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Dear editor, After reading the article titled: 'Grand Falls - Windsor Minor Hockey takes a stand against dressing room activity resulting in concussions’ I felt it was necessary to weigh in on the issue. For several years I've ...

I was delighted to read there will be money in the 2019 budget for roads and sidewalks. Hats off to the town of C.B.S. for recognizing the importance of and need for sidewalks in our town.  I would like to see a plan for sidewalks on Route ...

I went for a walk yesterday. Rennie’s Mill brook was running fast, green-grey. It was raining in a fair to middling way but I grew up in Manchester, so a little drizzle doesn’t faze me. As I walked around Quidi Vidi Lake I was ...

Voluntourism has been criticized based on the belief that the tourism aspect overpowers the humanitarian spirit, and the belief that money invested into accommodating volunteers could be better invested into hiring professionals. As I have ...

In an article published on Dec. 4, The Telegram quoted a report issued by Climate Watch NL. The report contains a number of inaccuracies. (“Newfoundland and Labrador carbon pricing plan favours oil and gas industry: Climate Watch ...

“..In 2018 we will continue to collaborate…to restore fiscal balance in a responsible, sustainable manner.” – Premier Dwight Ball On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will host a First Ministers’ Meeting in ...

The two bookend provinces of Canada, B.C and Quebec, are holding the rest of Canada at ransom. I guess because there is little profit in it for them, they refuse to let Alberta get their oil to world market. Quebec refused to let the oil ...

I would like to clear up some misconceptions presented by D.C. Hynes of St John’s in a letter to the editor published here on Dec. 1 18, under the title “The Outer Ring Road is not the TCH.” Actually, the piece of road locally ...

To insurers, the landscape that Brian Jones paints in “Newfoundlanders are the caplin of mankind” is rather glorious. Jones claims that insurance companies can charge whatever they want for auto insurance, whenever they want. I would ...

A recent mid-year update by Finance Minister Tom Osborne gives specific insight into the Ball government’s seven-year fiscal plan. Here are some facts for consideration of the Ball Liberal record since 2015 and returning to surplus by ...