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(I say that because he’s probably reading this) ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-17/article-2981453/%60What-I-learned-from-Mr.-Chipp/1editor@thenorwester.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-17/article-2981453/%60What-I-learned-from-Mr.-Chipp/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-10/article-2975552/They%26rsquo%3Bre-back/1Thu, 10 May 2012 10:30:01 -0400As 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 slows wildlife down to almost a crawl, we are now thrown into the official spring and summer season, where everything is once again free to roam and ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-10/article-2975552/They%26rsquo%3Bre-back/1editor@thenorwester.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-10/article-2975552/They%26rsquo%3Bre-back/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-04/article-2970647/The-things-that-matter/1Fri, 04 May 2012 09:36:40 -0400Sometimes 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 wonder if there's really even any point in spending time doing the trivial and perhaps miniscule things that previously we thought were so important ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-04/article-2970647/The-things-that-matter/1editor@thenorwester.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-05-04/article-2970647/The-things-that-matter/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-26/article-2964257/Why-you-should-be-upset-about-the-budget/1Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:17:16 -0400One 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 – if it was bad, he told you it was bad and if it was just OK, then he told you it was OK.That’s why people liked Danny – he wasn’t a politician’s ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-26/article-2964257/Why-you-should-be-upset-about-the-budget/1editor@thenorwester.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-26/article-2964257/Why-you-should-be-upset-about-the-budget/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-19/article-2958586/Budget-Predictions%3A-It%26rsquo%3Bs-a-matter-of-where-%26ndash%3B-not-if/1Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:20:27 -0400We’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 are left begging for mercy after hearing of all the cuts coming down the pipe. Most of us still aren’t even sure how drastically the federal cash flow ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-19/article-2958586/Budget-Predictions%3A-It%26rsquo%3Bs-a-matter-of-where-%26ndash%3B-not-if/1editor@thenorwester.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-19/article-2958586/Budget-Predictions%3A-It%26rsquo%3Bs-a-matter-of-where-%26ndash%3B-not-if/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-13/article-2953776/Long-term-budget-shortsighted/1Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:40:12 -0400Federal Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty presented a new budget last month, causing a wave of reaction ranging from praise to disgust to indifference.Business groups were slapping high fives with the extra bills that will pad their pockets through Employment Insurance reforms and a focus on ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-13/article-2953776/Long-term-budget-shortsighted/1imurdoch@northernpen.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-13/article-2953776/Long-term-budget-shortsighted/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-05/article-2948083/You-get-what-you-don%26rsquo%3Bt-vote-for/1Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:24:42 -0400We live in a democratic society. That means the people that call themselves Canadians (or at least the people Elections Canada recognizes as eligible voting Canadians) have an opportunity to have a say in who runs the country. It’s been like that for hundreds of years – and with every hope in ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-05/article-2948083/You-get-what-you-don%26rsquo%3Bt-vote-for/1editor@thenorwester.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-04-05/article-2948083/You-get-what-you-don%26rsquo%3Bt-vote-for/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-29/article-2942303/Come%2C-let-us-worship-%26ndash%3B-regionally/1Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:04:20 -0400In the early days of Newfoundland and Labrador, especially in the rural parts of the province, the spiritual life of residents was perhaps the most vital part of one’s being. As we look at our forefathers who have gone on before us, we know that there were two things they were committed to, ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-29/article-2942303/Come%2C-let-us-worship-%26ndash%3B-regionally/1editor@thenorwester.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-29/article-2942303/Come%2C-let-us-worship-%26ndash%3B-regionally/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-22/article-2937041/Mainlanders-can%26rsquo%3Bt-solve-our-problems/1Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:10:05 -0400Back 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 world, in relation to racism and civil rights. That man had something that many before him did not – for he wasn’t the first to attempt what was known as ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-22/article-2937041/Mainlanders-can%26rsquo%3Bt-solve-our-problems/1editor@thenorwester.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-22/article-2937041/Mainlanders-can%26rsquo%3Bt-solve-our-problems/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-15/article-2928257/My-courier-plight/1Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:01:50 -0400I’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 let it be understood. However, I am not so naive and blind to think that living here doesn’t have its disadvantages. For instance, the fact that I had ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-15/article-2928257/My-courier-plight/1editor@thenorwester.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-15/article-2928257/My-courier-plight/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-08/article-2920715/The-House-is-open-%26ndash%3B-all-rejoice/1Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:42:06 -0500I 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 before by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, so he could tell the world how great of a job the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador are ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-08/article-2920715/The-House-is-open-%26ndash%3B-all-rejoice/1editor@thenorwester.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-08/article-2920715/The-House-is-open-%26ndash%3B-all-rejoice/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-01/article-2912595/Keep-it-off-Facebook/1Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:26:38 -0500Our 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 what makes us journalists, professionals and people whose job it is to inform the public about what’s happening. We have a platform in this paper that ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-01/article-2912595/Keep-it-off-Facebook/1editor@thenorwester.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-03-01/article-2912595/Keep-it-off-Facebook/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-23/article-2905443/The-return/1Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:02:30 -0500We’re right in the midst of tax season in this country now, and people are likely in a scurry to get everything together and organized and off to their local tax shelter for processing. Others, like myself, choose to take the independent route and do it ourselves.I might sound crazy here, but I ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-23/article-2905443/The-return/1Editorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-23/article-2905443/The-return/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-09/article-2890490/Gold-plated-pensions/1Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:15:57 -0500When the economy started taking a nose dive in 2008, Canada appeared to be weathering the storm well. Prime Minister Stephen Harper had no problem chiding other countries on the world stage for their lax banking regulations.Now the storm has abated, and at the same time the Harper Conservatives ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-09/article-2890490/Gold-plated-pensions/1editor@gulfnews.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-09/article-2890490/Gold-plated-pensions/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-02/article-2883843/Pension-number-67/1Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:56:05 -0500Uncle 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, and finally reach the point where a cheque from the federal Government every month rewards your efforts. It’s become something every Canadian uses as a ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-02/article-2883843/Pension-number-67/1editor@thenorwester.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-02-02/article-2883843/Pension-number-67/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-27/article-2877845/Hee-Eye/1Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:29:52 -0500While 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. Through that, I got a taste of what it meant to work, what it meant to get paid and earn somewhat of a living. The next year, when I was by then ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-27/article-2877845/Hee-Eye/1editor@thenorwester.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-27/article-2877845/Hee-Eye/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-20/article-2869211/Robbing-Peter-to-pay-Paul/1Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:10:19 -0500It’s an uncomfortable feeling when one person has to lose something in order for the other person to gain. Even if it’s done to bring everyone on a level playing field, it’s still harsh to the person losing, and I think we can all agree that none of us ever want to be that person.It’s more ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-20/article-2869211/Robbing-Peter-to-pay-Paul/1Editorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-20/article-2869211/Robbing-Peter-to-pay-Paul/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-13/article-2863520/Is-this-what-you-want-your-money-spent-on%3F/1Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:54:30 -0500The Newfoundland and Labrador Snowmobile Federation is in a tough spot. They’re trying to work in an industry that is greatly reliant on nature, and that’s something no one has any control over. Because of a couple of bad years, the people who normally choose to purchase snowmobile passes ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-13/article-2863520/Is-this-what-you-want-your-money-spent-on%3F/1editor@thenorwester.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-13/article-2863520/Is-this-what-you-want-your-money-spent-on%3F/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-06/article-2856196/This-I-resolve/1Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:55:14 -0500We’re five days in, and chances are most of you have probably missed out a day that you haven’t hit the gym, went for a walk, or lifted those weights in your basement that you promised yourself you’d start doing again.http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-06/article-2856196/This-I-resolve/1editor@thenorwester.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2012-01-06/article-2856196/This-I-resolve/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2011-12-22/article-2844704/Merry-Christmas-%26ndash%3B-I-hope-you%26rsquo%3Bre-happy/1Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:18:45 -0500Whether you celebrate, don’t celebrate, celebrate something else, or sit home all day watching TV and wondering what the big deal is about, I hope you’re having a good time of year.http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2011-12-22/article-2844704/Merry-Christmas-%26ndash%3B-I-hope-you%26rsquo%3Bre-happy/1editor@thenorwester.caEditorialhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Editorial/2011-12-22/article-2844704/Merry-Christmas-%26ndash%3B-I-hope-you%26rsquo%3Bre-happy/1