Opinion

Her Majesty’s Penitentiary, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 16

CHEERS: to moving ahead with new housing construction. It’s good to see funding announced for actual construction work, rather than for more planning and rezoning and committees and delays. Last week, the provincial government announced $20 million ...

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SCOTT TAYLOR: Believe it when you see it for CAF spending

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Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, during a press conference at the National Press Gallery in Ottawa Thursday.

MICHAEL de ADDER CARTOON: No rush to judgment

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GRANT FROST: N.S. government on hook if teachers walk the line

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HOLD ----- COMMENTARY: Restore N.S. government’s coastal protection resolve

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RAY BATES: Our ages should not be timelines established by others

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Gravel roads can be easily deteriorated by weather, on top of regular wear-and-tear. While paving may seem like a solution to some, it has it's draw backs for farmers. GARY SAUNDERS

COVID VIGNETTE: It's a pothole potpourri

Contributed |Updated 19 hours ago |3 min read

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 ...

A rail line near Orangedale, part of a railway corridor on Cape Breton Island that hasn't been in use since 2015. IAN NATHANSON/CAPE BRETON POST

LETTER: Light train study a great idea for CBRM

Contributed |Updated 20 hours ago |3 min read

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 ...

An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel April 14, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

GWYNNE DYER: Iran and Israel, a pantomime crisis, not a real war

Gwynne Dyer · Columnist |Updated 22 hours ago |7 min read

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 ...

"While we can physically see most plastics that end up on land and clean them up, once it's broken down into microplastics, it becomes virtually invisible and will remain in our oceans for centuries," writes Brian Hodder. — Brian Yurasits/Unsplash

BRIAN HODDER: We need to make a difference in the environment every day, not just Earth Day

Brian Hodder · Columnist |Updated 22 hours ago |3 min read

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, ...

Traffic lines up to cross the scales at the waste drop-off plant in Charlottetown in this Google Streetview image.

LETTERS: Thoughts on P.E.I. waste collection

Contributed |Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |2 min read

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 ...

The April 8 eclipse viewed from the Mill River Resort in Mill River, P.E.I., began shortly after 3:30 p.m. and lasted until after 5 p.m., with the moon obscuring the sun for more than two minutes. Tristan Hood • The Guardian

LETTER: Eclipse offered opportunity for reflection and connection

Contributed |Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |2 min read

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, ...

The Canadian National Vimy Memorial at Vimy Ridge, France. Courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Germans saw Vimy as clear Canadian victory

Contributed |Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |3 min read

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 ...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks during a campaign stop in Bay Roberts Saturday.

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RALPH SURETTE: After Mulroney, are there any real Tories left?

Ralph Surette · Columnist |Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |4 min read

A leader with the long view who gets trashed by the rabble in his day but emerges as a beacon of wisdom in the end is a wonderful thing. Still, there was something a bit over the top about the praise heaped on former prime minister Brian Mulroney in ...

An Abbotsford dentist has been ordered to pay $15,000 in damages to a former patient for pain and suffering after dental procedures were performed on her without her consent.

GAIL LETHBRIDGE: Dental care program has gaps to fill

Gail Lethbridge · Columnist |Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |3 min read

If you are a senior with a toothache and looking for a subsidized appointment under the new federal dental program, you and your bad tooth are just going to have to wait. If you’ve ever had a toothache, you will know that waiting to get it fixed is a ...