• Past Perfect

  January 24, 2012 - 1 h 00

  Rockwell Kent, a man seldom if ever at a loss for words, never in his remotest dreams expected to receive a letter like the one from Newfoundland's premier that he opened one morning in the winter of 1967.

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• Readily a Parent

  January 17, 2012 - 1 h 00

  Three years ago, when my youngest was still an infant, I took apart the crib to move it from our room into the room he would share with his brother.

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• Neither Here Nor There

  January 17, 2012 - 1 h 00

  Once upon a time there was a crisis in the fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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• Try, try again

  January 17, 2012 - 1 h 00

  A brand new year is already over two weeks old, and there's a good bet some of those new year's resolutions made just days ago have already fallen by the wayside.

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• Where will the axe fall next?

  January 17, 2012 - 1 h 00

  "The rich shall be richer and the poor shall be poorer" - this is a forecast that the federal government (perhaps a more fitting mantle would be the Harper government) is intent on exerting every effort in making sure it comes to pass if,...

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• Misleading veterans!

  January 10, 2012 - 7 h 49

  Military/RCMP veterans find it difficult to understand why elected ministers continue six years later, to mislead the House of Commons ...

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• The right approach

  January 10, 2012 - 7 h 03

  Fisheries Minister Darin King took a difficult stand personally last week. He denied a request from Ocean Choice International for a permanent exemption in the size of redfish and yellowtail flounder it can export to overseas markets.

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• Book ReMarks

  January 9, 2012 - 9 h 00

  Hands up, those of you who know Dr. Wilfred Grenfell imported a herd of Lapland reindeer to Newfoundland back in 19-ought-something-or-other? That’s what I thought, a veritable forest of waving arms.

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• Lucky year ahead!

  January 4, 2012 - 7 h 45

  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 workers the loss of their jobs when Ocean Choice International decided it was closing that facility...

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• OCI proposal has to be stopped

  January 3, 2012 - 8 h 35

  As we ring in a new year, I want to thank you for the opportunity to say a few thank yous, make a few points and ask a few questions regarding the situation workers face here at the OCI plant in Marystown.

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• January 3, 2012 Neither Here Nor There
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• December 22, 2011 With best wishes
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• December 19, 2011 It’s a wonderful life!
• December 19, 2011 The Travel Bug
• December 19, 2011 Christmas gift
• December 13, 2011 Season to help others
• December 12, 2011 Book ReMarks
• December 12, 2011 From the Teacher's Desk
• December 12, 2011 How the Sullivan ‘Scrooges’ stole Christmas
• December 5, 2011 Council responds to proposed developer’s complaints
• December 5, 2011 Neither Here Nor There
• December 5, 2011 Occupy Marystown