Newfoundland and Labrador Historical Society George Story Lecture and Annual General Meeting Marine Institute – Hampton Hall The Return of History? Newfoundland and Labrador after the Oil Boom and the Hydro Bust Dr. Jerry Bannister April 30, 2020 Building on the themes established in A river runs through it (2012), Dr. Bannister
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Difference between Then and Now #nlpoli
A few months ago, SRBP wrote a two-part piece that described the change in the way politicians, bureaucrats, and the public looked at management and control of offshore oil and gas resources. It’s worth looking at this again in light of a couple of recent developments. In broadest terms, the
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The NewfieThing #nlpoli
Facebook has become hugely popular in Newfoundland and Labrador and, not surprisingly, some creative and enterprising fellow came up with a running joke – these days called a meme – featuring a fellow in a sou’wester. You find it called “newfie word of the day”. The text that goes with
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Supreme Court of Canada #nlpoli
When the Church Lady shows up, you know your comment on the Internet has hit the mark.The term comes from the self-righteous character made famous by Dana Carvey on Saturday Night Live and if there was a male equivalent, your humble e-scribbler w…
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When the Church Lady shows up, you know your comment on the Internet has hit the mark.The term comes from the self-righteous character made famous by Dana Carvey on Saturday Night Live and if there was a male equivalent, your humble e-scribbler w…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Great War and Newfoundland Political Memory #nlpoli
“It is sobering to think,” historian Sean Cadigan wrote in the Telegram on Tuesday, “that the memory of the casualties of war has been used partially for later political purposes for almost a century.” Cadigan was recounting the history of the ceremony on July 1 that started in 1917 to
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Identity Crisis #nlpoli
Newfoundland is changing, Michael Crummey writes in the Newfoundland nationalists’ newspaper, the Globe and Mail. House prices are climbing in St. John’s. There are plenty of expensive restaurants around and people to eat the food and drink the wine sold there. “But,” says Crummey, “while oil execs tuck into their
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Remembering… or not #nlpoli
The news release that announced a provincial commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the First World War includes right at the start a picture of two couples, one older, and a small child. The photograph is curious. Look closely at it. (Read more…)
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This is a revised version of post that originally appeared on July 4, 2012. ___________________________________ Mark Humphries is an historian at Memorial University. He spoke with CBC’s Chris O’Neill-Yates on July 1, 2012 about the impact of Beaumont Hamel on Newfoundland and Labrador. Humphries does an interesting job of putting
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Your humble e-scribbler saw a couple of comments last week that said the NDP town hall on Muskrat Falls was a good argument against having a referendum on the megaproject. Some people were quite badly misinformed, so the commentary went, not just…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: A river runs through it #nlpoli
Jerry Bannister’s paper “A river runs through it: Churchill Falls and the end of Newfoundland history” is now available in the latest issue of Acadiensis. This paper was the basis for his talks last winter on myths in local politics and history and oil and “have” status. They were well
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