http://www.northernpen.ca/images/logo/26_NPen.gifhttp://www.northernpen.ca/List of the latest articles from this category.http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion-10081Thu, 17 May 2012 16:23:48 -0400Thu, 17 May 2012 16:23:48 -0400enhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Letters-to-the-editor/2012-05-07/article-2972811/Remember-when/1Mon, 07 May 2012 15:54:30 -0400Dear Editor,Remember when any and all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians regardless of age, sex, weight, height or anything else you could imagine did not deter you from going out in your boat or anybody else’s to catch a codfish/herring or whatever for your family’s dinner? Then the so called ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Letters-to-the-editor/2012-05-07/article-2972811/Remember-when/1Opinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Letters-to-the-editor/2012-05-07/article-2972811/Remember-when/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-07/article-2972806/For-the-love-of-choice/1Mon, 07 May 2012 15:51:04 -0400In 1967, before he was one of Canada’s most popular Prime Ministers, then Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau introduced a bill that legalized homosexuality and contraception, and also provided for, under certain medical circumstances, a three-doctor hospital committee to approve abortions for ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-07/article-2972806/For-the-love-of-choice/1agunn@advertisernl.caOpinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-07/article-2972806/For-the-love-of-choice/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-30/article-2967220/A-budget-caveat/1Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:43:49 -0400The budgetary trial balloon went up: the budgetary trial balloon came down. And in the end, the province’s finance minister wound up delivering a stand-pat budget that forecasts $258 million in deficit spending this year, and posits a $432 million deficit for 2013-2014.Instead of the three per ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-30/article-2967220/A-budget-caveat/1Opinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-30/article-2967220/A-budget-caveat/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Letters-to-the-editor/2012-04-27/article-2965242/Crab-and-seals/1Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:46:01 -0400I am writing to express my concerns for the livelihood of my family. I was raised as the daughter of a fisherman and continued this trend when I married a fisherman. Until November 2010, the fishery had been our main source of income for our family. With the decrease in the crab quota for the ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Letters-to-the-editor/2012-04-27/article-2965242/Crab-and-seals/1Opinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Letters-to-the-editor/2012-04-27/article-2965242/Crab-and-seals/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-27/article-2965241/A-penny-for-your-thoughts/1Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:45:12 -0400They jingle in our pockets and make a bulge in our wallets or coin purses - but there will come a time when the Canadian penny will be no more. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced last week in his 2012 budget speech the federal government would stop producing the coin many people refer to ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-27/article-2965241/A-penny-for-your-thoughts/1editor@thegeorgian.caOpinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-27/article-2965241/A-penny-for-your-thoughts/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-16/article-2953948/Finishing-strong/1Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:00:00 -0400Henry David Thoreau once said “All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must possess if we are to face the future as finishers.”http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-16/article-2953948/Finishing-strong/1ian.murdoch@tc.tcOpinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-16/article-2953948/Finishing-strong/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-09/article-2948213/Lots-of-comments%2C-little-sense/1Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:15:00 -0400Recent polar bear shootings and the upcoming seal hunt have driven the online court of public opinion into full gear, as fanatics, recluses and sensationalists fill website message boards with a perceived sage wisdom and know-it-all advice.http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-09/article-2948213/Lots-of-comments%2C-little-sense/1ian.murdoch@tc.tcOpinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-09/article-2948213/Lots-of-comments%2C-little-sense/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-04-09/article-2948211/Storming-the-Battlements/1Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:10:00 -0400A flu-bug, whether at home or away, can stretch a parent's resources to the limits. Midnight, April 1992. I had just fallen asleep when the pitter-patter of little feet sounded in the hallway outside the bedroom door. Suddenly, the pitter-patter accelerated into a tattoo more like staccato ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-04-09/article-2948211/Storming-the-Battlements/1info@northernpen.caOpinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-04-09/article-2948211/Storming-the-Battlements/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-03/article-2943306/Long-term-budget-shortsighted/1Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:00:00 -0400The Federal Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty, presented the budget last week, causing a wave of reaction ranging from praise to disgust to indifference.http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-03/article-2943306/Long-term-budget-shortsighted/1ian.murdoch@tc.tcOpinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-03/article-2943306/Long-term-budget-shortsighted/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-27/article-2937615/Does-Harper-really-care-about-the-east%3F/1Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:00:00 -0400There have been a lot of voices speaking out in recent weeks about the Newfoundland and Labrador government's ability, or alleged inability, to influence Prime Minister Steven Harper and federal government policy.http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-27/article-2937615/Does-Harper-really-care-about-the-east%3F/1ian.murdoch@tc.tcOpinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-27/article-2937615/Does-Harper-really-care-about-the-east%3F/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-03-26/article-2937612/East-is-east-and-West-is-west/1Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:15:00 -0400It was spring in British Columbia and the young couple had no inkling of the trouble that lay ahead. As they motored along 56th Avenue in their compact car, the wind whipped through their hair, the radio blared, and a weak sun filtered through billowing cumulus clouds, highlighting the ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-03-26/article-2937612/East-is-east-and-West-is-west/1info@northernpen.caOpinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-03-26/article-2937612/East-is-east-and-West-is-west/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Letters-to-the-editor/2012-03-26/article-2937602/Rogues-and-heroes/1Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:00:00 -0400There are many Newfoundland stories about rogues and heroes around our Island home. My father used to have a saying, "You bloody rogue." This was just a humorous remark when he was telling a story about an old guy who lived in a harbor town, and was always seen lurking around the fish flakes, ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Letters-to-the-editor/2012-03-26/article-2937602/Rogues-and-heroes/1Opinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Letters-to-the-editor/2012-03-26/article-2937602/Rogues-and-heroes/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-21/article-2929200/War-of-words-and-pending-warfare/1Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:00:00 -0400With government back in the full swing of things in the House of Assembly and back-and-forth bickering going on until all hours of the evening, anybody watching the action unfold could be led to compare the constant war of words between the Dunderdale government and their opposition with the ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-21/article-2929200/War-of-words-and-pending-warfare/1ian.murdoch@tc.tcOpinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-21/article-2929200/War-of-words-and-pending-warfare/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Letters-to-the-editor/2012-03-19/article-2929162/Parents-in-Charlottetown-search-for-answers-over-schools-conditions%2C-closure/1Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:00:00 -0400Open letter to Dr. Ross Elliott, Director of Education/CEO, Western School District: It was a lively, passionate, jam-packed community meeting last night. I could never have anticipated how it would go. But here is the situation: One hundred per cent of students were kept home today from ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Letters-to-the-editor/2012-03-19/article-2929162/Parents-in-Charlottetown-search-for-answers-over-schools-conditions%2C-closure/1Opinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Letters-to-the-editor/2012-03-19/article-2929162/Parents-in-Charlottetown-search-for-answers-over-schools-conditions%2C-closure/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Letters-to-the-editor/2012-03-14/article-2923356/FFAW-spells-out-benefits-of-provincial-partnership/1Wed, 14 Mar 2012 06:00:00 -0400In light of the recent public controversy surrounding provincial funding for science, stewardship and market research projects that the Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) are involved in, I would like to offer the following information. I would also like to clarify that none of the provincial ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Letters-to-the-editor/2012-03-14/article-2923356/FFAW-spells-out-benefits-of-provincial-partnership/1Opinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Letters-to-the-editor/2012-03-14/article-2923356/FFAW-spells-out-benefits-of-provincial-partnership/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-13/article-2923350/The-same-old-speech/1Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:10:00 -0400The 47th General Assembly sat for their first session at the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador last Monday and with one of the longest stretches of inactive parliaments in Canada, they should have a lot to say and do. Indeed, the Speech from the Throne, read by the Honourable John ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-13/article-2923350/The-same-old-speech/1Opinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-13/article-2923350/The-same-old-speech/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-03-12/article-2923346/A-Misers-Feast/1Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:00:00 -0400If Len's father hadn't been sick, I might never have tasted such a feast. As soon as I walked in the door I was lured to the stove by a mouth-watering aroma and, lifting the pot lid, I saw potatoes, turnips and onions in a light broth. How could something so seemingly ordinary smell so good? In ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-03-12/article-2923346/A-Misers-Feast/1info@northernpen.caOpinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-03-12/article-2923346/A-Misers-Feast/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-05/article-2913937/Easy-to-join-in-the-blame-game/1Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:00:00 -0500The Search and Rescue system has come under heavy fire lately, from politicians and citizens upset after the tragedy of Burton Winters. A steady uproar of discontent has grown into a chorus of jeers and general outrage. But what is needed is a reflection on why these types of tragedies happen ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-05/article-2913937/Easy-to-join-in-the-blame-game/1Opinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-05/article-2913937/Easy-to-join-in-the-blame-game/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-28/article-2906539/Let-it-snow/1Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0500It took a bit longer than usual, leaving many to look up at the sky dumbfounded, perhaps shaking their fist and wondering when it would come, but residents in the Northern Peninsula are finally beginning to wake up to that blistery, snowy weather that most of us look forward to. But why did it ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-28/article-2906539/Let-it-snow/1Opinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-28/article-2906539/Let-it-snow/1http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-02-27/article-2906536/Jims-Miraculous-Cure/1Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0500You've probably heard the Premier Care Walk-in Bath commercial on television, and how it helped a man named Jim to regain his dignity. The commercial shows a white-haired woman assisting her elderly husband, Jim, out of a car, up the stairs and, later, out of a bathtub. She says, "When Jim's ...http://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-02-27/article-2906536/Jims-Miraculous-Cure/1info@northernpen.caOpinionhttp://www.northernpen.ca/Columnists/Kathleen-Tucker/2012-02-27/article-2906536/Jims-Miraculous-Cure/1