Featured Regional Perspectives
GWYNNE DYER: Ukraine — the outlook
“I've said before, you do the right thing and you let the chips fall where they may,” said Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. The chips being the 10 or 20,000 extra Ukrainians who died needlessly during the six months ...
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 ...
GAIL LETHBRIDGE: Johns remarks spark epidemic of damage control
If they gave out medals for tone deafness, Nova Scotia’s justice minister would be on the top of the podium this week. As flags across the province were lowered in memory of the 22 people killed in the 2020 massacre that began with an act of domestic ...
BILL BLACK: Feds not good at implementing provincial programs
Advertisements for cars and trucks are mostly similar. The pictures show happy vehicle owners having a good time in an attractive location, with the voiceover proclaiming some sort of discount (“Six thousand dollars off !”) without ever revealing the ...
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 ...
DAVID DELANEY: Feeling unwelcome in public buildings
The menacing growth of government and the authority of the public state has infected even our quaint little Cape Breton community. Mind you, there is a difference between those who work for the government and the government itself. The former are ...
LETTER: St. John's building a safer community by empowering individuals
I want to applaud the City of St. John's for undertaking its campaign to address violence and crime, called “Building Safer Communities”. While St. John's is probably one of the safest communities in the world, there remains much work to be done to ...
EDITORIAL: Federal budget papers over important details
In introducing the 2024 federal budget, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland promised a better life to young Canadians who have been struggling with affording the same lifestyle as previous generations. “A fair chance to build a good middle-class life ...
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 ...
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Make fighting climate change personal
Now that the flag waving and placard parading has eased and we are paying the three-cent extra carbon tax on gasoline, not the 13 cents Pierre Poilievre was rhyming about, we are reconciled to the ever-changing cost per litre. Just two years ago, the ...