"IN THE PUBLIC
INTEREST": THE NEWFOUNDLAND GOVERNMENT AND RAILWAY
POLICY, 1919-1923 By John Cheeseman
In 1933, responsible government in Newfoundland ceased,
partly because of massive debts from World War One and
the railway. The war was an international event and
beyond the control of anyone in Newfoundland but the
railway was a different matter... [ Read
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ROUND TABLE: THE FUTURE OF RURAL
NEWFOUNDLAND By
Michael Temelini, Pamela Pardy Ghent & Roger Bill
Where we are, if there was no Fort Mac we could not stay
there. There are three fathers of school age children who
don't work in Fort Mac. Every other father is gone.
I was driving, it was Thanksgiving and I was listening to the
radio, and all the dedications on the radio are from so and so
in Alberta to someone here...
A MARVELOUS COUNTRY IN WHICH TO PAINT By
Crystal Parsons
One cold January morning in 1955, Hall Linton, President of the
Canadian Club of Toronto, arrived at his office to find a very
special envelope. It contained a thank you letter and it
read partially: "The painting of the St. Lawrence from Dufferin
Terrace...has just arrived and I hasten to tell you how
agreeable I find this birthday present from the Canadian
Clubs...
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