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Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi looks on during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during Blinken's week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in Amman, Jordan, January 7, 2024. Reuters file

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 ...

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DAVID DELANEY: Feeling unwelcome in public buildings

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JOHN DeMONT: We have met the enemy and they are us

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A large flag of Nova Scotia, flies at half staff on memory of the victims on this the 4th anniversary of the Portapique mass killing, at Alderney Landing in Dartmouth Thursday April 18, 2024.

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LETTER: St. John's building a safer community by empowering individuals

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COVID VIGNETTE: A mysterious cancer resurgence

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COMMENTARY: Nova Scotians still face longest health-care wait times in Canada

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JOHN DeMONT: We have met the enemy and they are us

Two anniversaries of the most woeful kind occurred this week. One hundred and twelve years ago this Monday, the White Star liner Titanic struck an iceberg four days into the ship’s maiden voyage, taking the lives of more than 1,500 people, the bodies ...

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COVID VIGNETTE: A mysterious cancer resurgence

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COVID Vignette columnist Gary Saunders. Contributed

COMMENTARY: Nova Scotians still face longest health-care wait times in Canada

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According to a Fraser Institute study, Nova Scotians endured a median wait in 2023 of 56.7 weeks between a referral from a family doctor for an appointment with a specialist and the receipt of treatment. Unsplash

WENDY ELLIOTT: Protest real issues instead of carbon tax

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TINA COMEAU: My tears and disappointment when people laugh about drug addiction

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HISTORICALLY SPEAKING WITH ED COLEMAN: Land speculation in 1900s leads to profitable acquisitions

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Featured Regional Perspectives

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 ...

Updated 3 hours ago |4 min read

DAVID DELANEY: Feeling unwelcome in public buildings

Updated 3 hours ago |4 min read

LETTER: St. John's building a safer community by empowering individuals

Updated 6 hours ago |3 min read

"At its most basic and when taught properly, a martial art is a way of creating stillness in your life, of reducing the chaos that surrounds us," writes Michael Clair of St. John's.

EDITORIAL: Federal budget papers over important details

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CHEERS AND JEERS: Jeers to P.E.I. Premier Dennis King for exchange with doctor

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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Make fighting climate change personal

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HMCS Victoria, one of Canada's four secondhand diesel submarines which have been largely unusable. Experts are split on whether nuclear subs are needed to patrol Canada's Arctic.

Opinion: Canada’s Arctic defence policy update is all flash, no bang

The Canadian government’s recent defence policy update, Our North: Strong and Free , was recently released with considerable fanfare. Promised for a year, the delay seemed to indicate the Liberal government’s budgetary pressures given the ...

Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |5 min read

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.

FIRST READING: It turns out Canadian police can actually stop a protest blockade if they feel like it

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |7 min read

Alberta RCMP stop demonstrators from gathering on the Trans-Canada Highway near Highway 22 west of Calgary on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.

Colby Cosh: Alberta's red tape reduction minister ... demands more red tape on vodka

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John Ivison: On Chinese interference, Trudeau sounds like someone with something to hide

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FIRST READING: With 'safer supply' showing up in busts, RCMP told to step carefully

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BRUCE MacKINNON: Cascading effects

Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for April 19, 2024.

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BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Donald the dozer

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BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Really up a tree

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MICHAEL de ADDER CARTOON: No rush to judgment

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BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Helping hands

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BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Discrepancy of power

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Opinion

COMMENTARY: Can a Jordanian solution help end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

DAVID DELANEY: Feeling unwelcome in public buildings

JOHN DeMONT: We have met the enemy and they are us

LETTER: St. John's building a safer community by empowering individuals

COVID VIGNETTE: A mysterious cancer resurgence

COMMENTARY: Nova Scotians still face longest health-care wait times in Canada

Featured Local Perspectives

JOHN DeMONT: We have met the enemy and they are us

COVID VIGNETTE: A mysterious cancer resurgence

COMMENTARY: Nova Scotians still face longest health-care wait times in Canada

WENDY ELLIOTT: Protest real issues instead of carbon tax

TINA COMEAU: My tears and disappointment when people laugh about drug addiction

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING WITH ED COLEMAN: Land speculation in 1900s leads to profitable acquisitions

Featured Regional Perspectives

COMMENTARY: Can a Jordanian solution help end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

DAVID DELANEY: Feeling unwelcome in public buildings

LETTER: St. John's building a safer community by empowering individuals

EDITORIAL: Federal budget papers over important details

CHEERS AND JEERS: Jeers to P.E.I. Premier Dennis King for exchange with doctor

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Make fighting climate change personal

Featured National Perspectives

Opinion: Canada’s Arctic defence policy update is all flash, no bang

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

FIRST READING: It turns out Canadian police can actually stop a protest blockade if they feel like it

Colby Cosh: Alberta's red tape reduction minister ... demands more red tape on vodka

John Ivison: On Chinese interference, Trudeau sounds like someone with something to hide

FIRST READING: With 'safer supply' showing up in busts, RCMP told to step carefully

Featured Editorial Cartoons

BRUCE MacKINNON: Cascading effects

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Donald the dozer

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Really up a tree

MICHAEL de ADDER CARTOON: No rush to judgment

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Helping hands

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Discrepancy of power

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