Live from the Orchestra Pit #nlpoli
Newfoundlanders and Labradorians got a vivid example on Thursday of the Orchestra Pit Theory of Political reporting. For those who don’t know the story, the Orchestra Pit theory goes like…
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The Incendiary End Game in Corner Brook #nlpoli
As a rule, when a cabinet minister speaks publicly about a private sector company’s significant financial problems, things are not good. Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy told the world on…
The Precipice Looms #nlpoli
Not surprisingly, Kruger issued an ultimatum on Tuesday to workers at its Corner Brook mill. CBC quoted the message from the company to the union in an online story: "The…
The Kruger Nexus #nlpoli
As an astute reader pointed out in a n e-mail Tuesday morning, the Hebron-Muskrat Falls connection is not really as important these days as the the connection between the future…
The paper-mill-sized elephant in the room… #nlpoli
From the CBC online story about the meeting between a raft of grim-looking provincial politicians and Joe Kruger: Dunderdale said she expected there would be a second vote on the…
Death watch in Corner Brook for province’s last paper mill #nlpoli
Kruger, the owners of Corner Brook Pulp and Paper, are reassessing the viability of the mill in the west coast city on Friday after unions at the mill rejected a…