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"We can't allow things that are inaccurate to stand." — The Word of Our Dan, February 19, 2008.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Terminological inexactitude

The release:
Provincial Government Gives $500,000 to Daffodil Place

The Honourable Danny Williams, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, was joined by the Minister of Health and Community Services, the Honourable Ross Wiseman, to announce a $500,000 contribution by the Provincial Government towards Daffodil Place, a project of the Canadian Cancer Society.
The online coverage:
Government donates $500,000 toward the construction of Daffodil Place
The provincial government announced today a donation of $500,000 towards Daffodil Place, a project of the Canadian Cancer Society that will provide accommodations for people who must travel to St. John’s for cancer treatment.

More in Wednesday’s Telegram.
And Wednesday's Telegram:
Province helps Daffodil grow
Construction on cancer hostel begins today
Steve Bartlett

The province gave $500,000 to Daffodil Place Tuesday afternoon and Peter Dawe described the donation as the "official stamp of approval."

[...]

The province's donation puts the fundraising drive just past the halfway mark, to $3.6 million, noted campaign chairman John Steele.
Post-Greene, of course, the provincial government will be super-quick to correct the record... right?

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