Danny Williams

Danny Williams: From folk hero to movie star

The former Newfoundland premier keeps a stranglehold on his own narrative in a new NFB documentary

Inside the wild, wonderful world of ‘Dannyland’

Inside the wild, wonderful world of ‘Dannyland’

Former premier Danny Williams is betting billions on the Rock

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Newsmakers: Apr. 19-26, 2012

John Edwards heads to court, St. John’s mayor takes on Harper, and Lindsay Lohan returns to the big screen

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A new development for Danny Williams

The former Newfoundland and Labrador premier is the sole developer of an entire new suburb for St. John’s

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The Williams bump

Getting back to this debate, I decided to run the numbers for the entire shortlist using rg’s metric: by popular vote, compare the last election result before the leader took over to the election in which that leader peaked. So, for instance, for Jack Layton I compared the NDP’s 2011 result to the NDP’s result in 2000.

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The best way to settle the best politician debate

From the comment thread of this post, reader rg suggests one way to settle this theoretical contest.

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‘The best politician of my generation’

Former foreign affairs minister Lawrence Cannon commends Quebec Premier Jean Charest.

Love the team—hate the name

Love the team—hate the name

Newfoundlanders are up in arms over St. John’s new hockey team being named after a popular Tim Hortons beverage

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Newsmakers: June 9 – 16, 2011

A 65-year murder mystery solved, Bieber takes a beating, and Danny Williams has got game

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This week: Newsmakers

Danny Williams’s big snit, the Barefoot Contessa gets raked over the coals, and can one million Leafs owners be wrong?

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Danny Williams won’t attend tribute dinner

Former Nfld. premier refuses to elaborate on reasons behind surprise snub

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Kathy Dunderdale: the one to beat

Dunderdale has Danny Williams’s old job. And she’s as feisty as he was.