http://www.thecoaster.ca/images/logo/22_Coaster.gifhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/List of the latest articles from this category.http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion-10027Thu, 17 May 2012 06:41:37 -0400Thu, 17 May 2012 06:41:37 -0400enhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-05-16/article-2980512/%0D%0AA-Newfoundland-Treasure/1Wed, 16 May 2012 10:49:05 -0400 You can refer to him as Dr. Davidge now that he has received an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. Bud Davidge has been a prominent part of the Newfoundland cultural scene since 1980 when he and his good buddy Sim Savory got together to play ...http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-05-16/article-2980512/%0D%0AA-Newfoundland-Treasure/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-05-16/article-2980512/%0D%0AA-Newfoundland-Treasure/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-05-10/article-2975603/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1Thu, 10 May 2012 11:32:50 -0400Feeling safe and supportedhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-05-10/article-2975603/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-05-10/article-2975603/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-05-10/article-2975600/------As-good-as-anyone-from-anywhere/1Thu, 10 May 2012 11:30:54 -0400 Let’s go back in time to the Fitzgerald High School graduation exercise of 1984. The young graduates are sitting there listening to a guest speaker go on and on with the old clichés like ‘The future is yours.’ - ‘You can become whatever you want.’ - ‘Any dream is possible.’ - ‘The future is up ...http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-05-10/article-2975600/------As-good-as-anyone-from-anywhere/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-05-10/article-2975600/------As-good-as-anyone-from-anywhere/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-20/article-2959628/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:53:38 -0400Last home on the righthttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-20/article-2959628/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-20/article-2959628/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-18/article-2957545/%0D%0AMore-outharbour-delights%21/1Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:25:23 -0400Hitchin’ a Ride!http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-18/article-2957545/%0D%0AMore-outharbour-delights%21/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-18/article-2957545/%0D%0AMore-outharbour-delights%21/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/2012-04-13/article-2953826/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:09:30 -0400 Killing for the fun of ithttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/2012-04-13/article-2953826/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/2012-04-13/article-2953826/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-04-12/article-2953197/%0D%0AThey-say-that-naught-can-sink-her/1Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:20:55 -0400 They rang the warning bell three times and immediately phoned the bridge. "Yes, what is it?" "Iceberg, right ahead!" These forever-famous words were spoken by Frederick Fleet, one of the lookouts in the crow’s nest on the 'Titanic' on Sunday night, April 14, 1912, to William Murdoch who was ...http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-04-12/article-2953197/%0D%0AThey-say-that-naught-can-sink-her/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-04-12/article-2953197/%0D%0AThey-say-that-naught-can-sink-her/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-09/article-2950413/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:15:52 -0400One hundred Coaster columnshttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-09/article-2950413/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-09/article-2950413/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-07/article-2949846/%0D%0AStanding-in-the-Outhouse/1Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:47:19 -0400 The three-door windowless structure behind the old St. Saviour’s School in Hermitage was more than a place to “leave the room”. The outhouse had three compartments: one for the boys, one for the girls, and one for the teachers, the latter with a padlock if my memory is correct. There were few ...http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-07/article-2949846/%0D%0AStanding-in-the-Outhouse/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-04-07/article-2949846/%0D%0AStanding-in-the-Outhouse/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-04-04/article-2947025/%0D%0AStereotyped-to-death%3F/1Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:37:49 -0400 Unless you live under a rock you probably have heard about the sad case of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, a black teenager who was shot and killed in a Florida suburb on February 26. Trayvon was unharmed and had just visited a local when George Zimmerman, 28, a neighborhood watch volunteer saw ...http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-04-04/article-2947025/%0D%0AStereotyped-to-death%3F/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-04-04/article-2947025/%0D%0AStereotyped-to-death%3F/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-30/article-2943748/------Feller-from-McCallum/1Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:21:17 -0400Pirates of the North Atlantichttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-30/article-2943748/------Feller-from-McCallum/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-30/article-2943748/------Feller-from-McCallum/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-03-27/article-2940159/%0D%0AThe-10-best/1Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:27:08 -0400 There's a site in cyberspace that was asking famous people to list the 10 best movies of The 10 best all time, the 10 best in their opinion at least. While we are nowhere near to being famous, we figured it would be fun to play along. So here goes, the 10 Best Movies, in the opinion of your ...http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-03-27/article-2940159/%0D%0AThe-10-best/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-03-27/article-2940159/%0D%0AThe-10-best/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-23/article-2937589/Feller-form-McCallum/1Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:22:00 -0400Clotheslinehttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-23/article-2937589/Feller-form-McCallum/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-23/article-2937589/Feller-form-McCallum/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-03-23/article-2937583/%0D%0ADear-Minister-O%26rsquo%3BBrien/1Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:18:36 -0400 I’m writing to you today Minister O’Brien in your role as the current Minister of Municipal Affairs in the Dunderdale government. Now, I realize that every mayor, and his dog, in the province is calling on you for infrastructure money and, no doubt, there are many legitimate cases of need out ...http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-03-23/article-2937583/%0D%0ADear-Minister-O%26rsquo%3BBrien/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-03-23/article-2937583/%0D%0ADear-Minister-O%26rsquo%3BBrien/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-15/article-2928074/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:54:52 -0400NHL – Newfoundland stylehttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-15/article-2928074/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-15/article-2928074/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-03-15/article-2928067/%0D%0ASchool-sports-%26ndash%3B-the-other-part-of-education/1Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:42:00 -0400 While academics should come first in all of the province’s high schools, there is certainly a place for sports programs in our high schools as well. I couldn’t help thinking about this fact while attending the Girls’ 2A Regional Basketball Tournament that was held at Bay d’Espoir Academy on ...http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-03-15/article-2928067/%0D%0ASchool-sports-%26ndash%3B-the-other-part-of-education/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-03-15/article-2928067/%0D%0ASchool-sports-%26ndash%3B-the-other-part-of-education/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-03-09/article-2923482/%0D%0ARunning-out-of-volunteers/1Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:45:42 -0500 It appears that some towns in the Coast of Bays region have exhausted their volunteer base. In recent years we have witnessed some towns having difficulty in getting a full complement of councilors to run the affairs; in the past year at least three of the present group of mayors have ...http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-03-09/article-2923482/%0D%0ARunning-out-of-volunteers/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-03-09/article-2923482/%0D%0ARunning-out-of-volunteers/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/2012-03-08/article-2921941/%0D%0AOn-decorum/1Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:28:51 -0500 The House of Assembly — which costs taxpayers $16 million a year and sat for just 33 days in 2011 — has finally returned to business, and has taken a mere two days to return to last year’s dismal form. In only the first Question Period of the session, Premier Kathy Dunderdale, who last fall ...http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/2012-03-08/article-2921941/%0D%0AOn-decorum/1Opinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/2012-03-08/article-2921941/%0D%0AOn-decorum/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-05/article-2915967/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:42:16 -0500For Samantha’s Sakehttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-05/article-2915967/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1editor@thecoaster.caOpinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-05/article-2915967/%0D%0AFeller-from-McCallum/1http://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-02/article-2913753/%0D%0AFeller-From-McCallum/1Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:09:46 -0500Something worth smiling abouthttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-02/article-2913753/%0D%0AFeller-From-McCallum/1Opinionhttp://www.thecoaster.ca/Opinion/Columns/2012-03-02/article-2913753/%0D%0AFeller-From-McCallum/1