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Upfront
Sweeping onto the virtual lottery map ALC investing in U.K.-based Internet gaming operation Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) is investing in a foreign Internet-based lottery operation. ALC plans to offer the online lottery, called GeoSweep, in the four Atlantic provinces this fall. The corporation will also share in the revenues generated by GeoSweep elsewhere in the world. ALC confirmed the investment …Continue Reading
What a night (and day)!
About five years ago, I was a finalist for a national editorial award (ultimately being named one of the top five editorial writers in Canada). But the awards show itself was so disappointing that I decided I’d never go there again, finalist or not. I’m happy to say that the Top 50 CEO awards are not such an event. After …Continue Reading
Lower Churchill Triumph
MARTIME PARTNERSHIP ROUTS QUEBEC IMPASSE. COULD REGIONAL UNITY BE NEXT? It was a beginning that quickly led to an ending. In a St. John’s hotel ballroom on Nov. 18, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams announced a deal to develop part of the Lower Churchill hydroelectric project. Just a week later, in the lobby outside the provincial legislature, the outspoken …Continue Reading
Power Play
First-term New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham is determined to save his people from certain financial ruin. Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams is determined to stop a deal that could savagely curtail his province’s access to the lucrative energy markets of the American Northeast. When it comes to energy politics, all bets are off.
