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Roger Bill

Roger Bill is a St. John’s-based journalist. Prior to retiring from CBC Radio he was a producer and documentary maker for the national CBC Radio program Sunday Morning. Following his departure from CBC Radio he reported on Newfoundland and Labrador affairs for Global Television, CPAC, the Discovery Channel, iPolitics.ca, and The Independent. He is currently working with video producer Tristram Clark on the final edit of the documentary “Who Will Sing For Me?”—the story of the creation of the the Spirit of the Beothuk statue at the Boyd’s Cove Beothuk Interpretation Centre.

Roger's Latest Articles

Got a Problem With Hydro-Québec?
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June 13, 2023

While our neighbours need more power, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey is mum on whether any new deal will be rooted in NL’s own provincial laws.

Andrew Furey, Charles Bown, and Tough Decisions
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September 23, 2020
Major questions on SNC-Lavalin report remain unanswered
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June 29, 2017

Former premier and natural resources minister Tom Marshall says Muskrat Falls report "would have rung all kinds of alarms."

Donald Trump and the shadow of George Wallace
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March 15, 2016

The hatred that the leading Republican candidate has been inciting during his bid to run in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election harkens back to another dark period of America’s past.

On the edge of a fiscal cliff
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News
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February 10, 2016

Low oil prices and poor fiscal judgement have pushed Newfoundland and Labrador into a recession. With the looming threat of credit rating downgrades that could cripple the economy, Finance Minister Cathy Bennett doesn't have much room -- or time -- to make some tough decisions.