http://www.cbncompass.ca/images/logo/15_Compass.gifhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/List of the latest articles from this category.http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion-10035Thu, 17 May 2012 07:53:33 -0400Thu, 17 May 2012 07:53:33 -0400enhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-05-16/article-2981005/Impaired-driving-still-a-problem/1Wed, 16 May 2012 16:47:57 -0400On Thursday, RCMP officers in this region hauled away two male motorists for alleged impaired driving. The first incident took place in Old Perlican, while the second was on Roaches Line, just off Veterans Memorial Highway. It's not everyday that police in the Trinity Conception District nab ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-05-16/article-2981005/Impaired-driving-still-a-problem/1editor@cbncompass.caOpinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-05-16/article-2981005/Impaired-driving-still-a-problem/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-05-07/article-2972330/The-Pink%2C-White-and-Green-%26mdash%3B-another-Newfoundland-myth/1Mon, 07 May 2012 09:04:14 -0400Myths are part of the history of every nation, and have been since time began. Many of them fade over the years, and are forgotten. But some persist, and indeed grow ever stronger. Newfoundland’s history is filled with myths. But none among them has shown more vitality and more strength than ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-05-07/article-2972330/The-Pink%2C-White-and-Green-%26mdash%3B-another-Newfoundland-myth/1Opinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-05-07/article-2972330/The-Pink%2C-White-and-Green-%26mdash%3B-another-Newfoundland-myth/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-05-01/article-2968171/A-slowdown-in-fire-truck-frenzy/1Tue, 01 May 2012 15:36:00 -0400Eyebrows were raised last week when it became known the provincial government was drastically reducing what its spends annually on new firefighting vehicles. There are 60 brigades on a list seeking new vehicles, and it appears the wait for many of them just got a lot longer. Some of these ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-05-01/article-2968171/A-slowdown-in-fire-truck-frenzy/1editor@cbncompass.caOpinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-05-01/article-2968171/A-slowdown-in-fire-truck-frenzy/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-04-27/article-2965431/Business-park-fever-in-Conception-Bay-North/1Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:51:55 -0400The April 24 print edition of The Compass shines a spotlight on what is becoming a very intriguing competition for business attraction in the Conception Bay North region, with two very ambitious commercial developments slowly taking shape in Spaniard's Bay and Bay Roberts. Both sites are ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-04-27/article-2965431/Business-park-fever-in-Conception-Bay-North/1editor@cbncompass.caOpinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-04-27/article-2965431/Business-park-fever-in-Conception-Bay-North/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-04-24/article-2962306/Capt.-Conn-Alexander%3A-A-man-of-mystery/1Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:52:58 -0400Wars are times of conflict and tumult, and they often produce strange stories and unexplained happenings. The Great War of 1914-1918 — the First World War, as it is generally known today — has left us with many of these. But none is stranger nor more mysterious than the story of Capt. Conn ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-04-24/article-2962306/Capt.-Conn-Alexander%3A-A-man-of-mystery/1Opinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-04-24/article-2962306/Capt.-Conn-Alexander%3A-A-man-of-mystery/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-04-16/article-2955889/The-truth-about-Hugh-Tudor/1Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:21:29 -0400Major General Sir Hugh Tudor never became a household name in Newfoundland. But the story of the former commanding officer of the hated "Black and Tans" who fled from Ireland to Newfoundland to escape the wrath of the Irish Republican Army has become part of the lore of our past. Two would-be ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-04-16/article-2955889/The-truth-about-Hugh-Tudor/1Opinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-04-16/article-2955889/The-truth-about-Hugh-Tudor/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-04-16/article-2955883/Interacting-with-polar-bears/1Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:18:48 -0400It's the type of news that generates both excitement and fear in a community. A polar bear has been spotted, and the authorities are sounding the alarm bells. News releases are issued, officers with guns and sirens are mobilized and parents start corralling their children. Curiosity seekers ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-04-16/article-2955883/Interacting-with-polar-bears/1editor@cbncompass.caOpinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-04-16/article-2955883/Interacting-with-polar-bears/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-03-28/article-2941549/A-look-back-at-attempts-to-sell-Labrador/1Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:40:55 -0400Great victories are often won in unexpected places, and happen quietly. On March 1, 1927, five elderly British lawyers (the youngest of them was 68) gathered in a small committee room at the House of Lords in London to give their answer to the question asked of them by the governments of the ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-03-28/article-2941549/A-look-back-at-attempts-to-sell-Labrador/1Opinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-03-28/article-2941549/A-look-back-at-attempts-to-sell-Labrador/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-03-13/article-2925828/There-were-three-tries-for-Confederation-between-Newfoundland-and-Canada/1Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:53:29 -0400Confederation, from its very beginning, was conceived as the union of all the British colonies in North America — Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. The initiative came from the colony called Canada (today's Ontario and Quebec), which sent ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-03-13/article-2925828/There-were-three-tries-for-Confederation-between-Newfoundland-and-Canada/1Opinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-03-13/article-2925828/There-were-three-tries-for-Confederation-between-Newfoundland-and-Canada/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-03-05/article-2915513/Time-to-make-some-fixes-on-the-municipal-front/1Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:05:27 -0500There's another twist in the ongoing saga over the proposed new arena for Harbour Grace, and it once again brings to light the need to start some serious discussion about the way municipalities and non-incorporated communities are organized in this region. Here's the nub, and we're not going ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-03-05/article-2915513/Time-to-make-some-fixes-on-the-municipal-front/1editor@cbncompass.caOpinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-03-05/article-2915513/Time-to-make-some-fixes-on-the-municipal-front/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-02-28/article-2909981/Douglas-Haig-and-the-Newfoundlanders/1Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:14:42 -0500Historical reputations come and go like the seasons, and almost as predictably. Shakespeare described men "seeking the bubble reputation" in As You Like It. A century earlier, the French essayist Montaigne — in French, of course — marvelled at "how many valiant men have we seen survive their ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-02-28/article-2909981/Douglas-Haig-and-the-Newfoundlanders/1Opinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-02-28/article-2909981/Douglas-Haig-and-the-Newfoundlanders/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-02-20/article-2900179/Its-in-the-numbers/1Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:15:23 -0500Every five years, the release of the findings of the latest national head count makes for some fascinating reading and ruminating. It was no different last week when Statistics Canada began rolling out the results of its 2011 census. It revealed that our population had grown to some 33.5 ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-02-20/article-2900179/Its-in-the-numbers/1editor@cbncompass.caOpinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-02-20/article-2900179/Its-in-the-numbers/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-02-13/article-2893831/A-visit-with-Queen-Elizabeth/1Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:49:42 -0500The limousine moves quickly down the Mall, the magnificent ceremonial avenue in central London that runs from Trafalgar Square to Buckingham Palace. The driver swings around Queen Victoria's statue before stopping at the security barrier protecting one of the side gates to the Palace. A police ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-02-13/article-2893831/A-visit-with-Queen-Elizabeth/1Opinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-02-13/article-2893831/A-visit-with-Queen-Elizabeth/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-01-31/article-2882108/But-was-Rockwell-Kent-really-a-spy%3F/1Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:49:21 -0500Editor's note: this is Part 2 of a two-part series. Also published in the Jan. 31 print edition of The Compass. Rockwell Kent left Newfoundland in July 1915. He said, in his 1952 autobiography, "It's Me O Lord," that he was "ordered" by the Inspector General of Police "to leave Newfoundland at ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-01-31/article-2882108/But-was-Rockwell-Kent-really-a-spy%3F/1Opinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-01-31/article-2882108/But-was-Rockwell-Kent-really-a-spy%3F/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-01-25/article-2873406/Backyard-bullies/1Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:02:21 -0500"Once a man, twice a child." It's been a while since I read a children's book, a tradition I recently broke when I read a book about a grave problem in contemporary society, bullying. According to BullyingCanada.ca, "approximately one in 10 children have bullied others and as many as 25 per ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-01-25/article-2873406/Backyard-bullies/1lsimmons@cbncompass.caOpinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-01-25/article-2873406/Backyard-bullies/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-01-19/article-2868211/United-we-stand.../1Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:21:17 -0500Strength in numbershttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-01-19/article-2868211/United-we-stand.../1Opinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-01-19/article-2868211/United-we-stand.../1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-01-18/article-2867288/Rockwell-Kent-%26mdash%3B-The-Brigus-Spy/1Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:06:20 -0500Editor's note: this is Part 1 of a two-part series. Look for the conclusion in the Jan. 31 edition of The Compass Rockwell Kent, a man seldom if ever at a loss for words, never in his remotest dreams expected to receive a letter like the one from Newfoundland's premier that he opened one ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-01-18/article-2867288/Rockwell-Kent-%26mdash%3B-The-Brigus-Spy/1Opinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-01-18/article-2867288/Rockwell-Kent-%26mdash%3B-The-Brigus-Spy/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-01-12/article-2861543/A-recruiting-quandary/1Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:33:32 -0500The inability of Eastern Health to recruit obstetricians/gynecologists (OBS/GYN) to fill the two vacant positions at the Carbonear General Hospital has now been generating headlines for several weeks. On Thursday, the issue was once again in the spotlight following a rare face-to-face meeting ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-01-12/article-2861543/A-recruiting-quandary/1editor@cbncompass.caOpinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/2012-01-12/article-2861543/A-recruiting-quandary/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-01-09/article-2858370/Who-killed-Const.-Moss%3F/1Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:44:01 -0500Tuesday, March 10, 1959. Just after six o'clock in the evening, 66 men of the Newfoundland Constabulary and Royal Canadian Mounted Police were ordered to march forward, three abreast, through the small community of Badger in central Newfoundland. Some 250 loggers, members of the International ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-01-09/article-2858370/Who-killed-Const.-Moss%3F/1Opinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Columnists/Ed-Roberts/2012-01-09/article-2858370/Who-killed-Const.-Moss%3F/1http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-01-03/article-2853121/2012-already-shaping-into-promising-year-of-prosperity/1Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:00:23 -0500 To paraphrase an old saying, when you are young the days are short and the years long - presumably because you just can't wait for those years to pass so you can become an adult and do all the things adults can do, legally, not to mention getting out there and grabbing that big wide world by ...http://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-01-03/article-2853121/2012-already-shaping-into-promising-year-of-prosperity/1Opinionhttp://www.cbncompass.ca/Opinion/Editorial-comment/2012-01-03/article-2853121/2012-already-shaping-into-promising-year-of-prosperity/1