Opinion
COMMENTARY: Land acquisition critical to establishing Blue Mountain Park
By MARY ANN McGRATH Members of the Friends of Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes (BMBCL) Society are excited and highly motivated by the growing recognition of the BMBCL area as a leading contender for designation under Canada’s new National Urban Park ...
PETER McKENNA: Havana syndrome: Can Cuba be forgiven now?
I see where the mysterious Havana syndrome is back in the news again. We are also learning that the U.S. case against Cuba for unleashing these “acoustic attacks” grows weaker by each passing scientific study. You may recall that U.S. and Canadian ...
JOHN DeMONT: The dark side of gambling’s golden hour
I received an email I shouldn’t have the other day. So, of course, I opened the attachments. There was a spreadsheet of every player on every team that had made the NHL playoffs and a list of those hobbled by injuries, along with information on when ...
EDITORIAL: Nova Scotia mass casualty proved domestic violence is not a private matter
The authors of the final report of the Mass Casualty Commission studying Canada's worst murder rampage had this important message for all of us about gender-based and intimate partner violence: “Let us not look away again.” The commissioners, ...
Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 23
JEERS: to continued delays in compensating Mount Cashel victims. As heard in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court on Thursday, April 18, survivors of abuse — terrible, life-impacting sexual and physical abuse suffered by young people at the hands ...
SCOTT TAYLOR: Canada's military procurement history a laundry list of broken promises
When the Trudeau Liberals announced their long-awaited defence policy update on April 8, it did not take the skeptics long to take to social media to criticize the policy paper. While the announced spending hike is enormous — the Canadian defence ...
MICHAEL de ADDER CARTOON: Problem for another day
Michael de Adder's editorial cartoon for Tuesday, April 23, 2024.
LETTERS: Health-care workers are under-appreciated and understaffed
Health-care workers on the front lines We have a lot of respect for health-care workers, at least most of us do. I also understand how difficult it is waiting long hours in emergency and not blaming the same people. Just recently I watched a ...
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Words you can't take back
When someone says something, it’s because that’s how they feel and they can’t take it back. Apologies ring hollow and it’s difficult to believe them. Such is the case in the recent episode with Brad Johns. Canadians deserve better. Russ Oickle, ...
LETTER: Division of invisible household labour includes tasks not mentioned in article
Tackling the invisible (Atlantic Canadians tackle gender roles and invisible labour, April 15), great article. I found it interesting that eye-catching clothespins on a line were used. I rarely ever owned or used a dryer. As a single mom juggling ...