On Thursday, the teachers of this province voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike mandate. The strike vote was necessary, according to union leadership, in order to get the government bargaining team moving toward what the Nova Scotia Teachers ...

By Ron Swan CARP Nova Scotia is profoundly disappointed by the provincial government’s reversal of its commitment to proclaim the Coastal Protection Act. As an organization of active and engaged older citizens, we take seriously our responsibilities ...

At what age do we start — or stop — being able to achieve tasks or contemplate thoughts? When I was 15 years old a law dictated that I was “too young to drive” regardless of the fact that I could easily maneuver my father’s truck and tractor. When I ...

In nearly six decades of driving the Old Barns/Clifton Shore Road, I've never seen it so pot-holey as this February past. Well, once or twice, years ago, it was pretty bad. So bad that, one April day, I took two knee boots, put a brick in each, stood ...

I am surprised at the response from local and provincial politicians regarding the end of the provincial subsidy for the unused portion of the derelict rail line in Cape Breton. It’s about time the line was abandoned and as a taxpayer I have a few ...

The grand old Ayatollah He had three hundred missiles. He launched them all at Israel but none of them was fissile. And when they were all shot down, much to his surprise, Biden said to Khamenei I deeply sympathize. (To the tune of ‘The Grand Old ...

We are blessed with an abundance of natural beauty here in Canada, should never take what we have for granted and we need to take better care of the world in which we live. Monday, April 22, will be celebrated as Earth Day here and across the world, ...

Saving time and money It seems the government's answer to problems is to throw money at it. This is what is happening at Island Waste Management where they want to increase the rates. The government is giving them $2.9 million to defer those ...

Perhaps the eclipse on Monday was an opportunity for you, as it was for me, to stop and reflect — although it also reminds us that we are moving! My personal circumstances were such that I witnessed the 2017 solar eclipse, as well. On both occasions, ...

Re: Scott Taylor’s Myths surrounding Vimy Ridge, April 9. The French had lost over 160,000 men in 1915 trying to get their high ground back. They knew the Germans were mining France’s huge coal fields in the valley on the northern side of the ...