“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 ...

There are two provincial government positions that will need to be filled after the next election no matter which party comes out on top. I thought it would be good to get the job descriptions out beforehand so those interested in being a cabinet ...

“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 ...

Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for May 2, 2024.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A clipping I found in a 1940s scrapbook on the sale of a Windsor newspaper led me to re-read L. S. Loomer’s book, A Journey in History. In the index to this book on Windsor’s history, Loomer has nine entries referring to newspapers. When you check ...

With friends like Canada, who needs enemies? That appears to be the thinking of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. Justin Trudeau seems to feel the same way. The two men have doubled down on a cycle of recrimination that has poisoned relations in ...

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 ...