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Staying afloat
May 26th, 2010 - 4 h 00
Inflation is something no one wants to hear about. However, at a recent Inflation Life Jacket World Record Day attempt event held at the Lewisporte Yacht Club, inflation is good - in your life jacket. According to the Lifesaving Society, it's...
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Sisters for a Century
May 19th, 2010 - 4 h 00
Anyone who has even been a Girl Guide themselves or have a daughter who is part of Guiding has witnessed the amazing things the Girl Guides of Canada do. There's more to Girl Guides than meets the eye. As the movement celebrates 100 years in...
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Voice of the people does make a difference
May 12th, 2010 - 4 h 00
Vox populi. Sounds like the latest vacuum cleaner model from Electrolux, doesn't it? "Introducing our latest model: the Vox Populi 1200! With even more sucking power!!!"
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Cheers, no jeers
May 5th, 2010 - 4 h 00
° Cheers to Howard Butt on his retirement as the Islands' correspondent for The Pilot. It was great to see so many people turn out for the April 27 meet and greet in Twillingate to recognize Howard for his 17 years of reporting the news of the...
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Feds must come to the table
April 28th, 2010 - 4 h 00
The 2010 inshore fishing season may hinge on a successful lobster fishery and little else. But at a reported $3 a pound for harvesters, it will not prove that lucrative. However the big break that may come here, if there is one, is the volcano...
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Three cheers for volunteers
April 21st, 2010 - 4 h 00
This being National Volunteer Week, it was great to attend the Volunteer Appreciation Banquet in Birchy Bay last Saturday.
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Voice of the people does make a difference
April 14th, 2010 - 4 h 00
Vox populi. Sounds like the latest vacuum cleaner model from Electrolux, doesn't it? "Introducing our latest model: the Vox Populi 1200! With even more sucking power!!!" That's not an entirely inappropriate description of some people, whether...
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Too little too late
April 7th, 2010 - 4 h 00
The big announcement was made on April 1 - nearly a decade too late. Eastern Health finally unveiled its Mental Health Mobile Crisis Response Team after the recommendation was made in the Luther Report in 2003 and the Provincial Mental Health...
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Supporting Relay For Life
March 31st, 2010 - 4 h 00
Cancer has touched everyone at some point. Maybe a personal experience with the disease, maybe a relative, friend or a co-worker - either way is doesn't discriminate. Cancer doesn't care how old you are, what ethnicity you are or where you live....
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Look for solutions, not scapegoats
March 24th, 2010 - 4 h 00
Criticism is something we learn to receive at a very young age. As babies, our elderly aunts remark that we cry, sleep or eat too much or too little - and the critics never totally go away. Through our teenage years we get it a lot, from our...
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