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CrazyAbout - Smart Phone app

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Sat, 14 May 2011 11:44:16 PDT

First stage of the CrazyAboutNewfoundland smart phone app is in progress. Check out the link below by taking the link from your smart phone. It's just for fun and is the first phase. The full app will be downloadable in the near future from the Apple, Adriod & BlackBerry stores soon. Meanwhile you can play with the mobile web version by taking the link: http://tiny.cc/crazyaboutnfld (take the link from your phone!!)

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My Newfoundland Adventures - Finally Closed!

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:41:25 PST

My Newfoundland Adventures has left the Steady Brook shop (which is now empty), and Hanzalek has taken himself and all the activity gear off to St Johns. Watch out St Johns!

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Excellent new video - Marble Zip Tours

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:08:30 PDT

Turn your volume up, and then enjoy ...

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Deer Lake Regional Airport Opens Newly-Extended Runway

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:53:20 PDT

A newly-completed runway extension at the Deer Lake Regional Airport will enhance and improve safety and operating conditions, thanks to a partnership between the governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador. On hand to officially open the runway extension were the Honourable Senator Elizabeth Marshall, the Honourable Tom Marshall, Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board for Newfoundland and Labrador, on behalf of the Honourable Tom Hedderson, Minister of Transportation and Works, and Todd Lee, Deer Lake Airport Authority Chairman. Of the top 30 airports in Canada, Deer Lake Regional Airport was one of only four...

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Western Star - Resort can still lead the economic charge

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:24:34 PDT

CORNER BROOK GARY KEAN The Western Star Resort can still lead the economic charge: professor A business professor at Memorial University says the original allure which made Humber Valley Resort attractive is still intact and the development can continue to be a hallmark component of the regional economy. The troubled resort has emerged from bankruptcy under the ownership of a consortium led by local residents Katie and Graham Watton and Gary Oke. Tom Cooper, assistant professor of strategy at Memorial’s School of Business, was in the Corner Brook area when the new ownership was announced last week and said the news...

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Press release from the Humber Valley Resort consortium

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:54:49 PST

(Presented by Katie Watton at the HVR Club House on 12th March 2010) PRESS RELEASE HUMBER VALLEY RESORT Noton Enterprises Limited, a numbered company, 61839 Newfoundland and Labrador Limited, and Oke Consultants Limited, all locally owned companies, have formed a joint venture partnership and have purchased the assets of Humber Valley Resort. The new owners intend to operate and manage the Resort under a new corporate entity: Humber Valley Resort Corporation (2010). I, Katie Watton, will be the Public Relations Director, Gary Oke the Managing Director of Operations and Graham Watton, Q.C., General Counsel...

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Humber Valley resort is sold!

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:41 PST

We're told that the what's left of Humber Valley Resort was finally sold 10am 11th March 2010. A public meeting on the 12th will tell everyone more ...

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Free Canadian Avalanche Foundation Slide Show and Fundraiser

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:21:47 PST

Free Canadian Avalanche Foundation Slide Show and Fundraiser Last year we had a very successful silent auction and avalanche film fest. Over 35 people attended and hopefully this year will be even bigger. This is what is planned: A slide show of the snowmobiling in the Lewis Hills by local photographer Scott Grant who has some excellent images of this backcountry area. Then the launch of a new web page highlighting the areas of avalanche hazard in the Lewis Hills to the North Arm Mountains. This should help people plan routes for the Lewis Hills, Blow me down Mtns and North Arm Mtns and want to avoid the main avalanche...

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My Newfoundland Adventures ... Solicitor says "you're on your own mate!"

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:23:14 PDT

We have been seeking the return of our snowmobile gear (14xsuits, 15xhelmets, boots etc), and unpaid monies from MY NEWFOUNDLAND ADVENTURES for the last 15 months. It's been hard work and cost ... despite us clearly owning the gear, (having the receipts etc) and coutless emails from him and his local "business mentor" Mike J, confirming the agreements between us. The company and its owner, director, and only real employee, Martin (aka Marty) Hanzalek has refused to talk to us, or respond in any sensible manner. When I visited the shop (in December 2009) to ask for the gear face-to-face, he called the police using 911, (aka 999...

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Website award for CrazyAboutNewfoundland website developer ** (or is it??)

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:33:30 PST

The designer of the CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com website (Daniel Gray) also built from scratch the new My Newfoundland (mis)Adventures website ... which was awarded the The Telegram 2008 the "Silver Spider Web Awards for Best Site Promotion" managed by Newfoundland's "The Telegram" newspaper .... Bizarrely the owner of the company (Marty Hanzalek) who attended the awards ceremony to collect the award, has still not paid the designer for his work and the website copyright! The lack of payment or even recognition is an ongoing issue ... which the web designer is now progressing through legal channels. Meanwhile, anyone...

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What happens when you ask for your stolen gear back .... ???

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:27:51 PST

So we visited My Newfoundland Adventures last week, to ask face-to-face for our stolen snowmobiling gear back, (he has our 14 blue snowmobile suits, black helmets, boots and more!) and he refuses to even talk to us about it, let alone return them. On entering the shop at Steady Brook, I meet Mr Marty Hanzalek the owner and principle in our situation. "Hey, Happy New Year" I offer, "... I'm here to collect my stolen equipment". "GET OUT OF MY SHOP, OR I'LL CALL THE POLICE" is the unsurprising response. "Go ahead, I'm happy for you to call the police, after all you are holding my stolen equipment!". Getting no...

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Santa is on his way to Newfoundland ...

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:34:05 PST

There might not be much snow in Western Newfoundland, but at least we can rely on Santa to deliver ... You can track his progress across the world heading for Newfoundlan on the link below. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL WHO ARE CRAZYABOUTNEWFOUNDLAND Daniel We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com ... Are you? Track Santas progress from this mapping link ...

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Business scruples ???

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:13:39 PST

Someone recently asked why my website at www.crazyaboutnewfoundland.ca looks similar to the My Newfoundland Adventures website at www.mynewfoundland.ca ... I had to explain to them that I created (and paid for) the design and its copyright, and built both websites using dreamweaver/CS3, php, mysql and various javascript extensions. The design in every sense is owned by me, and though built for My Newfoundland Adventures and its owner Mr Marty Hanzalek, he has ever since refused to pay for the design copyright and the many hundreds of hours I spent building the dynamic websites database and back end pages. He now claims he owes nothing -...

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Six things you must do in... Newfoundland

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:11:21 PST

Newfoundland is the closest point in Canada to Britain, a five-hour flight away. Gareth Huw Davies's list of things you shouldn't miss during a visit to this stress-free island includes mountain walks, whale-watching, icebergs and Viking remains, seriously fresh and tasty fish dinners - and a welcome that is second to none . . . 1: COLOURFUL HISTORY We landed in the provincial capital St John's, a pretty little city of brightly coloured wooden houses built on steep streets spilling down towards the harbour. It is the oldest English-founded settlement in North America. There are lively bars, good restaurants - the young waitress...

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Humber Valley Resort - Holiday Chalets

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:23:14 PDT

Humber Valley Resort is very much still open for business! The summer, whilst of course quieter than previously, partly due to the lack of direct flights and the current uncertainty, is actually busier than one might expect. Visitors are still blessed a beautiful landscape, culture and authentic experience. It still all about the people - and there are plenty of opportunities and activities to try out. Humber Valley Resort chalet owners are now working with a variety of partner companies to promote their chalet vacation rental. The challenge for everyone involved with the resort is the need to maintain the standards that are expected....

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Golf is back at Humber Valley Resort

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:24:24 PDT

Just a quick blog to say Well Done to those involved in getting golf operations working again at Humber Valley Resort, Western Newfoundland, Canada. The River Course is truly a fantastic course and worth every effort to get to ... Have a look at what's there at www.crazyaboutnewfoundland.ca/hvr Here are a few pics from Gary Kelly's recent visit to check it out. Gary's full blog is at www.garykelly.ca/blog I'm looking forward to getting out there as soon as possible!! (Jul/Aug)

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Runway extension for Deer Lake Airport

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:19:06 PDT

Good news for Deer Lake Airport, with the announcement of a $9M investment in a 600 metre runway extension. See the announcement on the link below: www.deerlakeairport.com/files/newsRelease_Files/newsR43.pdf And while we're at it, the airport has a new MUCH BETTER website ... www.deerlakeairport.com

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Deer Lake INTERNATIONAL airport !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:41:10 PDT

At last !!!! Deer Lake Airport is declared as an international airport. Shame it didn't happen when British airways was looking for an airport to land prior to going on to New York (direct from City Airport). Anyway ... its great news - and we all hope that the airport and its management can attract the international traffic the area desperately needs! Lets ALL hope this will make the difference!!! DG _______ Western Star release: The Deer Lake Regional Airport now holds Airport of Entry status. The pronouncement of the status, along with $670,000 in new federal funding for the “enhancement of border services” at the airport, was made...

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HVR Assets get broken up - Strawberry Hill sold!!

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:35:44 PDT

The assets of Humber Valley Resort have been up for sale by tender for the last few weeks, and the resulting bids have now been evaluated by the court Trustees Ernst & Young. Known bidders were the resorts original founder Brian Dobbin, and a chalet owners consortium led by Mike Ward- both bidding for the whole resort, and each with differing business plans. Dobbin's was associated with being granted further crown land and so based on selling more land and chalets to new owners, whilst Ward's Team were driven by developing the exisiting resort and attracting a big name brand to build a hotel to act as the central piece to the resort and...

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ARTICLE: Group has bid for resort assets

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:40:27 PDT

Article on Western Star (Corner Brook) by Gary Kean A management group led by a chalet owner has confirmed it has made a bid to buy Humber Valley Resort’s assets. The deadline for the tender call for the bankrupt resort’s properties — including the golf course, restaurants, land and other holdings — closed Friday, and the resort’s trustee in bankruptcy now has until March 16 to decide what to do with the bids. The trustee, Ernst and Young, won’t say how many bids have been received, but a bid has been made by a group led by Brian Dobbin, the man who founded the resort that went into bankruptcy in December. At least one other bid has also...

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Owners consortium bid to buy HVR assets ...

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:16:28 PDT

The following "bid news summary" is from the HVR bid consortium led by Mike Ward: On Friday 6th March a bid was submitted by Mike Ward and his team of Owners at Humber Valley with a view to buying the resort assets and running a successful commercial business. The plan recognises the problems of the previous management teams and misguided focus, and what is needed to turn the resort around. The previous failed business model of selling land at high prices clearly hasn't worked and any plan with this as the short term model will fail. The resort needs to implement a successful operational model to bring in local people which in our view is...

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Brian Dobbin announces his HVR bid to Owners

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:57:40 PDT

Brian Dobbin declared his bid for Humber Valley Resort assets late last week by emailing some HVR chalet owners. One immediate comment from me, Brian refers in his letter to "anonymous blogs on the owner website". I'd just add FYI that we have over 400 owners, over 1,000 site emails between owners, 780 forum entries, across 199 subject titles - of which 1 (one!) was made anonymous simply to evaluate if having your name detered some owners from participating. Anyway, read the letter below. Your comments are encouraged and welcome here, and on the Gary Kelly blog where there is a stream of previous...

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Jayne McGiven in talks for new development venture?

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:14:32 PDT

Jayne McGivern, who this week stepped down as chief executive of AIM‑listed leisure developer Newfound, is understood to be teaming up with Mikola Wilson to launch an opportunity fund. McGivern, who was formerly head of Multiplex UK, relinquished her £500,000 pa role as chief executive of Newfound after plans to take the company private collapsed. She said: “Despite us getting shareholder approval for the privatisation, which would have helped us to raise cash, the move was scuppered at the last minute by our debt provider, [French hedge fund] Agilo, which demanded new lending terms that we find onerous.” Sources said that McGivern was now...

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Humber Valley Resort - Tenders stage closed!

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:46:40 PST

So bids are in for Humber Valley Resort assets, and the Court Trustees (Ernst & Young) have on Friday 6th closed that stage of the tender process. We now have to wait to hear who has bid and what conditions they have set against their offer. It's bound to be a complicated process and it will be interesting to see if any of the bidders have linked their offer to provincial confirmation of the availability of the expansion land to the east of HVR. Two bidders we do now about for certain: Brian Dobbin wrote to Chalet Owners on Thursday 5th declaring his intention to bring back some of the personalities of the past and to rebuild HVR....

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McGivern steps down as Newfound warns of risk of collapse

noreply@blogger.com (We're CrazyAboutNewfoundland.com - Are you?) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:16:47 PST

Jayne McGivern has resigned as CEO of AIM-listed resort developer, Newfound, as the company warned of a risk of collapse. Article on Property Week website Newfound said that McGivren’s departure was a result of it restructuring of its operations and management to cut costs, and warned that without new funds, it would ‘cease operations’. It said this morning: ‘Unless new finance can be found for the group over the coming months, there is a risk that the Company will exhaust its cash resources, in which case it will need to cease operations.’ McGivern, a former Multiplex UK chief executive who took over last year, will remain on the board...

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