The difference in lost lives #nlpoli #cdnpoli
In the past month, at least two people have died as a result of misadventure in the wilderness on motorized vehicles. One was was a 23 year old young man…
Edward Hollett
Give us a caption, then: Jerome! edition #nlpoli
He’s a colourful fellow and attracts lots of attention. So let’s see what this screen capture says to you. Give us a caption for it. Serious or funny, that’s your…
Tuition Fees and University Participation #nlpoli
The connection between tuition fees and university participation was big subject in the summer run-up to the general election and then in the general election last fall. Just to give…
$#*! politicians say: Jerome! edition #nlpoli
Everyone’s favourite natural resources minister outdid himself last week for saying things that were just so far removed from reality that they were just funny. He said them in the…
$#*! the Premier says, Open Line edition #nlpoli
I suggest that the members opposite do the same and they encourage our representatives in Ottawa to do the same, because the only time we hear from them is on…
Cougar to replace gearbox on S-92 #nlpoli
Local media – CBC and Telegram for example – reported on Friday that Cougar Helicopters would “replace the gearbox” on an S-92 that showed an indication of metal in the…
Kathy Dunderdale and the “full force” of her political impotence #nlpoli
Okay, so the search and rescue sub-centre was never anything to go to war over anyway. Still, that didn’t stop Kathy Dunderdale from pledging to do everything in her power…
All the news that fits the frame #nlpoli
With a couple of discussions about the media and how it covers news, no regular readers of the various scribbles in this province would be surprised to find a column…
Living after them #nlpoli
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones. William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar In his latest post on Muskrat Falls, energy analyst Tom…
S-92 incident: March 2012, Newfoundland offshore #nlpoli
From the offshore regulatory board, March 21, 2012: The C-NLOPB has been notified that on approach to the Terra Nova FPSO, Cougar Helicopters experienced a #2 Input Module Chip Light…
Bennett’s telephone call “gendered violence” according to PACSW prez #nlpoli
Most of you likely missed it, but a sharp exchange in Twitter on Monday showed the way politics in this province rolls these days. Dara Squires writes a blog called…
Another one rides the bus #nlpoli
Albertans will be going to the polls shortly. All the parties are gearing up. Here’s the Wildrose Alliance’s campaign bus, featuring a picture of their leader, Danielle Smith. Yeah, they…
All they want is fairity #nlpoli
The people who run the province’s town and cites are looking to get a new financial arrangement from the provincial government. Last week, the municipalities federation held an emergency meeting…
Gas prices and political popularity #nlpoli
In some other places, gasoline prices have a political impact you can identify and measure. That isn’t the case in Newfoundland and Labrador. The reasons? We don’t have anyone doing…
What makes news? #nlpoli
Sometimes you have to wonder why does one story make the news while another doesn’t. Good example: Jim Bennett’s asinine telephone call to Joan Burke’s constituency office. Telegram blogger Geoff…
The Looking Glass News #nlpoli
“The Lower Churchill hydro project has passed the environmental review process,” CBC news tells us, and as a result the project has cleared “… another hurdle to the Labrador power…
Demanding what is just #nlpoli
For if it is to establish an order that citizens will agree to support, the state must go further than merely investigating their needs; it must also encourage them to…
Nova Scotia would get Churchill Falls power for free #nlpoli
If you’ve been following the ongoing Muskrat Falls saga, you will recall that energy analyst Tom Adams raised some questions a couple of months ago about whether or not Muskrat…
The Ides of March, 2012 #nlpoli
Twitter is a wonderful thing except that sometimes you can’t use the whole of a great quote. The following is a larger bit of one quote that turned up in…
To Encourage the Others #nlpoli
Lots of people look to leaders in a crisis to see what lessons they can learn. Well, Kathy Dunderdale is special. She is an excellent example for any leader –…