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• Chief spokesperson
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale has always been a capable politician – that’s one reason she’s Newfoundland and Labrador’s first female premier. From ...
• Arch and Margaret
  The book is simply titled ‘Arch and Margaret’. And most
• Globalization
  Is the Burin Peninsula paying the price because we’re located on a ‘rock’ in the North Atlantic?
• Expected news still hits Burin hard
  Burin Mayor Kevin Lundrigan admitted the news High Liner Foods Inc. was closing its Secondary Processing Plant in the town came as a “shock.”
• ‘Freedom Park’ initiative attracts large group...
  A packed gymnasium at the College of the North Atlantic, Burin Campus, Apr. 23 heard the selection of Donald C. Jamieson Academy in Burin for a ...
• Willing sacrifices
  It proved to be the longest running military campaign of the Second World War. ‘The Battle of
• Lobster pittances
  Birds are making an appearance; crocuses are beginning to shoot up from the ground; temperatures are starting to warm; winter’s snow has ...
• Volunteering
  This is Volunteer Week in Newfoundland and Labrador. It’s a week set aside to recognize people in your community who help
• Homelessness on the Burin Peninsula
  Joan Brown is regularly hearing stories about Burin Peninsula residents needing a place to live, of being hungry or needing medical ...
• Travelling the open high, er driveway
  If you own a vehicle and are a regular driver, with your employment or as a tourist, then your wallet is taking a beating these days.
• A penny for your thoughts!
  It’s long been a saying in Canada … ‘a penny for your thoughts’. It’s based on the English method of simply asking people to volunteer their ...
• UPDATE: Single vehicle accident in Marystown claims...
  Marystown District RCMP reported Friday morning a 19-year-old Rushoon man was found deceased in the water near Canning Bridge in Marystown at ...
• New Marystown Recplex expenditures start to come in
  The Town of Marystown has approved a $47,056 preliminary design invoice on the proposed recplex building. Sheppard Case Architects of St. John’s ...
• PKO official holds out hope of work for Marystown...
  Marystown Mayor Sam Synard is again expressing some optimism for employment prospects at the local Peter Kiewit Offshore facilities. He told ...
• Marystown men recognized for unselfish act
  Three Marystown men have been honoured with ‘Certificates of Commendation’ from the Governor General of Canada David Johnston. The three – Ernest ...
• Down which road?
  Where is the federal Conservative government taking Canada with its ‘right wing’ approach to politics? Sure the argument can be made almost 40 ...
• Just in time for St. Paddy’s Day
  Another in a long list of messages placed in a bottle at sea has found its way back to its sender. And this one had an Irish flavour to it as St. ...
• The coyote problem
  Joe Fleming from the Bonavista Peninsula said he caught an 82-pound coyote and believes it to the biggest ever captured in the province. Memorial ...
• Long Harbour job prospects outlined for Peninsula...
  Vale Newfoundland and Labrador came calling to the Burin Peninsula Wednesday, outlining job prospects for Long Harbour and seeking out resumes ...
• Students back in Pearce after Easter holiday
  Eastern School Board is preparing to have Pearce Junior High School students return to their own classes after the Easter break. A school board ...
• Survival is priority
  The NL fishing industry, as residents have known for decades particularly along the South Coast, is in the midst of a major upheaval. The deep ...
• Golfers look forward to better season
  A new board of directors for the Grande Meadows Golf Course in Frenchman’s Cove has been put in place for the 2012 golfing season. The ...
• Program ‘axed’
  A program that has literally stood the test of time has been put on the chopping block by the Federal Conservatives. Stephen Harper and ...
• United and strong
  A move is afoot to revive the Burin Peninsula Joint Town and Community Council, or something similar. It’s
• Open Mic Forum hears frustrations of fish plant workers
  The Burin Peninsula has one message for the provincial government and the politicians who represent the region – stand up with us to fight for ...
• Good news on job front
  Statistics Canada reported the rate of 12.6 per cent unemployed meant 32,200 were out of work with 223,200 working. A year earlier ...
• The right approach
  Tied into the Ocean Choice request was the permanent closure of the Marystown fish plant and reopening of the Fortune plant, creating 110 ...
• Reaction to fisheries minister’s quota denial mixed
  BY GEORGE MACVICAR The Southern Gazette
• First 2012 baby on peninsula picked his arrival site
  BY GEORGE MACVICAR The Southern Gazette Derm and Stephanie Roul live in Clarenville and were preparing f
• Lucky year ahead!
  Some people may feel 2011 was a write off for them. There may have been medical, personal crises or as was the case for Marystown fish plant ...