Profile of Rudy Norman

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• ‘The Gathering’ brings big names to area
  A big event is on the horizon in Burlington later in August, and everyone is invited, and asked to pay an admission of whatever they want, ...
• Local man seeking advice on discovery
  Cal Kelleher has been living on the Indian River for over 40 years, and in those years has travelled its banks many a times, he says. Throughout ...
• Today is your day
  Have you ever heard the old adage, ‘you never know how much you miss something until it’s gone?’I don’t think there’s ever been a more true ...
• Making a delivery in Springdale
  The 18-wheeler was about 60 feet long and weighing several thousand tonnes. It was blue, with a white trailer, and was headed up Main Street in ...
• Finishing what they started
  A newly formed group in Robert’s Arm is trying to finish what was started in their town before the turn of the millennium: their walking trail. ...
• A public cheque for a private service
  Last week in Grand Falls-Windsor, a man who was seriously injured in a fall down over a cliff was in need of a search and rescue unit to save his ...
• Snow drafted to Quebec Major Juniors
  A young man from Baie Verte is making a name for himself on the ice. “Ever since dad put me on skates when I was three years old, I’ve loved ...
• Kittens saved from dump
  It was a rescue that had to take place, but that should never have happened, says a Middle Arm woman who is riling this week over what she ...
• Tempting Providence
  All it took was a table, tablecloth, four chairs, and a few incredible actors with huge talent and imagination to keep the audience on a roller ...
• Paging 911 ... or not
  This week the provincial Government announced that they’d completed a feasibility study on the possibility of implementing 911 emergency services ...
• Springdale opens new RCMP Detachment
  It’s been about seven years in the official planning and building stages, and has seen some roadblocks and bumps along the journey, but on ...
• Rambler readies for possible 20-year lifespan
  It was all about Rambler at the Silver anniversary of the Baie Verte Mining Conference last weekend. Patrons of the conference kicked off the ...
• A promise kept
  On Monday night I had one of those nights where it was hard to get to sleep. Perhaps it was because I was coming down off the activities of the ...
• Walk for ALS
  Rounding the corner, out of the parking lot, the group headed down the hill by the Community Centre in Smith’s Harbour, as the sun emptied from ...
• A message on Muskrat and the future
  The Nor’Wester For a lot of the presentation, Liberal Opposition Leader Dwight Ball spoke to the Springdale and Area Chamber of Commerce at a ...
• Is this thing on?
  Dwight Ball, Leader of Her Majesty’s Official Opposition, was in Springdale this week to talk to the common Joe, the common Newfoundlander, and ...
• New federal ridings proposed for province
  Gerry Byrne would no longer be the MP for this region if new proposed changes to the federal electorial ridings go ahead. That is, unless he ...
• Unity can save us
  Looking through the great tragedies and triumphs in history here in Newfoundland and Labrador, and all over the world for that matter, there’s ...
• Where to from here?
  The Nor’wester With files from The Western Star It was the news they already knew, but which was now officially confirmed. Plant workers in La ...
• We’re not gonna take it
  On Tuesday, ACOA announced that they were stopping funding to the Regional Economic Development Boards across Atlantic Canada. For some, it means ...
• Not likely to open
  Mayor Paul Toms of La Scie described it as a difficult meeting, likely for a couple of reasons. One, the tone and attitude of some of the ...
• `What I learned from Mr. Chipp
  Did you ever read that book “Death on the ice”?We had a teacher in High School named Mr. Chipp. Mr. Chipp was our English teacher. I liked ...
• Preparing for the harvest
  While it’s been a process, and a dream in the making, things are finally in the ground and coming together at the community greenhouse in ...
• They’re back
  As if we’d forgotten.Just when we were content with the high snowbanks on the side of the roads and the woods filled with the white stuff that ...
• Polar bear shot in Coachman’s Cove
  According to the Department of Natural Resources, officials with the Department responded to a call Friday morning of a polar bear sighting in ...
• The things that matter
  Sometimes life is funny, life is frustrating, life is sad, or life just doesn't make sense. It's those days that we usually look at ourselves and ...
• Why you should be upset about the budget
  One thing about Danny Williams and the Government he ran, was that the son of a gun told you like it was. If it was good, he told you it was good ...
• Passing on a legacy
  It’s been said that age doesn’t matter anymore, and in many cases, that’s all too true. While arthritis, and other diseases keep many down in ...
• Budget Predictions: It’s a matter of where – not if
  We’re gearing up for the Provincial Budget to come down on Tuesday, and after the bloodbath that was the Federal counterpart a month ago, many ...
• On the chopping block
  One of the most popular organizations in the town of Springdale and the whole Green Bay Region is at risk of being no more, say the people behind ...