http://www.thenorwester.ca/images/logo/24_Norwester.gifhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/List of the latest articles from this category.http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor-10095Thu, 17 May 2012 08:16:08 -0400Thu, 17 May 2012 08:16:08 -0400enhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-17/article-2981454/Not-as-bad-as-you-think/1Thu, 17 May 2012 08:22:07 -0400Dear Editor,I write as a resident of the Town of Channel-Port aux Basques, and in response to the column in the May 3rd edition of the Nor’Wester entitled, ”Marine Atlantic: The Weakest Link”.As you know, Marine Atlantic’s main port for this province is located in Port aux Basques, in the ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-17/article-2981454/Not-as-bad-as-you-think/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-17/article-2981454/Not-as-bad-as-you-think/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-10/article-2975556/Looking-in-the-mirror/1Thu, 10 May 2012 10:31:01 -0400Dear Editor,It has become obvious that safety on our highways will only happen with increased law enforcement. The number of idiots now behind steering wheels seems to have greatly increased. We witness this much more often than we see moose.We all too often are very quick to identify our ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-10/article-2975556/Looking-in-the-mirror/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-05-10/article-2975556/Looking-in-the-mirror/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-26/article-2964256/Crab-and-seals/1Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:16:16 -0400Dear Editor,I am writing to express my concerns for the livelihood of my family. I was raised as the daughter of a fisherman and continued this trend when I married a fisherman. Until November 2010, the fishery had been our main source of income for our family. With the decrease in the crab ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-26/article-2964256/Crab-and-seals/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-26/article-2964256/Crab-and-seals/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-19/article-2958581/Not-surprised/1Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:11:58 -0400Dear Editor, Just recently the Public Utilities Board released its feasibility report to the provincial government and essentially had nothing to say other than “the dog ate my homework.” The PUB was given a deadline to research and make its report based on their expertise, however, it failed ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-19/article-2958581/Not-surprised/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-19/article-2958581/Not-surprised/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-13/article-2953777/National-Volunteer-Week/1Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:41:08 -0400Editor;National Volunteer Week is a weeklong celebration where Canadians pause to applaud hardworking volunteers in their communities who support many worthwhile causes.This year, National Volunteer Week is being celebrated from Apr. 15-21. It provides an opportunity to recognize and honour the ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-13/article-2953777/National-Volunteer-Week/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-13/article-2953777/National-Volunteer-Week/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-05/article-2948086/Big-strides-in-the-fishery/1Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:25:36 -0400Dear Editor,Canada has the longest coastline and arguably the best seafood products in the world, but we are time and again being out-performed by smaller countries with less access to the resource.I have been the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans for only nine months, but I have met with over ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-05/article-2948086/Big-strides-in-the-fishery/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-04-05/article-2948086/Big-strides-in-the-fishery/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-29/article-2942306/Looking-for-answers/1Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:07:09 -0400Dear Editor, The Minister of National Defence Peter MacKay has adamantly refused to accept responsibility for the tragic death of Burton Winters, blaming the weather and communication protocols. And Peter Penashue, Newfoundland and Labrador’s cabinet representative, and the MP for Labrador no ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-29/article-2942306/Looking-for-answers/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-29/article-2942306/Looking-for-answers/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-08/article-2920720/What-fisheries-modernization-really-means/1Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:42:52 -0500Editor’s note: The following letter from Derek Butler of the Association of Seafood Producers also appeared in the March 6 edition of The Telegram. In the weeks and months ahead, you are going to hear all sorts of different perspectives on what Newfoundland and Labrador seafood producers are ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-08/article-2920720/What-fisheries-modernization-really-means/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-08/article-2920720/What-fisheries-modernization-really-means/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-01/article-2912600/What%26rsquo%3Bs-the-proper-protocol%3F/1Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:28:17 -0500Dear Editor,I once read somewhere that Peter MacKay did not like his political father, Elmer MacKay, but I now suspect it was the reverse. Why? Because Peter MacKay, the little boy from Canada’s East coast is becoming an insufferable little prig from some genetic predisposition.His handling of ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-01/article-2912600/What%26rsquo%3Bs-the-proper-protocol%3F/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-03-01/article-2912600/What%26rsquo%3Bs-the-proper-protocol%3F/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-02-09/article-2890496/Does-anyone-care-anymore%3F/1Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:17:14 -0500Dear Editor,I was listening to an interview with Rebecca Aldsworth, IFAW, on the relationship of cod and seals. Her statement was that if we start killing off seals we will impede the return of cod. I am a lot older than this lady and have much more experience in fishing and sealing and in my ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-02-09/article-2890496/Does-anyone-care-anymore%3F/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-02-09/article-2890496/Does-anyone-care-anymore%3F/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-27/article-2877852/%26lsquo%3BAnd-now-for-something-completely-different%26rsquo%3B/1Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:33:02 -0500Dear Editor: It’s a question that the Harper government will be hard-pressed to avoid: why is it closing down the Canadian Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Sub-Centre in St. John’s while keeping the million dollar budgets and empty offices of the Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-27/article-2877852/%26lsquo%3BAnd-now-for-something-completely-different%26rsquo%3B/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-27/article-2877852/%26lsquo%3BAnd-now-for-something-completely-different%26rsquo%3B/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-20/article-2869212/Stripping-for-a-cause/1Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:11:23 -0500Dear Editor, Folks on subways in New York, London, Mexico City and Washington dropped their pants recently and displayed their underwear in the 11th annual international “No Pants Subway Ride.” The question is why did they do that? Was it to entertain and encourage fellow humans to just laugh ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-20/article-2869212/Stripping-for-a-cause/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-20/article-2869212/Stripping-for-a-cause/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-13/article-2863522/Highway-game/1Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:55:25 -0500Dear Editor,Driving on our roadways is becoming akin to playing Russian roulette. How do you feel when your children and grandkids are traveling on our roadways? Personally, I am petrified. Every week there is a new tragedy.The solution to any problem begins with a discussion and the time has ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-13/article-2863522/Highway-game/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2012-01-13/article-2863522/Highway-game/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2011-12-22/article-2844705/Residents-being-paid-to-stay-on-LBI%3F/1Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:20:02 -0500Dear EditorPremier Kathy Dunderdale’s comment that “we can’t pay people to live in communities in this province” apparently doesn’t apply to Little Bay Islands.After the Daley Brothers closed their plant on Little Bay Islands last year, the majority of islanders sent letters to the minister of ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2011-12-22/article-2844705/Residents-being-paid-to-stay-on-LBI%3F/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2011-12-22/article-2844705/Residents-being-paid-to-stay-on-LBI%3F/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2011-12-08/article-2828515/Open-letter-to-NLSF/1Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:29:26 -0500This letter was penned by St. Anthony resident, Dwayne Cull, to Newfoundland and Labrador Snowmobile Federation Executive Director, Donnie O’Keefe. It is in response to an article from the Northern Pen on November 28, which was also published in this paper on December 1.http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2011-12-08/article-2828515/Open-letter-to-NLSF/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2011-12-08/article-2828515/Open-letter-to-NLSF/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2011-12-01/article-2822042/Penny-foolish-government/1Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:25:33 -0500Dear Editor, No one can claim our government is penny - wise and pound - foolish. But the PC government of Newfoundland and Labrador may be pound- wise and penny- foolish. At a time when our retired civil servants are screaming about being unable to survive because of permanently frozen ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2011-12-01/article-2822042/Penny-foolish-government/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2011-12-01/article-2822042/Penny-foolish-government/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2011-11-24/article-2814348/NL%26rsquo%3Bs-%24755-million-budgetary-surplus/1Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:52:03 -0500Dear Editor; In my own opinion, the provincial government should always take a more ‘balance’ approach in its fiscal situation. Finance Minister Tom Marshall discovered he had a $755 million surplus in the provincial budget. Instead of using the whole surplus towards the provincial debt, ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2011-11-24/article-2814348/NL%26rsquo%3Bs-%24755-million-budgetary-surplus/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2011-11-24/article-2814348/NL%26rsquo%3Bs-%24755-million-budgetary-surplus/1http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2011-11-18/article-2808806/Property-tax%3A-How--the-money-rolls-out/1Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:35:37 -0500Dear Editor, Many working people have little or no time to reflect on the many cost increases associated with daily living while others may have the time but little interest or inclination to ponder such increases. Yet I would caution each and every Newfoundlander and Labradorian to prepare a ...http://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2011-11-18/article-2808806/Property-tax%3A-How--the-money-rolls-out/1Letter to the editorhttp://www.thenorwester.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-the-editor/2011-11-18/article-2808806/Property-tax%3A-How--the-money-rolls-out/1