Profile of Peter Pickersgill

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• Neither Here Nor There
  "Maybe she doesn't care about me anymore," Nalcor thought, furrowing his already furry brow. But true to his roots, Nalcor was prepared to ...
• Neither Here Nor There
  He missed the quiet life he had left behind in Labrador, when the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada's Rich and Poor province, brought ...
• Neither Here Nor There
  This may surprise you. After all, given how smoothly things are running now, it is difficult to imagine that there were ever any difficulties in ...
• Neither Here Nor There
  BY PETER PICKERSGILL Nalcor was having a little trouble with the computer. He wasn’t used to this high tech stuff. Maybe if he k
• Neither Here Nor There
  BY PETER PICKERSGILLMrs. Claus was a little worried. Her husband normally started to get pretty tired at this time of year.Not surprising, ...
• Neither Here Nor There
  A baby girl named ‘Nargis’, born to Ajay and Vineeta in the village of Mal, 20 kiometres from Lucknow in the Indian state of Uttar ...
• Neither Here Nor There
  It took me back 11 years to the death of Pierre Trudeau. Lisa and I were driving from our home in Gatineau to a wedding in southwestern Ontario. ...
• Neither Here Nor There
  One of the people in our group had just received an email. Jack was stepping aside. Having just finished beating one cancer, another had ...
• Neither Here Nor There
  The motor of the huge yellow excavator is shut off, and only the sound of the wind riffling the water on the harbour below underlines the empty ...
• Neither Here Nor There
  I admit openly that I have never taken a course in economics. That said, I have observed with interest the historical background that led the ...
• Neither Here Nor There
  It is entirely the wrong thing to do, but it is not surprising.Shifting the centre that receives and acts on distress calls farther from where ...
• Revenge is sweet
  He preferred this office to the one in the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings. From here he could see the Peace Tower, the East and West ...
• Neither Here Nor There
  In fact, I can hear some of you groaning now: "Oh me nerves! Here he goes again with the shorebird thing. It must be spring." You're right. It is ...
• Neither Here Nor There
  The harbour at Port Union is well protected and deep enough to accommodate the ocean-going freighters the company will use to ship their product ...
• Neither Here Nor There
  BY PETER PICKERSGILL She rinsed the coffee mug and put it into the draining rack. She reached down into the sink to get the other one, searching ...
• Neither Here Nor There
  BY PETER PICKERSGILL As a guy who likes to think he should try to be optimistic, sometimes against all the evidence, I was heartened this month ...
• Neither Here Nor There
  The earthquake was as bad as anyone hopes never to see again, but the tsunami that followed was clearly killing thousands as it swept ashore, ...
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  Once upon a time in a previous life, I sat on the board of directors of an art school in Ottawa. Like most arts organizations, the school was ...
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  February is like the Wednesday of winter. Wednesday, in the middle of the workweek is the day when the novelty of the new week has pretty much ...
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  Everybody in Newfoundland and Labrador has a point of view about him. He will be talked about for many years to come. But, barring a second ...
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  When Igor struck with all its fury on the night of the autumnal equinox, it was a demonstration of the incredible force nature can set loose, ...
• Neither Here Nor There
  On the TV screen the handsome young man gestures toward a mass of swirling cloud offshore the east coast of North America. The scene shifts to a ...
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  Outside the window, on a rock where the narrows enter the salt water pond there are six ‘Shags’ – Cormorants they call them in the bird ...
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  The photo, an early colour print, shot with a Brownie Box camera, is two and a half inches square. It shows a little boy holding a wooden ...
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  Who would have believed something that seems totally uncontroversial could arouse such passion? The long form census. Who knew? Recently the ...
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  I think it is safe to say a large percentage of the rural population of Newfoundland and Labrador was pleasantly surprised by the Williams ...
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  It is alarming news. Apparently eating a lot of pickled red meat can result in an increased risk of colorectal cancer in residents of ...
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  This is how violent uprisings are spawned. Violent uprisings that lead to bloodshed and the overthrow of gove