http://www.southerngazette.ca/images/logo/14_Gazette.gifhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/List of the latest articles from this category.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial-10030Thu, 17 May 2012 07:53:29 -0400Thu, 17 May 2012 07:53:29 -0400enhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-15/article-2978454/Chief-spokesperson/1Tue, 15 May 2012 09:14:00 -0400Premier Kathy Dunderdale has always been a capable politician – that’s one reason she’s Newfoundland and Labrador’s first female premier.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-15/article-2978454/Chief-spokesperson/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-15/article-2978454/Chief-spokesperson/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-08/article-2972486/Globalization/1Tue, 08 May 2012 08:00:00 -0400Is the Burin Peninsula paying the price because we’re located on a ‘rock’ in the North Atlantic?http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-08/article-2972486/Globalization/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-08/article-2972486/Globalization/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-01/article-2966953/Willing-sacrifices/1Tue, 01 May 2012 07:05:00 -0400It proved to be the longest running military campaign of the Second World War. ‘The Battle of the Atlantic’ was fought from 1939 to 1943.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-01/article-2966953/Willing-sacrifices/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-01/article-2966953/Willing-sacrifices/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-24/article-2961397/Lobster-pittances/1Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:32:00 -0400Spring is in the air on the Burin Peninsula and along the South Coast.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-24/article-2961397/Lobster-pittances/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-24/article-2961397/Lobster-pittances/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-17/article-2955643/Volunteering/1Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:58:00 -0400This is Volunteer Week in Newfoundland and Labrador. It’s a week set aside to recognize people in your community who help make your area a better place in which to live ...http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-17/article-2955643/Volunteering/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-17/article-2955643/Volunteering/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-10/article-2950434/Travelling-the-open-high%2C-er-driveway/1Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:13:00 -0400If 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. The price of gasoline last week leaped frog. http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-10/article-2950434/Travelling-the-open-high%2C-er-driveway/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-10/article-2950434/Travelling-the-open-high%2C-er-driveway/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-03/article-2945027/A-penny-for-your-thoughts%21/1Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:40:00 -0400It’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 opinions on an issue being discussed.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-03/article-2945027/A-penny-for-your-thoughts%21/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-03/article-2945027/A-penny-for-your-thoughts%21/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-27/article-2939355/Down-which-road%3F/1Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:02:00 -0400Where is the federal Conservative government taking Canada with its ‘right wing’ approach to politics?http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-27/article-2939355/Down-which-road%3F/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-27/article-2939355/Down-which-road%3F/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-20/article-2933731/The-coyote-problem/1Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:51:00 -0400Joe Fleming from the Bonavista Peninsula said he caught an 82-pound coyote and believes it to the biggest ever captured in the province. Memorial University is doing DNA testing though to make sure the big beast is a coyote, and not some other hybrid or another animal.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-20/article-2933731/The-coyote-problem/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-20/article-2933731/The-coyote-problem/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-13/article-2924981/Survival-is-priority/1Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:37:00 -0400The NL fishing industry, as residents have known for decades particularly along the South Coast, is in the midst of a major upheaval.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-13/article-2924981/Survival-is-priority/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-13/article-2924981/Survival-is-priority/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-05/article-2915576/Program-%26lsquo%3Baxed%26rsquo%3B/1Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:35:10 -0500A program that has literally stood the test of time has been put on the chopping block by the Federal Conservatives.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-05/article-2915576/Program-%26lsquo%3Baxed%26rsquo%3B/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-05/article-2915576/Program-%26lsquo%3Baxed%26rsquo%3B/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-28/article-2909365/United-and-strong/1Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:29:00 -0500A move is afoot to revive the Burin Peninsula Joint Town and Community Council, or something similar. It’s been an effort by the Schooner Regional Development Association over the past two years. http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-28/article-2909365/United-and-strong/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-28/article-2909365/United-and-strong/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-21/article-2900364/Ode-to-teachers/1Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 It's a profession of long-hours - many behind the scenes - with modest pay and stressful situations.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-21/article-2900364/Ode-to-teachers/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-21/article-2900364/Ode-to-teachers/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-14/article-2893866/%0D%0AQuota-quandary-/1Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Fisheries Minister Darin King's rejection of processing exemptions for Ocean Choice International (OCI) last week may have initially been welcomed as a victory by the company's former employees holding vigil at its fish plant in Marystown.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-14/article-2893866/%0D%0AQuota-quandary-/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-14/article-2893866/%0D%0AQuota-quandary-/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-07/article-2887105/%0D%0AAdding-insult-to-injury/1Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Just when you thought the federal Conservative government couldn't get any more ignorant in its decision to ‘streamline' the country's search and rescue operations, they once again outdo themselves.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-07/article-2887105/%0D%0AAdding-insult-to-injury/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-07/article-2887105/%0D%0AAdding-insult-to-injury/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-31/article-2880094/So-sad/1Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Suicide is one of those taboo subjects that is spoke about only in hushed, yet shocked, tones under one's breath.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-31/article-2880094/So-sad/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-31/article-2880094/So-sad/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-24/article-2871782/A-strange-twist-of-fate/1Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500A plant worker emotionally told those gathered for a special meeting called by Marystown council Thursday evening – while grateful for the support – how humiliating it felt to have items from the food bank dropped off to the protest site outside Ocen Choice International's (OCI) shuttered ...http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-24/article-2871782/A-strange-twist-of-fate/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-24/article-2871782/A-strange-twist-of-fate/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-17/article-2865432/Try%2C-try-again/1Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500A 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.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-17/article-2865432/Try%2C-try-again/1khiggins@ganderbeacon.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-17/article-2865432/Try%2C-try-again/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-10/article-2858453/The-right-approach/1Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:03:00 -0500Fisheries 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.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-10/article-2858453/The-right-approach/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-10/article-2858453/The-right-approach/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-04/article-2853144/%0D%0ALucky-year-ahead%21%0D%0A/1Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:45:00 -0500 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 permanently. http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-04/article-2853144/%0D%0ALucky-year-ahead%21%0D%0A/1editor@southerngazette.caEditorialhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-04/article-2853144/%0D%0ALucky-year-ahead%21%0D%0A/1