(This is an open letter sent to environment and conservation minister Terry French)Dear Minister French:I write to you today to bring forward a concern I have, regarding the GeorgeRiverCaribou Herd here in Labrador. I am afraid of what will happen to this herd of caribou if something is not …

“As long as one Newfoundlander wants to harvest one seal, to make a flipper pie, or to use the pelt to make one of those splendid sealskin hats – on with the Hunt! Doing otherwise would be a surrender of our character as Newfoundlanders, and an apology for the rigorous and demanding way of life we have known, and which has earned us tenure here for half a millennium.” Read Rex Murphy’s full article in the National Post via the link below.
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An external review of the controversial plan to tap power at Muskrat Falls on Labrador’s Churchill River should be delivered this week.

CORNER BROOK — When the Earth Summit 2012 We Canada tour makes a stop in Corner Brook next week Angela Carter has a few ideas she plans to share.Carter is a political science and environmental studies professor with Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Environmental Policy …

First Nations, green groups listed as ‘adversaries’ in oilsands PR strategy

Imagine the fishery resource as a pie sitting in the middle of a large table, around which are seated all the Newfoundland and Labrador fishers, each waiting to receive their piece of the pie, which we have been told over and over is too small to do justice to themselves and their …

Please allow me some space in your publication for these thoughts and maybe to open a discussion on the new approach to seals.Canada sends millions and millions of dollars to developing countries for them to buy food and other food products. Here’s a thought: instead of sending millions and …

Labrador Businessman and former MHA Danny Dumaresque is calling on the Provincial Government to ensure more ore mined from Labrador is processed here as well.
He specifically makes reference to Alderon, a company that is proposing a new Iron mine in Labrador West. Dumaresque says the company has no plans to pelletize the ore, and he thinks thats wrong. He explained why to Labrador Morning’s Mike Power.
and…Tayfun Eldem is President and CEO of A…

The ongoing pipeline debates have become mired in conspiracy theories, distractions, and misinformation.Is there nothing we can all agree on?To begin, who would deny that our most basic human needs are clean air and water, productive soils, and a diversity of species? It isn’t controversial to …

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