Profile of Rudy Norman

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• Come, let us worship – regionally
  In the early days of Newfoundland and Labrador, especially in the rural parts of the province, the spiritual life of residents was perhaps the ...
• Social media 101
  In a day when Facebook and Twitter are king and queen of the social kingdom, along with their crown prince Google+, mixed in with a few hundred ...
• A secret world comes to life
  The world of the high ridges, salt water shoreline, and friendly faces that know each other is a far cry from a land filled with mystic creatures ...
• Mainlanders can’t solve our problems
  Back in the 1960s in the Southern United States of America, there was a man who rose up to stardom amongst a movement that was sweeping the ...
• The roar heard 100 years later
  On April 15, 1912, a tragedy that has been talked about for the past 100 years took place a couple hundred miles off the shores of Newfoundland ...
• My courier plight
  I’m love Newfoundland and Labrador, and there’s nowhere else I’d rather live in this province than where I am right now. Let that be known, and ...
• Bravery reaches new lengths
  A young girl from the Baie Verte Peninsula has done what many her age wouldn’t dare think about venturing into. The hair on her head - something ...
• The House is open – all rejoice
  I tuned into my computer monitor the other day and watched a seemingly ailing John Crosbie read from a script that was given to him a few days ...
• Keep it off Facebook
  Our job is to report the news. When doing that, there’s a stringent process we go through to determine what’s most important - the facts. That’s ...
• Grand opening for Copper Ridge Academy
  It was an event that was years in the making, says Government officials, and one worthy of a visit from Premier Kathy Dunderdale. Copper Ridge ...
• ‘I’m absolutely devastated over this’
  Herb Pike, a Second War War veteran who fought in Normandy as a member of the British Air Force, and who is a current member of the Royal ...
• Full circle
  Back in 2000, it was just a dream – a dream that actually became reality for a young man from Baie Verte who wanted to be a police officer. Now ...
• “I’m absolutely devastated over this”
  Herb Pike, a WWII veteran who fought in Normandy as a member of the British Air Force, and who is a current member of the Royal Canadian Legion, ...
• Van Loan visits Springdale
  It was a first for the Town of Springdale and the Emerald Zone as a whole, last Wednesday, as Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, ...
• Family heartbroken
  The family of fallen soldier Corporal Stephen Bouzane is heartbroken, they say, over the recent decision by the Royal Canadian Legion that a sign ...
• Pension number 67
  Uncle George just started receiving his Old Age Pension. A dream come true, if there ever was one, no? To live a life, 65 years in the making, ...
• Hee Eye
  While I was still in high school, I tried my hand at the work force by getting a part time job doing some computer work for a local organization. ...
• Is this what you want your money spent on?
  The Newfoundland and Labrador Snowmobile Federation is in a tough spot. They’re trying to work in an industry that is greatly reliant on nature, ...
• This I resolve
  Statistically speaking, less than a week in, most of you have probably snuck that extra cookie after supper, or indulged in a little bit of ice ...
• Merry Christmas – I hope you’re happy
  The whole idea of Christmas means so much to so many different people, and whatever it means to you is nothing more than your own business and ...
• Why the fishery is dying
  In fact, I pretty much know squat all about how this whole thing works, because it’s A. Not something I’ve been around much, and B. Not something ...
• Middle Arm lowering taxes
  Operating a small town on limited tax base, and often times aging infrastructure, is no doubt a challenge for many councils and mayors across the ...
• Throwing money around isn’t the solution
  Recently, some premiers and folks with letters after their names met to discuss the issue at hand – healthcare. Their resolution? The federal ...
• The old new guy in town
  Just for the record, I’m terrible at writing about myself. It’s probably why you’ll never see the ‘Auto-Biography of Rudy Norman’ on a bookshelf, ...
• Knee-Deep in new opportunity
  It has the potential to be the next big thing – a gold mine, but with a different type of minerals. Cranberries. No, don’t laugh, this is ...
• Here’s to you
  This editorial isn’t for everyone. Instead, it’s for the young ones. The ones who are different. The special ones. It’s for the ones who were ...
• The pink ladies fight
  Admittedly, it started out as a joke among friends. Afterall, what sort of name is ‘The Pink Ladies’? Although, that’s what folks quickly started ...
• Mission accomplished
  Amidst, from the rubble, I hear the cry Alas, from whence it came. My heart does ache, with an awful sigh when I hear it sound my name.
• Carriers of the year
  The Nor’Wester have selected their carrier of the year - an honour bestowed on the person considered to have done an outstanding job representing ...
• Getting cut
  Kathy Dunderdale made some huge cuts in more ways than one this week. First, she cut the number of her cabinet members down to 16 – eliminating ...