http://www.thelabradorian.ca/images/logo/16_Labradorian.gifhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/List of the latest articles from this category.http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion-1778Thu, 17 May 2012 02:29:33 -0400Thu, 17 May 2012 02:29:33 -0400enhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-15/article-2979823/Putting-price-tags-on-our-doors/1Tue, 15 May 2012 15:04:29 -0400Let’s talk about a seasonal industry that’s having a draining effect on the province’s economy: road repairs.First of all, the government is sinking millions of dollars into these “make-work” projects so people in rural Newfoundland can have some work in the summer. Who benefits? Sure ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-15/article-2979823/Putting-price-tags-on-our-doors/1editor@gulfnews.caOpinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-15/article-2979823/Putting-price-tags-on-our-doors/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-15/article-2979811/Yet-another-myth/1Tue, 15 May 2012 14:58:46 -0400Dear Editor,In the Labradorian's May 7th issue is a column by our ex-Lt.Governor, Ed Roberts. He discusses the myth around the Pink,White Green flag of Newfoundland. There are numerous myths in our history, and ironically another one is perpetuated on the very front page of the same issue of ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-15/article-2979811/Yet-another-myth/1Opinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-15/article-2979811/Yet-another-myth/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-08/article-2973357/Nice-holiday%2C-if-you-can-get-it/1Tue, 08 May 2012 09:53:26 -0400Unless you work in the provincial government, or know someone who does, you were probably under the assumption that April 23 was just a regular, run of the mill Monday.Perhaps you even decided to take the day to drive into Corner Brook to deal with some government business at the Registry of ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-08/article-2973357/Nice-holiday%2C-if-you-can-get-it/1editor@gulfnews.caOpinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-08/article-2973357/Nice-holiday%2C-if-you-can-get-it/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-08/article-2973354/%26lsquo%3BWe-cant-go-back-after-its-done%26rsquo%3B/1Tue, 08 May 2012 09:49:16 -0400Dear Editor,Regarding the Muskrat Falls hydro-development; if this was good for the people then it would be okay to say, “Yes, go ahead with it!” But there are so many things that aren’t good for all people. Why is the government pushing so hard to get it going when everyone knows it’s not good ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-08/article-2973354/%26lsquo%3BWe-cant-go-back-after-its-done%26rsquo%3B/1Opinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-08/article-2973354/%26lsquo%3BWe-cant-go-back-after-its-done%26rsquo%3B/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-30/article-2967187/Selling-me-on-selling-you/1Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:24:10 -0400Some people are vehemently opposed to the seal hunt, while others are quite vocal about lending support to the industry. But for many in this province, the seal hunt is one of those things that could come or go without so much as a raised eyebrow. True, the seal hunt is one of those industries ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-30/article-2967187/Selling-me-on-selling-you/1editor@thegeorgian.caOpinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-30/article-2967187/Selling-me-on-selling-you/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-30/article-2967182/An-open-letter-to-Minister-of-Defence-Peter-MacKay/1Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:22:29 -0400Dear Minister Peter MacKay:A fourteen-year-old succumbed to death on the northern ice flows east of his home town of Makkovik, Labrador after going missing on Jan. 29, 2012. Canada's search and rescue service failed Burton Winters! How many more Burton's will die needlessly before there is ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-30/article-2967182/An-open-letter-to-Minister-of-Defence-Peter-MacKay/1Opinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-30/article-2967182/An-open-letter-to-Minister-of-Defence-Peter-MacKay/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-23/article-2961360/Strategic-leaks/1Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:07:52 -0400There was a time when provincial budgets were religiously guarded things: if accurate details leaked out ahead of time, governments would mutter about launching criminal investigations and the dangers to provincial credit ratings. Now, the budget theatre continues. There was a time when ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-23/article-2961360/Strategic-leaks/1Opinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-23/article-2961360/Strategic-leaks/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-23/article-2961357/Strong-voices-will-be-heard/1Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:06:53 -0400Editor’s Note: The follow is a letter written and read at the Candlelight Vigil for Burton Winters last week in Pilley’s Island.To the parents of Burton Winters It was with great sadness that we heard of the loss of your son, Burton. Tonight we are having a candle light service in his honour ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-23/article-2961357/Strong-voices-will-be-heard/1Opinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-23/article-2961357/Strong-voices-will-be-heard/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-16/article-2953832/A-penny-for-your-thoughts/1Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:44:38 -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.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-16/article-2953832/A-penny-for-your-thoughts/1Opinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-16/article-2953832/A-penny-for-your-thoughts/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-13/article-2953870/Long-term-budget-shortsighted/1Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:17:17 -0400The Federal Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty, presented the budget last week, causing a wave of reaction ranging from praise to disgust to indifference. Business groups were slapping high fives and patting each other on the back with the extra bills that will pad their pockets through ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-13/article-2953870/Long-term-budget-shortsighted/1imurdoch@northernpen.caOpinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-13/article-2953870/Long-term-budget-shortsighted/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-13/article-2953863/Look-for-the-green-shirt/1Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:15:55 -0400Dear Editor, News came out on Mar. 29 that the Conservatives are implementing a $5.2 billion budget cut in order to increase energy projects and create jobs. However, the Federal Budget 2012, which is viewed by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty as “certainly necessary,” is cutting one of Canada’s ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-13/article-2953863/Look-for-the-green-shirt/1Opinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-13/article-2953863/Look-for-the-green-shirt/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-02/article-2945014/Connect-with-Nature-%26ndash%3B-be-a-PlantWatch-volunteer%21/1Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:32:23 -0400Dear Editor,Nature Canada is looking for people in your community to take part in an important -- but fun – program called PlantWatch. As a PlantWatch participant, you can enjoy the outdoors while helping us learn more about changes happening in our environment.Why be a PlantWatch volunteer? ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-02/article-2945014/Connect-with-Nature-%26ndash%3B-be-a-PlantWatch-volunteer%21/1Opinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-02/article-2945014/Connect-with-Nature-%26ndash%3B-be-a-PlantWatch-volunteer%21/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-02/article-2945007/If-a-politician-falls-in-the-forest%26hellip%3B/1Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:29:05 -0400If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a noise? It’s the classic Zen question, and it is not necessarily meant to have an answer. However, allow us to update it for the 21st century. If the government provides a tax break for volunteers that almost nobody ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-02/article-2945007/If-a-politician-falls-in-the-forest%26hellip%3B/1editor@gulfnews.caOpinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-02/article-2945007/If-a-politician-falls-in-the-forest%26hellip%3B/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-26/article-2939283/Traditional--or-techy%3F/1Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:53:10 -0400If you're reading this edition of the Labradorian in your living room or den, put the paper down for a second and take a look around the room. There's a good possibility a set of books is sitting on a shelf that at one time or another, was taken out when a tidbit of information was required or ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-26/article-2939283/Traditional--or-techy%3F/1editor@thegeorgian.caOpinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-26/article-2939283/Traditional--or-techy%3F/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-19/article-2933945/Dial-T-for/1Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:29:40 -0400 There have been reports coming out over the past few weeks of voters who received strange calls on the last federal Election Day. They were told their polling station had moved at the last minute and directed to a new polling station. It has been dubbed the Robocall scandal. Everybody needs to ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-19/article-2933945/Dial-T-for/1editor@gulfnews.caOpinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-19/article-2933945/Dial-T-for/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-12/article-2924947/Circle-of-Angels/1Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:58:44 -0400Dear Editor,At Northmart, Thursday afternoon, March 1, I was tired. I pushed the cart with my week’s groceries into the porch and went to call a taxi. By the window another woman was waiting for a cab, with her mother sitting on her walker. I joined them. Oh, why did it take so long? They must ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-12/article-2924947/Circle-of-Angels/1Opinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-12/article-2924947/Circle-of-Angels/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-12/article-2924945/The-government-mindset/1Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:57:31 -0400Darrin King has created a chill.The province's fisheries minister declared, in a fit of anger two weeks ago, that his department would pull funding from the Fish Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) union - funding that is earmarked specifically for research and development programs that collect ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-12/article-2924945/The-government-mindset/1editor@thepacket.caOpinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-12/article-2924945/The-government-mindset/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-05/article-2915850/Gay-Straight-Alliances-coming-to-school-near-you/1Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:54:48 -0500Last week, schools across the province marked Violence Awareness Week with a focus on inclusion and anti-bullying.Hopefully, a new provincial government program will help make such measures unecessary.The concept is pretty simple – to help battle the discrimination faced by gay students, the ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-05/article-2915850/Gay-Straight-Alliances-coming-to-school-near-you/1editor@thecharter.caOpinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-05/article-2915850/Gay-Straight-Alliances-coming-to-school-near-you/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-05/article-2915849/Lost-and-lonely/1Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:53:01 -0500Dear Editor,Lost and lonely, cold and scared, feelings most can’t associate with, unless it actually happened to you, or heard it in stories, or imagined it in day dreams of how hard it must be. But one thing is for certain; we all see and feel the need for political interaction and action, ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-05/article-2915849/Lost-and-lonely/1Opinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-05/article-2915849/Lost-and-lonely/1http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-27/article-2909065/Blankies%2C-babies-and-lunch-time/1Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:59:44 -0500Facebook has served its purpose. While debating what to fill this editorial space with this week, we threw out a random thought to our Facebook friends. The question was, what to write about this week - blankies or the need for anti-scab legislation. Friends offered up their suggestions, and ...http://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-27/article-2909065/Blankies%2C-babies-and-lunch-time/1editor@thepacket.caOpinionhttp://www.thelabradorian.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-27/article-2909065/Blankies%2C-babies-and-lunch-time/1