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Subsidies are really scary

Subsidies are really scary

Dear Editor While waiting at a level crossing recently, and contemplating government’s environment policies as a long, long train of oil tankers rumbled past, I was digesting the letter from Victor Hult, headlined: “Taxes scarier than climate change.
Lift me up

Lift me up

Although the definition is simple, encouragement has tremendous power. The ability to provide inspiration, spirit, or hope to someone is far more significant than the word itself might imply.
Ministerial message: Healing grounded in the Christian faith

Ministerial message: Healing grounded in the Christian faith

In the fall of 2019 Westminster United Church in Humboldt hosted a Healing Pathway Training.
Bus barn comes through for travellers

Bus barn comes through for travellers

Dear Editor Bringing soon-to-be tour buses on a 4,300-mile (five-and-a-half day) journey from the east coast to Juneau, Alaska proved to be an adventure.
A matter of perspective

A matter of perspective

Linda’s Lines
Always rejoice, sow joy in everything

Always rejoice, sow joy in everything

Neighbourly Advice According to Ed
If you didn’t freeze today, thank an oil and gas worker

If you didn’t freeze today, thank an oil and gas worker

As Newfoundland continues to dig out from one of the worst blizzards to hit the Rock in living memory, I wonder, how many people would have died from this, if it were not for oil and gas? How many people would have slowly frozen to death if they had
The Canadian economy is perilously close to a tipping point

The Canadian economy is perilously close to a tipping point

Although Canada has a robust economy, many of us aren’t profiting from the harmonious and recurrent gains the nation has made in GDP growth. Data released from Statistics Canada in 2019 showed average incomes increased by 2.
Ministerial message: The people who live in darkness have seen a great light

Ministerial message: The people who live in darkness have seen a great light

Nearly the whole world was focused on the Oct. 14, 2010 rescue of the 33 miners trapped for more than two months below the surface of the earth in Chile. The overriding concern was the effect of extended light deprivation on their spirits.
Biased perspective?

Biased perspective?

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