Churn baby churn
Kathy Dunderdale is setting a record for changes in the senior public service.Dunderdale upped her score last week with a single announcement that made seven changes at the executive director…
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Twitter Psychology Insight
Via the always insightful Neville Hobson, came a link to a wonder little diagram that summarises the results o a recent survey of Twitter users. You can find Neville’s post…
Playing in Traffic, August 15 to 19, 2011
There will be some other big news next week, but for now, here’s what SRBP readers wanted this past week: Sun TV/Fix News wannabe? VOCM hits new low. (The story…
No Kathy for Kent
Danny’s gone from Steve Kent’s website. In fact, the website that hadn’t been updated since 2007 is gone entirely, replaced with a new one. So hasty was the old one…
The Muskrat Falls Loan Guarantee Memorandum of Agreement
From the NRCAN website: In its June 3, 2011 Speech from the Throne the federal Government expressed its commitment to support the lower Churchill River hydroelectricity projects, as an important…
Slide a sheet of paper: the spend ‘em if ya got ‘em edition
Earlier this week, finance minister Tom Marshall announced a second increase in the estimate for offshore oil production for 2011 and with it an increase in provincial government revenues. Marshall…
Offshore board responds to helicopter inquiry report
From the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board : The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) today responded to the final report of the Offshore He...
Abercrombie offers cash for “Jersey Shore” to stop wearing brand
How valuable is a brand? Well, apparently their brand is so valuable that Abercrombie & Fitch is willing to pay the cast of “Jersey Shore” sizeable amounts of cash in…
Separated at birth: missing cat edition
Bond arch-villain Ernst Blofeld Tory Auditor General cum candidate John Noseworthy - srbp -
Feds to announce MOU on loan guarantee
NTV News broke the news reported Wednesday evening that an unspecified number of federal cabinet ministers will be in St. John’s on Friday to announce that the federal and provincial…
Then again… election news mine edition
On the one hand, Rio Tinto ”Plans to double Labrador mine output” according to the headline on a CBC news report. On the other hand, ONE of Australia's leading experts…
No man is an island: Mount Pearl edition
There are few things about provincial Conservative Steve Kent’s website that stand out. First, as of August 16, the blog hasn’t been updated since the 2007 general election. Second, it…
A cause for grave concern #nlpoli
The Office of the Auditor General is an independent and reliable source of the objective, fact-based information that the House of Assembly needs to fulfill one of its most important…
Sun TV/Fox News wannabe? VOCM hits new low #nlpoli
Did they just get it wrong or is this the new standard of partisan journalism at the government-friendly VOCM? First of all, let us recall that Westcott is leaving the…
Feds want Gulf of St. Lawrence enviro review
Federal environment minister Peter Kent wants an extensive environmental review before Corridor Resources can get a permit to explore on the Old Harry prospect in the Gulf of St. Lawrence,…
Three parties, two leaders, one policy, no sense
Remember that thing about hardly being able to slide a sheet of paper between the three political parties in the current general election? Well, newly minted Liberal boss Kevin Aylward…
Westcott packs it in
Craig Westcott confirmed Monday he’ll be leaving the opposition office and returning to run his newspapers. Here’s the statement he released: Yvonne and I have agreed that my position will…
Separated at birth: the eyes have it edition
Tea Party presidential wannabe Michelle Bachman from the cover of Newsweek. Provincial Conservative natural resources minister Shawn Skinner. - srbp -
Offshore board releases second part of offshore helicopter safety inquiry
From the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board: The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) received the Phase II Report of the Offshore Helicopter Safety Inquiry today and is…
Bloc NDP MP backs Tory Premier Dunderdale #nlpoli
Noob Bloc NDP member of parliament Ryan Cleary wants voters in Newfoundland and Labrador to return Conservative Premier Kathy Dunderdale to power in this fall’s general election. VOCM reports that…