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Newfoundland
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Newfoundland, situated off the eastern coast of Canada and the UK's earliest colony. It was self-governing from 1855 until 1933, when the depression forced its government to step down in favour of British and local commissioners. Its strategic position during the
battle of the Atlantic made it a useful home for the
Newfoundland Escort Force and for bases granted to the USA under the
destroyers-for-bases agreement, while Gander airport was a valuable staging-point for transatlantic flights. Newfoundland remained a crown colony until 1949, when the population voted for confederation with Canada.
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Newfoundland's Twin Celebrations.(Vikings apparently lived in what is now Newfoundland for some 500 years, prior it becoming a British colony)
Magazine article from: History Today; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; NEWFOUNDLAND HAS TWO REASONS to celebrate as it...Canada's tenth province. In 2000, Newfoundland also remembers the arrival of the Vikings...and English mariners followed him to Newfoundland for its cod caught off the Grand Banks...
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Newfoundland Power Reports 2002 Third Quarter Results.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 10/15/2002; 700+ words
; ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, Oct 15, 2002 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) Newfoundland Power Inc. (TSX:FTS) released its 2002 third quarter results today. Newfoundland Power's year-to-date earnings were $23.3 million...
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Newfoundland Power Announces First Quarter Results.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 4/19/2002; 700+ words
; ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, Apr 19, 2002 Newfoundland Power Inc. (TSE:FTS) released its 2002 first quarter results today. Newfoundland Power's earnings for the first quarter were $10.3 million, down $1.9 million or 16 per cent...
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Newfoundland and Labrador.(Through Time)
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures; 10/1/2004; 700+ words
; 3000 B.C. Newfoundland's first settlers, a native group...50 B.C. The Beothuk arrive in Newfoundland. Eventually the group, which may...Vinland, located in present-day Newfoundland. 1497 England's John Cabot makes...
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Newfoundland Power Announces 2006 Results
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 1/31/2007; 700+ words
; ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND and LABRADOR--(CCNMatthews - Jan. 31, 2007) - Newfoundland Power Inc. (TSX:FTS) today announced...impact of these cost increases. "In 2006, Newfoundland Power once again delivered strong results...
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Newfoundland Power Reports 2001 Results.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 1/29/2002; 700+ words
; ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, JANUARY 29, 2002 Newfoundland Power Inc. (TSE:FTS) announced its 2001 results...Hughes, President and Chief Executive Officer, Newfoundland Power Inc. "Newfoundland Power continues to meet...
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Newfoundland Power Reports Strong Results for 2000: Company to Apply to PUB to Rebate Customers.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 2/7/2001; 700+ words
; ...CCN Disclosure, February 7, 2001) Newfoundland Power Inc. reports strong results...its automatic adjustment formula. "Newfoundland Power's earnings increased to $26...company's 2000 revenues. As a result, Newfoundland Power has proposed a $6.6 million...
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Newfoundland Power Files for Rate Changes
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 5/10/2007; 700+ words
; ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR--(CCNMatthews - May 10, 2007) - Newfoundland Power Inc. (TSX:FTS) today filed two applications with the Newfoundland and Labrador Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities (the "PUB") proposing...
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Newfoundland Power Improves Performance in Third Quarter.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 10/9/2001; 700+ words
; SAINT-JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, OCTOBER 9, 2001 Newfoundland Power Inc. announced today improved third quarter...Hughes, President and Chief Executive Officer, Newfoundland Power Inc. "Newfoundland Power continues to meet...
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Irish-Newfoundland step dancing and cultural identity in Newfoundland.
Magazine article from: Ethnologies; 3/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...prevaut a Terre-Neuve. Step dancing in Newfoundland and Labrador has endured a significant...function today, while adhering to Newfoundland's collective identity. Through its...vernacular dance. As a case study in Newfoundland vernacular dance, the St. Pat's...
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Newfoundland and Labrador
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Newfoundland and Labrador , province (2001 pop...province consists of the island of Newfoundland and adjacent islands (2001 pop. 485...292,219 sq km). Land and People Newfoundland island lies at the mouth of the Gulf...
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NEWFOUNDLAND ENGLISH
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
NEWFOUNDLAND ENGLISH. The English language as used in the Canadian island and province of Newfoundland for almost 500 years, and the oldest...settlement and relative remoteness. Many Newfoundland townies have features of pronunciation...
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Newfoundland
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Newfoundland breed of massive, powerful working dog developed in Newfoundland, probably in the 17th cent., and later perfected...dull jet black in color. The Landseer type of Newfoundland is one in which the color is other than solid...
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Newfoundland Escort Force
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
Newfoundland Escort Force, Canadian naval force which protected Allied...Canadian Navy (RCN) to base warships at St John's, Newfoundland, to escort convoys from Newfoundland to a mid-ocean point south of Iceland. It initially...
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Memorial University of Newfoundland
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Memorial University of Newfoundland at St. John's, N.L., Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; founded 1925 as Memorial Univ. College. It achieved...
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