Northern Pen

It’s a luxury to not think about water. Most Canadians watch it flow from the faucet and go down the drain without considering its source or destination. When we do think about water, it’s only about where the nearest tap is. Many ...

“The fact is, we need people,” wrote Russell Wangersky in his column for Aug. 24 decrying “anti-immigration rhetoric.”  “Go to many restaurants and fast-food outlets,” wrote Mr. Wangersky, “and you ...

I would like to relate to you a short story of an incident that occurred to my family in mid-July while we were travelling to Port aux Basques to catch the ferry. Our vehicle had a luggage carrier on the top. We were driving through the Wreckhouse ...

When I read of Port aux Basques being described as the most autism friendly town in Canada I was interested for two reasons. Over 50 years ago in 1960 I disembarked at Port aux Basques from the Newfoundland ferry the William Carson and embarked on ...

Dear Editor: I read with interest the letter of the changes at Western Brook Pond and, in particular, the loss of the scenic path to make way for a wide road. My family and I had already booked our boat trip so were a little concerned upon seeing ...

So, the new political buzz-word is “mitigate.” Premier Dwight Ball and his administration, and also Progressive Conservative Leader Ches Crosbie and his colleagues, are all working hard to find ways to suitably mitigate the economic ...

You just don’t know what a new day will bring to politics from Confederation Hill. Just a few weeks ago at the Liberal Convention in Gander, Premier Dwight Ball, smiling like a Cheshire cat after eating the whole codfish by himself, guaranteed ...

Those who want to change the name of Discovery Day are being illogical. If that holiday ought not to celebrate the discovery of Newfoundland by those who since then have mostly made it what it has become, then we ought to abolish that particular ...

Having personally experienced the wonder of the Iconic Western Brook Trail and Fjord in 2015, 2016 and 2017; I am stunned by its massacre in 2018. The wound left in this world-renowned UNESCO site is environmentally irresponsible and ...

The Mekap’sk Mi’kmaq Band is an Indigenous group, with recognized and protected rights under section 35 of the Constitution Act, who collectively hold Aboriginal Title over Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula. Transmission lines ...