• Plea to Minister King

  September 13, 2010 - 17 h 04

  Dear Editor: The following is a copy of a letter sent to Minister Darin King regarding the closure of the Newfoundland School for the Deaf. Dear Honorable Darin King, The dismantling of education of the Deaf in Canada is a serious concern...

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• NSD: A personal, firsthand account

  September 8, 2010 - 17 h 18

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• Affordable housing project did have funding approved

  August 31, 2010 - 12 h 37

  Dear Editor: On behalf of the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation, and in order to provide correct information, we wish to make a clarification on a statement that appeared in your article “Housing crunch causing stress” published...

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• CFIB - Powered by Entrepreneurs

  July 5, 2010 - 5 h 30

  Dear Editor: Predictably, the labour unions, spearheaded by the public sector unions, are all in favour of increasing payroll taxes on small businesses, yet again in the guise of avoiding poverty for future seniors. What the Canadian Labour...

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• A sad omission

  June 28, 2010 - 5 h 30

  Dear Editor: The sport of gymnastics has been in Labrador West since the 60s with Snowbirds Gymnastics Club formally founded in the early 70s. We've had a long and successful existence in Labrador West until recently and now we fear that...

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• Pharmacare Update- Finland

  June 28, 2010 - 5 h 30

  Editor: Finland is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. The Republic of Finland is surrounded by Sweden (West); Norway (North), Russia (East), and Estonia lies South (Southern region of the Gulf of Finland).

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• The Old Age Security Act, don't change it. Bill C -428

  June 21, 2010 - 5 h 30

  Dear Editor: If I was an American citizen moving from Kansas City, I would not expect the Canadian Government to give me a pension without contributing to it over the years. Why should a new Canadian, who is a senior citizen, receive special...

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• Chair reacts to Farrell's suggestion

  June 14, 2010 - 5 h 30

  Dear Editor: I am writing in response to the article by Michelle Stewart "Keep Some Money at Home" which appeared in the May 31st edition of The Aurora. As the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Care...

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• Air ambulance shouldn't be in St. Anthony

  June 14, 2010 - 5 h 30

  Dear Editor: Please allow me space in your in your newspaper to comment on the ongoing debate on the relocation of the air ambulance from St Anthony to Goose Bay. Despite what was said in the beginning that there is no need of pitting town...

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• A plea to help MS patients

  June 14, 2010 - 5 h 30

  Dear Editor: My name is Perry Goodyear of Grand Bank, NL and I have been diagnosed with MS since 2003 at the age of 30. Since that time I have lost my job as a mechanic, that I thoroughly enjoyed, and I miss my friends and owner in the workplace....

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