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Paying Off Provincial Debt is Now Our Second Greatest Expense
There is a place for credit in modern economics, and that place is for emergency use only.
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The Overcast Presents: Tilly Tally
Why just read about local stuff when you could be holding it in your hands?
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A 101 for Your Council Run: Why You Should Run (and How to Go about It)
MNL report that elections will take place on September 26, “and there is a growing concern that we will not have enough candidates to fill all the seats.”
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What’s Up, Doc? Mayor O’Keefe to Announce if He’s Re-Running
He has confidently stated he thinks he’d beat Wells, if he runs.
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What Makes City Councilors Tick?
Do they follow a plan, or do they make decisions on a piecemeal basis?
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Tame Your Rage: Electing Andy Wells Because You’re Mad is Mad
Just be careful is all. And informed. It’s easy to align with a man who is frustrated like you are…
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Beatrice Hunter on Her FemFest NL Speech
We spoke to Hunter about her upcoming FemFest NL speech and the Labrador Land Protectors’ most pressing concerns.
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Notes from the Rafters: This Week’s City Council Meeting Recap
Including an update on the Wetlands Debacle …
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Urban Form: Townsizing in Newfoundland
“In 1891 the Bonavista Peninsula and St. John’s were close in population (roughly 20,000 and 25,738 respectively). These communities were roughly 1/5 the size of Toronto then …”
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Carbonear’s World Cup of Tiddly Keeping Rare Game Alive
Tiddly was commonplace in areas like Carbonear, Fogo and Springdale, but unknown in others. Believed to be brought to Newfoundland as an Elizabethan English or Irish game, similar games are played in such places as Germany, South Yemen, The Phillipines, and Latvia.
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Saltwater, Swells & Jellyfish: Sheilagh O’Leary on the Thrill of the Tickle Swim For Mental Health
“I thought this is a personal challenge for me that kind of parallels the personal challenges that people have with mental health and mental illness,” O’Leary said.
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Labrador Mayor Looking to Legally Leave NL and Join Quebec
L’Anse au Loup is one of very few rural towns in the province still has a growing population.