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Lude Meng, left, a temporary foreign worker in P.E.I., has shared her story about obtaining an open work permit after she was laid off from her job at a fish plant, while Ryan MacRae at the Cooper Institute in Charlottetown helped her with the paperwork involved.

CHEERS AND JEERS: Cheers to those working to ensure safety of temporary foreign workers

Cheers to the Cooper Institute in Charlottetown for its tireless work advocating for vulnerable P.E.I. residents, including temporary foreign workers like Lude Meng. In a series about Meng’s efforts to obtain an open work permit after she was ...

Updated 15 hours ago |5 min read

LETTER: New municipal building search in Baddeck ‘seems excessive’

Updated 16 hours ago |2 min read

The 135-year-old Victoria County courthouse building on Chebucto Street in Baddeck. The county is looking to explore new locations to house its municipal offices. CONTRIBUTED

LETTER: Proposed CBRM building bylaw amendment earns support

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With provincial plans to ultimately phase out institutional settings for people with disabilities, such as Sydney River’s Breton Ability Centre, there will be a greater need for accessory dwelling units for supportive housing. IAN NATHANSON/CAPE BRETON POST FILE

Jim Rudderham on guarding against Nova Scotia's wildfire threats

Updated 17 hours ago |13 min read

COMMENTARY: Canada has an investment problem — and Fogo Island, N.L., has a solution

Updated 19 hours ago |5 min read

COMMENTARY: Newfoundland and Labrador’s population is growing fast and homebuilding isn’t keeping up

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Residents of the Codroy Valley gathered in Doyles on Jan. 6, 2024, to express their opposition to World Energy GH2s proposed wind farm development in the area. The rally was organized by Codroy Valley United. – Contributed

LETTER: N.L. government isn't representing the interests of the people and nature with approval of hydrogen projects

Contributed |Updated 19 hours ago |5 min read

It is clear our government does not represent the interests of the people, or nature, or even life itself. It represents the interests of corporations. Its aim is to protect the rich and powerful who benefit the most from exploitation so they can ...

Another spring day in St. John’s. Cabot Tower looms out of the fog on a windy, wet Signal Hill, April 30, 2024. — Pam Frampton

PAM FRAMPTON: Wake me up when spring comes

Pam Frampton · Columnist |Updated 20 hours ago |5 min read

“The day is cold, and dark, and dreary It rains, and the wind is never weary…” From “The Rainy Day” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The evergreens across the road have been rendered into shadowy versions of themselves by a bank of low fog that’s ...

Heinrich XIII (C), who goes under the title Prince Reuss of Greiz, is led by police officers to a police vehicle after arresting him while searching a house as part of a raid aginst so-called "Reich citizens". Nine alleged members of a far-right extremist group accused of plotting to overthrow the German government went on trial in Stuttgart April 29. - Boris Roessler/dpa via Reuters

GWYNNE DYER: 'The second time as farce' – is history repeating itself?

Gwynne Dyer · Columnist |Updated 21 hours ago |6 min read

“History repeats itself – the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce,” said Karl Marx. He was talking about European history, of course, and here it comes again, a century later, doing a tribute act to the 1920s. Germany In Germany, we have ...

The Residential Rental Association of P.E.I. has a new application process that aims to connect would-be tenants with landlords who have spaces to rent. Saltire file

LETTER: P.E.I. renters do not support blacklisting of tenants and other letters

Contributed |Updated a day ago |6 min read

Renters do not blacklist tenants We wish to address concerns raised in the article titled "Centralized application for renters in P.E.I. could lead to privacy concerns, tenant blacklist: advocate" (April 22) by Logan MacLean. We are disappointed that ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $13.3 million in agreements with the CBRM and Membertou by way of the Housing Accelerator Fund. From left, Sydney-Victoria MP Jaime Battiste, Membertou Chief Terry Paul, Trudeau, CBRM Mayor Amanda MacDougall-Merrill and Cape Breton Canso MP Mike Kelloway. Mitchell Ferguson/Cape Breton Post

LETTER: CBRM needs ‘action-oriented, consistent behaviour’ at the top

Contributed |Updated a day ago |3 min read

Re: ‘Homelessness in CBRM reason for concern, Cape Breton Post commentary, April 25. After reading Cape Breton Regional Municipality Mayor Amanda McDougall-Merrill’s above commentary in the Cape Breton Post, I believe she leaves behind some ...

P.E.I. Premier Dennis King spoke to members of the Greater Summerside Chamber of Commerce in 2023, where he heard labour shortages, including recruitment and retention, are one of the biggest challenges facing P.E.I. businesses. King will speak at the Charlottetown chamber's upcoming event on May 16. Kristin Gardiner • SaltWire file

COMMENTARY: P.E.I. businesses addicted to newcomer labour

Contributed |Updated a day ago |4 min read

Ben Morrissey, a P.E.I. resident who is currently working as a policy analyst in Nunavut, provided the following opinion article. To preface, this piece in no way seeks to shame newcomers pursuing a better life or contributing to the Island ...

The King Tide, directed by Christian Sparkes and filmed primarily in Keels, N.L. will be released this week.

LETTER: Keels was featured in 'The King Tide,' but community has important history in N.L.

Contributed |Updated a day ago |3 min read

The movie 'The King Tide' is now showing in a theatre in St John's. It was filmed in Keels, Bonavista Bay, in 2022. Keels is about a 30-minute drive from Bonavista. Why Keels was chosen as the site for the film, I don't know. However, it has its own ...

A health-care provider monitors a patient's blood pressure. Rick MacLean has been recording his own BP numbers, as well as other stats at home. CDC/Unsplash

COMMENTARY: Patients inform new map for health-care transformation, policy makers just need to listen

Contributed |Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |4 min read

By Dr. Timothy Woodford As I prepare for my annual canoe trip, I marvel at the intelligence and ingenuity of the people who create maps, without which I would surely disappear into a portage, never to be seen again. Primary care transformation also ...

P.E.I. Premier Dennis King (right) is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (left) to work with the province on implementing a new national school lunch program. - Stu Neatby

DAVID JOHNSON: Past decisions probably haunt federal Liberals

Contributed |Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |4 min read

There are times in life when you regret past decisions. What once looked like a very good idea at a certain point in time might come back to haunt you, and you wish you could go back in time for a “do-over.” I wonder whether Canadian Prime Minister ...

Retired members of the military stand inside an original military vehicle of Portugal's Carnation Revolution during the commemorations of the 50th anniversary of Portugal's Carnation Revolution that resulted in the overthrow of dictatorship. Pedro Nunes/Reuters

COMMENTARY: Portugal marks 50 years since the Carnation Revolution

Henry Srebrnik |Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |5 min read

Led by the left-wing Armed Forces Movement and supported by most of the population, the so-called Carnation Revolution not only brought down Portugal’s dictatorship, but also paved the way for the end of the country’s colonial wars in Africa. The ...