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/Letter-to-the-editor-10031Thu, 17 May 2012 07:22:58 -0400Thu, 17 May 2012 07:22:58 -0400enhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-15/article-2978589/Don%26rsquo%3Bt-dismantle-the-infrastructure%21/1Tue, 15 May 2012 08:26:00 -0400Most locations in the world involved in the fish industries would be more than delighted to have a world class primary fish processing facility, and a world class secondary fish processing facility only 10-12 kilometres from each other, as is the case with OCI in Marystown and High Liner Foods ...http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-15/article-2978589/Don%26rsquo%3Bt-dismantle-the-infrastructure%21/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-15/article-2978589/Don%26rsquo%3Bt-dismantle-the-infrastructure%21/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-08/article-2972494/Ottawa%26rsquo%3Bs-responsibility-to-enhance-seniors%26rsquo%3B-programs/1Tue, 08 May 2012 08:00:00 -0400In response to your letter of April 2012, regarding your government’s decision to implement changes to the Canadian Old Age Security (OAS) program, I would like to make the following observations.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-08/article-2972494/Ottawa%26rsquo%3Bs-responsibility-to-enhance-seniors%26rsquo%3B-programs/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-08/article-2972494/Ottawa%26rsquo%3Bs-responsibility-to-enhance-seniors%26rsquo%3B-programs/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-01/article-2966954/The-dangers-of-transferring-fishing-quotas/1Tue, 01 May 2012 07:08:00 -0400As has been widely reported, the federal Conservative government is considering the removal of DFO’s fleet separation and owner-operator policies. These policies were implemented by former Fisheries Minister, Romeo LeBlanc.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-01/article-2966954/The-dangers-of-transferring-fishing-quotas/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-01/article-2966954/The-dangers-of-transferring-fishing-quotas/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-25/article-2961426/Search-and-rescue-discussion/1Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:56:00 -0400Until recently, I served as an officer in the Canadian Forces and as a search and rescue helicopter pilot. In my final post, I was privileged to command 103 Search and Rescue Squadron.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-25/article-2961426/Search-and-rescue-discussion/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-25/article-2961426/Search-and-rescue-discussion/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-17/article-2955649/National-Volunteer-Week/1Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:01:00 -0400National Volunteer Week is a weeklong celebration where Canadians pause to applaud hardworking volunteers in their communities who support many worthwhile causes.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-17/article-2955649/National-Volunteer-Week/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-17/article-2955649/National-Volunteer-Week/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-10/article-2950442/Why-can%26rsquo%3Bt-Harper-reverse-his-mistakes-and-put-Canada-back-in-surplus%3F/1Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:23:00 -0400The federal government could put Canada into a budget surplus in 2012-2013, if they immediately reversed two mistakes they have made since taking power in 2006.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-10/article-2950442/Why-can%26rsquo%3Bt-Harper-reverse-his-mistakes-and-put-Canada-back-in-surplus%3F/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-10/article-2950442/Why-can%26rsquo%3Bt-Harper-reverse-his-mistakes-and-put-Canada-back-in-surplus%3F/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-02/article-2944991/Big-strides-in-the-fishery/1Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:19:06 -0400Canada has the longest coastline and arguably the best seafood products in the world, but we are time and again being out-performed by smaller countries with less access to the resource.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-02/article-2944991/Big-strides-in-the-fishery/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-02/article-2944991/Big-strides-in-the-fishery/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-27/article-2939521/Today%26rsquo%3Bs-unions-do-more-harm-than-good/1Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:39:00 -0400Is the usefulness of unions in the protection of workers’ rights coming to an end? The answer is ‘yes’!http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-27/article-2939521/Today%26rsquo%3Bs-unions-do-more-harm-than-good/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-27/article-2939521/Today%26rsquo%3Bs-unions-do-more-harm-than-good/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-19/article-2933720/Minister-clarifies-information-on-Early-Learning-Resource-Kits/1Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:34:11 -0400I am writing in response to your Mar. 6 editorial headlined ‘Blankies, babies and lunchtime’. There were several factual errors in the editorial, and some apparent misunderstanding as to the intent of a new Early Childhood Learning initiative.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-19/article-2933720/Minister-clarifies-information-on-Early-Learning-Resource-Kits/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-19/article-2933720/Minister-clarifies-information-on-Early-Learning-Resource-Kits/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-13/article-2924974/A-team-approach-in-fisheries%26rsquo%3B-science-research/1Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:29:00 -0400In light of the recent public controversy surrounding provincial funding for science, stewardship and market research projects that the FFAW is involved in, I would like to offer the following information.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-13/article-2924974/A-team-approach-in-fisheries%26rsquo%3B-science-research/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-13/article-2924974/A-team-approach-in-fisheries%26rsquo%3B-science-research/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-06/article-2915807/Belt-tightening%3F-Start-with-MHA-pay/1Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:32:00 -0500Premier Kathy Dunderdale has said there are austerity measures on the way. Well, I have a simple way for her to put our money where her mouth is!http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-06/article-2915807/Belt-tightening%3F-Start-with-MHA-pay/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-06/article-2915807/Belt-tightening%3F-Start-with-MHA-pay/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-02-29/article-2909372/The-domino-effect-of-no-sealing-industry/1Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:33:00 -0500If you are a Newfoundlander living in an outport, which I am, who has taken his living over the years directly from the sea, you must be frustrated to the point of banging your head off the wall.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-02-29/article-2909372/The-domino-effect-of-no-sealing-industry/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-02-29/article-2909372/The-domino-effect-of-no-sealing-industry/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-02-21/article-2900367/Don%26rsquo%3Bt-rush-Muskrat-Falls-development/1Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500How many of you listened to the Muskrat Falls debate on VOCM Radio last week? If you did, I'm sure you heard Natural Resouces Minister Jerome Kennedy say at least two or three times if Muskrat Falls is developed the average household electric bill will increase by about $15 per month.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-02-21/article-2900367/Don%26rsquo%3Bt-rush-Muskrat-Falls-development/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-02-21/article-2900367/Don%26rsquo%3Bt-rush-Muskrat-Falls-development/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-02-14/article-2893864/%0D%0AOn-the-%26lsquo%3BTerra-Nova%26rsquo%3B-FPSO-contract/1Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 The ‘Terra Nova' FPSO is scheduled for a refit later in 2012, and I'm looking forward to assisting with the refit of vessel, which will be moored near the two stair towers at the Kiewit Offshore facility in Marystown.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-02-14/article-2893864/%0D%0AOn-the-%26lsquo%3BTerra-Nova%26rsquo%3B-FPSO-contract/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-02-14/article-2893864/%0D%0AOn-the-%26lsquo%3BTerra-Nova%26rsquo%3B-FPSO-contract/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-02-07/article-2887106/%0D%0A%26lsquo%3BFisheries-Broadcast%26rsquo%3B-host-blurring-the-line/1Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 As an avid listener to the CBC's ‘Fisheries Broadcast', I am a little disappointed in the host, John Furlong, and his published opinions on what he considers the future of the fishery and the sealing industry in this province.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-02-07/article-2887106/%0D%0A%26lsquo%3BFisheries-Broadcast%26rsquo%3B-host-blurring-the-line/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-02-07/article-2887106/%0D%0A%26lsquo%3BFisheries-Broadcast%26rsquo%3B-host-blurring-the-line/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-31/article-2880100/%0D%0ANeed-for-protective-care-beds-on-peninsula-critical/1Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 The shortage of protective care on the Burin Peninsula has been getting media attention recently because the need for more beds is critical.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-31/article-2880100/%0D%0ANeed-for-protective-care-beds-on-peninsula-critical/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-31/article-2880100/%0D%0ANeed-for-protective-care-beds-on-peninsula-critical/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-24/article-2871794/------Riding-the-trails-for-free/1Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 As a member of the Wheeled Recreational Vehicle Association (a group that doesn't actually exist) which includes ATVs, side-by-sides, dirt bikes, etc., I want to express my thanks and gratitude to the provincial government and the Newfoundland and Labrador Snowmobile Federation (NLSF) for the ...http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-24/article-2871794/------Riding-the-trails-for-free/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-24/article-2871794/------Riding-the-trails-for-free/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-17/article-2865460/Where-will-the-axe-fall-next%3F/1Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500"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, indeed, it isn't already here.http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-17/article-2865460/Where-will-the-axe-fall-next%3F/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-17/article-2865460/Where-will-the-axe-fall-next%3F/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-10/article-2858633/Misleading-veterans%21/1Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:49:00 -0500Military/RCMP veterans find it difficult to understand why elected ministers continue six years later, to mislead the House of Commons ...http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-10/article-2858633/Misleading-veterans%21/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-10/article-2858633/Misleading-veterans%21/1http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-03/article-2853128/%0D%0AOCI-proposal-has-to-be-stopped%0D%0A/1Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:35:54 -0500 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. http://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-03/article-2853128/%0D%0AOCI-proposal-has-to-be-stopped%0D%0A/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.southerngazette.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-03/article-2853128/%0D%0AOCI-proposal-has-to-be-stopped%0D%0A/1