Response to recent ASF article

November 23, 2012 - 9 h 41

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Overwhelmed by response of residents of Hermitage

December 1, 2009 - 5 h 30

Dear Family and Friends of Hermitage Bay, On behalf of the Osmond Family, I want to express my sincere gratitude for the thoughtfulness you gave us during our brief visit. The residents of Hermitage opened their hearts and doors to strangers to...

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Be careful what you wish for

November 24, 2009 - 5 h 30

For the past two years exploration for uranium has been under way between the communities of Boxey and Coomb's Cove on the Connaigre Peninsula. Two companies, Monroe Minerals (now Kirrin Resources) of Calgary and Altius Minerals of Newfoundland...

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The possibilities are endless

September 15, 2009 - 5 h 30

Dear Editor, I would like to applaud the government on their recent cuts to health care in this province. I'm specifically referring to the cuts to X-ray and lab services in Lewisporte and Flowers Cove and Health Minister Oram's promise to cut...

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Canadian nurses ask the premier to deliver on promises made earlier this year

November 6, 2007 - 5 h 30

Dear Editor: The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions wholeheartedly supports the position taken by the Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses' Union that the province cannot wait for the end of the current collective agreement to address the nursing...

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A boon and a bane

October 30, 2007 - 5 h 30

Dear Editor: Our free enterprise system is both a boon and a bane depending on where you are located in any given situation. For example, the strong Canadian dollar now above par with its American standard, has caused our newsprint industry, which...

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A cure for lack of medical care in rural areas is needed

October 23, 2007 - 5 h 30

Dear Editor: Now here's one strategy to Newfoundland's lack of medical care in rural areas. Robert's Arm take note. Here's what New Brunswick is doing. The province (New Brunswick) announced on Monday it will provide a $50,000 non-taxable grant...

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Thank you

October 16, 2007 - 5 h 30

Dear Editor, I wish to thank Ms. Jan Dymond for her article on Mental Health Illness Awareness Week in the October 2 issue of The Coaster. She got right to the point. We are living in the year 2007, but if you are a person suffering from...

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What to do about ATVs

October 2, 2007 - 5 h 30

Dear Editor, ATVs have been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. There have been reports of violations of the rules governing ATV use; riding on roadways, riders not wearing helmets, speeding, underaged drivers. When motorized vehicles...

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