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The Cape Breton Post is reporting that the St. John’s Telegram will print its final Sunday edition this weekend. After 19 years, the Sunday Telegram will be no more as of September 27. The Saturday paper, will include more sports coverage and a special interest sections while keeping some of it’s more popular features. Some [...]
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If we could magically suck all of the oil out of the Hebron offshore oilfield right now, Newfoundland and Labrador could supply the entire world with exactly eight and half days worth of oil. Eight and a half days and thats it. If we wanted to take every single remaining barrel of oil in the [...]
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Regardless of how anyone felt about the The Independent or the editorial direction, I think it’s fair to say that most people lament the loss of any news outlet. I recently came across a new website here in Newfoundland and Labrador called NL Press and my first impressions are very positive. The about us page [...]
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We have lost the seal hunt PR battle on the international stage and it’s time for us to consider waving the white flag. There have been over 3,000 references to the seal hunt in the news in the last week alone. Most of the news has been overwhelmingly negative and most of the stories portray [...]
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I often wonder what the people from Europe think of us when they visit Corner Brook and the Humber Valley. Imagine you are from Europe where “thinking green” seems to be the norm. Imagine if you are from Europe and water is a precious commodity. Now imagine what Europeans must think of us when they [...]
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I wanted to echo Peter’s comments over at Polemic & Paradox about Ed Hollett and The Bond Papers. It was great to hear Ed’s name mentioned on the VOCM open line show yesterday. Ed is single handedly raising the bar for bloggers in Newfoundland and Labrador. It turns out that Ed was asking some questions [...]
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The Western Star is reporting that the provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador will not release the names of restaurants that have recently failed health inspections. Things That Make You Go Yuck! According to the Western Star, “diners have to file an access-to-information request and maybe wait months for an answer.” Why not make this [...]
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In the bigger scheme of things, complaining about not being able to see the Super Bowl commercials ranks up there with cleaning the dust buffalo’s from under the fridge. I watch very little TV but one of the exceptions is the Super Bowl. I had forgotten how annoying watching the Super Bowl was on NTV [...]
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In case you missed it, Nova Scotia has received quite a bit of publicity lately. Ellen Page has done more to put Nova Scotia on the map in the past 10 days than the tourism industry has done in the last 10 years. Jim Meek – Chronicle Herald Thanks to David Letterman, Ellen Page, Nova [...]
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Recently, Newfound NV, the owners of the Humber Valley Resort on the West Coast of Newfoundland announced that Brian Dobbin would be leaving the company at the end of 2007. Given the short nature of the press release, I’m sure Dobbin was asked to leave. Any time the words “personal interest” are referenced in a [...]
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