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Commentary: Waiting in frustration

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Pam Pardy Ghent - you may have seen her name in the news recently - turns her attention to the aftermath of Hurricane Igor.

As she puts it, not all damages can be counted in dollars and cents.

Pap test attitudes need changing

Pam Pardy Ghent lives in a small community in rural Newfoundland, and knows all too well why many women don’t get the Pap tests that might save their lives: they can’t.

However, access is not the only problem, as Pam puts it in her latest commentary for Here & Now.

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Commentary: Don't take my licence

Let’s be honest: if there’s one thing many younger drivers agree on, it’s, to be blunt, older drivers. You’ve heard the litany: they drive slowly. They make mistakes. They don’t see what’s around them.

Well, in a commentary for Here & Now, Margaret Kearney has an answer to all that: poppycock.

Here’s her take on things.

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Commentary: Getting through Igor, and back to normal

When your life gets turned upside down, how do you carry on? And what if the event is a catastrophic event like Hurricane Igor? As Pam Pardy Ghent of Harbour Mille puts in this commentary for Here & Now, people somehow find the means to manage.

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