Opinion
COMMENTARY: SO2 injection may be the last tool in the toolbox to fight global warming
Geoffrey V. Hurley, a retired environmental consultant living in Dartmouth, N.S., provided the following opinion article. Email: hurleyenvironment@gmail.com Considerable progress has been made to move to renewable sources of energy such as wind and ...
COMMENTARY: Let's make hepatitus C history in Canada
Jody Jollimore is executive director of CATIE, Canada’s source for HIV and hepatitis C information. What do you think of when you hear about hepatitis C? That was one of the questions posed to Canadians in an online survey we conducted this year at ...
LETTER: Canada's carbon tax ‘makes no sense’
Over the past several weeks, the subject of the federal government’s carbon tax has popped up in conversation quite often. Whether when talking to a longtime friend or a stranger in a waiting room, everyone seems to have strong feelings on this ...
LETTER: CBRM mayor inspires younger generation
Our granddaughter visited our home a few weeks ago. Inquiring about her activities, because she has so many interests, she told us about a recent visit to Cape Breton Regional Municipality Mayor Amanda McDougall-Merrill’s office. Being a proud ...
GWYNNE DYER: Why U.S. President Joe Biden might be the only person who can negotiate a Hamas-Israel cease-fire
Hamas did not need a cease-fire – it had already demonstrated that Israel could not eradicate it. It had achieved its primary goal of wrecking the anti-Iran alliance that was brewing between Israel and the major Arab Gulf states. And it doesn’t care ...
RICK MacLEAN: The girdle offered me a pregnancy lesson
The cool thing about regaining consciousness is how sudden it can be. One minute you’re getting to know what it’s like to be wheeled down the hall on a stretcher. It’s exactly the same view shown in all the TV shows set in hospitals. The lights of ...
BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Ready, aim, pace yourself
Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for May 4, 2024.
PERSPECTIVE: Want to fix student absence rates? Reduce illness in schools
By Susan Joudrey If you think that children are missing more school due to illness than they did before the pandemic began, you’re not imagining things. If you suspect constant illness is affecting their education, you’re not wrong. Documents ...
GAIL LETHBRIDGE: Poilievre talking points constantly cross decorum line
Whether or not you like what he says, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has certainly amped up the colourful rhetoric of Canadian politics. If you like a good rhyming slogan or a hyperbolic metaphor, Poilievre has one for you. Even if you don’t ...
EDITORIAL: Temporary foreign workers are critical to Atlantic Canada and deserve supports
Like Atlantic Canadian labourers who migrate for jobs in western Canada for months at a time, when Lude Meng left her home in China to work in a Prince Edward Island fish plant, she did so to build a better life for her family. Instead, she faced a ...
More Opinion Stories
JOHN DeMONT: Getting kids off screens will make them happier — here’s how
LETTER: New Cape Breton central library project needs public’s support
COMMENTARY: Why didn't N.S. mental health system recognize the signs of our Aidaen's distress?
BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Fine day for a nap
CHEERS AND JEERS: Cheers to those working to ensure safety of temporary foreign workers
LETTER: New municipal building search in Baddeck ‘seems excessive’
LETTER: Proposed CBRM building bylaw amendment earns support
Jim Rudderham on guarding against Nova Scotia's wildfire threats
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