlpoli #cdnpoli
/What a difference 36 years makes. There’s New Democrat strategist Robin Sears in a National Post piece complaining about the way the Liberal are running their guy named Trudeau in…
The ABCs of ABC #nlpoli
In 2004, Danny Williams fought for three months against a federal government decision that had been settled – at least for the federal government – earlier in the year…
The uncivil Civil War #nlpoli
At the heart of the ongoing civil war between Danny Williams’ provincial Conservatives and Stephen Harper’s federal Conservatives is the claim by Williams that Harper broke his 2006 election promise…
Alternatives to the Falls #nlpoli
Since people are wondering if Muskrat Falls really is still the cheapest way to make electricity for local use, let’s take a look at it. The tale is actually very…
The smallest details tell the biggest story #nlpoli
Last week, provincial fisheries minister Vaughn Granter held a news conference at a local restaurant known for its seafood dishes to announce that from now on, that restaurant and even…
Consumer electricity costs to jump by 59% due to Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
The average consumer in Newfoundland and Labrador should expect to be paying 59% more for electricity compared to their current rates once Muskrat Falls comes online. A household that current…
Hyping the stock, yet again #nlpoli
Any oil company seriously interested in bidding on an exploration license offshore Newfoundland and Labrador isn’t likely to need the hyped presentation by the provincial government Thursday. Exploring offshore is…
Muskrat Falls commercial power by Q2 2019 ? #nlpoli
The latest progress report shows that Nalcor had a productive summer, but an extrapolation by the researcher and writer JM of information in the latest progress reports points to first…
Pride and Failure #nlpoli
‘”Pride is a big factor” a manager at Muskrat Falls told the Telegram’s James McLeod on Monday during the latest media junket to the Big Dig North. People come to…
Rumpole and the Family Compact #nlpoli
Sixteen of the province’s 22 full-time provincial court judges are either already in or are on their way to St. Andrews, New Brunswick. They are in for a surprise. They’ve…
White is the new black #nlpoli
2002. Stephen Harper said that his party had a program that would help change the dependence in Atlantic Canada on government spending, a dependence that had led to what he…
The N-word #nlpoli
New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair likely never imagined that an insult he threw at a couple of Parti Quebecois politicians in the Quebec National Assembly 20 years ago would…
That’s Doctor King to you #nlpoli
Not surprisingly, Darin King has decided to leave politics after only eight years. King is just the latest in a long line of pensionable Conservatives who have decided it would…
Crossing Topsail Road #nlpoli
A new high school has put the better part of a thousand young people on Topsail Road opposite a raft of fast food outlets and a major mall. Young people…
Three things about Hurricane Igor #nlpoli
hard to believe but it has been five years since Hurricane Igor ripped through Placentia Bay and into Trinity Bay. What stands out most about those events today is the…
No race in Avalon, except for the truth #nlpoli
Tom Mulcair will not be coming back to Newfoundland and Labrador again during the current federal election. He certainly won;t be coming back to visit Avalon and he will only…