• Another nail in rural Newfoundland's coffin

  June 15, 2010 - 5 h 30

  Dear editor, The more I listen to the news lately the more frustrated I get. Every time I listen to the radio or TV or read newspapers, there is always another nail driven into the coffin of rural Newfoundland, and mostly by our own provincial...

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• Keep up the good work Harbour Grace

  June 8, 2010 - 5 h 30

  Dear editor, Sunday May 30, I sat here most of the day going through back issues of The Compass my sister had given me to read. I found the stories written about the state of Harbour Grace interesting. I would like to say I grew up in the Bay...

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• Cell phone use while driving is wrong

  June 8, 2010 - 5 h 30

  Dear editor, Texting is very popular nowadays, especially at the wheel? Do you think this is right? Are you willing to take that risk?

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• Breakthrough gives MS sufferers hope

  May 25, 2010 - 5 h 30

  Dear editor, My name is Perry Goodyear of Grand Bank, and I have been diagnosed with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) since 2003 at the age of 30. Since that time I have lost my job as a mechanic that I thoroughly enjoyed and I miss my friends and owner...

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• Cannabis much safer than alcohol

  May 25, 2010 - 5 h 30

  Dear editor, With all due respect to my colleague, RCMP Corporal Foote, he is simply wrong that the first illegal drug young people try is marijuana. In both Canada and the United States the first illegal drug tried is tobacco/cigarettes. This...

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• Slow down and let children live!

  May 18, 2010 - 5 h 30

  Dear editor, I have recently noticed the increased speed levels on Pondside Road in Carbonear. While I understand traffic has increased due to the construction work on The Beach, it still concerns me, as a lot of...

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• System makes people feel like "lowlife"

  May 18, 2010 - 5 h 30

  COPY Dear editor, Would you please publish this letter, which I have sent to the Department of Health and Community Services, Bay Roberts and Jerome Kennedy, Minister of Health and Community Services. I am writing you to inquire why you have...

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• A wake up call

  May 11, 2010 - 5 h 30

  Dear editor, Thanks to the Compass and reporter Denise Pike for her well written and most needed accounts of the drug situation in our area. Keep up the good work! We have to wake up now to the reality of what is going on right at our...

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• No publicity is bad publicity

  May 11, 2010 - 5 h 30

  Dear editor, Bay Roberts makes the Best Places to Live list (April 2010) out of 5,772 Places in all of Canada. Wow! Perhaps some have heard that we actually made the "worst places to live" list, but that is one opinion by somebody named Brian...

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• Exploiting animals for entertainment is not acceptable

  May 4, 2010 - 5 h 30

  Dear editor, On June 28, 2010, the animal-focused Cirque Estival is scheduled to perform in Bay Roberts. After reading this letter, I hope you will make an informed choice not to attend, along with making your displeasure known to the town...

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• April 13, 2010 Time for holier-than-thous to get down on their knees and help
• April 13, 2010 Cee Bees should hold their heads up high
• April 6, 2010 All we wanted was a clean town
• April 6, 2010 Right cause, wrong approach
• April 6, 2010 Proud to be a Newfie
• March 30, 2010 Keep up good work!
• March 30, 2010 CBN hockey fans get short end of stick
• March 30, 2010 Discarded needles raise pointed questions
• March 23, 2010 Citizens need to take some responsibility for state of town
• March 16, 2010 Acknowledge the problem
• March 16, 2010 Constructive criticism not personal attack
• March 16, 2010 People have a right to voice concerns about their town
• March 9, 2010 Don't shoot the messenger!