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LETTER: Three key June days significant to NL and the US - let's hope they end without disaster

Let's hope these dates end without a disaster, writes Marian Bashaw in her letter to the editor June 24th in Newfoundland and Labrador is a day of...

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Letter

JOHN DeMONT: Why the idea of electoral reform never goes away

Dalhousie University political scientist Lori Turnbull has a short answer for why Tim Houston’s Nova Scotia government, despite promises to the...

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John Demont

JOHN DeMONT: When shopping lacks a human face

Unless on the hunt for books or music, or visiting a sporting goods emporium, I tend to undertake the act of shopping with the same attitude as a...

yesterday 7

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John Demont

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: R.I.P. Marc Garneau

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Bruce Mackinnon Cartoon

CHEERS AND JEERS: Cheers to P.E.I. residents who showed up to help stranded balloon crew

Cheers to the Islanders who arrived to help three people whose hydrogen balloon made an emergency landing in a swamp near Cardigan recently. The...

yesterday 3

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Cheers And Jeers

ANDY WALKER: Summer will be busy on the political front

The end of the spring legislature session usually means a lull on the political front as MLAs turn their attention to attending as many events as...

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Andy Walker

JOHN DeMONT: Blind pigs to corner stores: The raucous story of hooch in N.S.

I had mixed feelings when I heard last week that the Nova Scotia government planned to survey 1,500 of us to hear our views about expanding booze...

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John Demont

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Log now, protect later makes no sense

Protecting and restoring the health of our forests, lakes and rivers is essential if we and our children and grandchildren are to have sustainable...

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Voice Of The People

ANNE M. CROSSMAN: A bustling arts scene

I believe that I live in what has to be the most writers-per-capita and artists-per-capita county in Canada. I wanted to see if that was true by...

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Anne M. Crossman

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Nova Scotia Power airs your SIN-full laundry

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Bruce Mackinnon Cartoon

LETTERS: Loretta Swit's connection to P.E.I. and the province's environmental rebates provoke comment

Loretta Swit, award-winning animal activist, artist and actress was a friend of the P.E.I. Humane  Society. Facing a March 1988 closure date for...

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Letters

PETER McKENNA: Where is the international community in Haiti’s time of need?

To characterize the conditions today in Haiti as staggeringly grim would be a gross understatement. Indeed, the situation on the ground in the...

wednesday 3

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Peter Mckenna

COMMENTARY: Swim Nova Scotia’s offer remains on the table to keep Acadia’s pool open

For decades, the Acadia Aquatic Centre has been a cornerstone of life in Wolfville — a place where seniors gather for aqua-fit classes, youth...

wednesday 10

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Commentary

PERSPECTIVE: Nova Scotia’s electric future

With the creation of the new Nova Scotia Independent Energy System Operator (NSIESO), Nova Scotia Power is preparing to shift into a very different...

wednesday 4

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Perspective

LETTER: A Pride flag raised, but not for everyone

We pride ourselves on inclusion, but the near-total absence of racialized people at events like a Pride flag raising tells a different story,...

wednesday 1

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Letter

GWYNNE DYER: Where could the Palestinians go if they're starved out of Gaza Strip?

With little food and people dying daily, Israel's current strategy seems to be forcing Palestinians out of Gaza, but where will they go? Reckless...

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Gwynne Dyer

PAM FRAMPTON: Theft of public art, like stolen Amelia Earhart statue, is a crime against us all

Statue of Amelia Earhart was stolen from Harbour Grace, where she took off on her bid to be the first woman to fly solo across Atlantic There’s an...

wednesday 1

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Pam Frampton

COLIN MACLEAN: Relics of a '90s childhood

My early life was spent exploring the unfathomable depths of the Earth and fighting valiant lost causes on the front lines of galaxies far, far...

wednesday 4

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Colin Maclean

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Let’s make Alaska our 11th province

I suspect that letting us take Alaska would unify us even more I’ve never been to Alaska, America’s 50th state,  but somehow, as a...

03.06.2025 10

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Letter To The Editor

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Credit agencies must aid senior citizens

Nova Scotia Power advised me to order a copy of my credit report from TransUnion and Equifax and provided the necessary contact information. When I...

03.06.2025 3

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Voice Of The People

LETTER: Canada not doing enough to address climate change, breaking promises

Canada is slow to act on addressing the climate crisis, writes Everett Hobbs, just one of broken government promises In 2000, 191 nations promised...

02.06.2025 10

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Letter

GWYNNE DYER: How can 'geoengineering' help save us from the climate emergency?

The only way to hold the heat down in the short term is ‘geoengineering’: direct intervention in the atmosphere to reflect more sunlight back into...

02.06.2025 10

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Gwynne Dyer

KEVIN TOBIN CARTOON: Changing population threats in NL

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Kevin Tobin Cartoon