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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 ...
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 ...
COMMENTARY: Will UN environment summit zero in on how we ended up where we are?
Palanisamy Nagarajan, emeritus professor of economics and an island studies teaching fellow at University of Prince Edward Island, provided the following opinion article. The 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment found: "A point has ...
RICK MacLEAN: I'm smug. Just ask my blood pressure.
Phrase: White coat syndrome. Definition: “When you get a high blood pressure reading in a doctor's office and a normal reading at home. The anxiety of being around doctors in white coats can make your blood pressure rise,” says one internet ...
COMMENTARY: Can a Jordanian solution help end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Henry Srebrnik Commentary In the wake of the Gaza war, the so-called two-state solution – an Israeli and Palestinian state side by side — has been resurrected. This idea dates back to at least 1937, when a British commission suggested a partition of ...
BLAKE DOYLE: Federal budget presents economic degrowth strategies
We have just endured one of the most telegraphed budgets in memory. In an era of TikTok and depleted attention spans even budgets need to be pre-released to garner attention. Unfortunately, the assaults on business from provincial and federal ...
CHEERS AND JEERS: Jeers to P.E.I. Premier Dennis King for exchange with doctor
Jeers to P.E.I. Premier Dennis King who got into an argument with Summerside ER physician Dr. Kay Dingwell over the topic of sick notes during debate on a Green party bill April 18. A policy requiring P.E.I. public service employees to get a doctor's ...
UPSE P.E.I.: The fallacy of Resident Care Worker (RCW) Appreciation Week
Karen Jackson, president of the Union of Public Sector Employees in P.E.I., provided the following opinion article. As we celebrate and recognize the great work and contributions of resident care workers (RCW), patient care workers (PCW) and home ...
LETTERS: Charlottetown Irving site an embarrasment; P.E.I.health workers splintered by government
An eyesore and embarrassment My name is Dale Vigneault, nee Murphy, and I have recently read yet another article on the old service station on the corner of Queen and Euston Street and I thought there might be some interest in the background of this ...
LETTERS: On P.E.I.'s Easter Beef cattle sale, parking at the QEH, cycling in Brackley, P.E.I., and more
Horrified by Easter beef ad I'm writing to you today about the March 26 edition of The Guardian. I was heartbroken to come across a full, two-page ad for the 73rd annual Easter Beef Show and Sale 2024. The beautiful cattle featured with their ...