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TO THE POINT: Why does Nova Scotia have a chronically under-performing economy?
As Atlantic Canada’s population and economy declines, it’s had a big impact on this region’s importance relative to the rest of Canada ...
Can’t we just get along with each other?
It seems like a day doesn’t go by in our part of the world without an attack being levelled by one group on another, usually based on political grounds, and generally reflecting a reluctance to “get along” with others having ...
Directionally challenged
U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be as challenged directionally as he is factually. The President continues to insist that the southern border of the United States is so porous that terrorists are streaming across by the thousands. In fact, not ...
A cautionary tale: Hang onto your receipts
“Get a receipt and hang onto it.” Those were the words the guy who was installing my phone, internet, and TV... stated as he was finishing his work this past October. He had just placed the equipment from the former service provider into ...
Still waiting for sidewalk to Cumberland regional hospital
To the Editor, I am writing, once again, regarding the battle for a sidewalk to the hospital debacle. I would like to thank Amherst Mayor David Kogan and all the town councillors for doing their part in beginning the process to provide their ...
Nova Scotia relies too much on equalization handouts
To the Editor, Only in Nova Scotia is it head-line news that environmental groups have succeeded to upset an exploration plan to find oil and gas off the Nova Scotia coast. The Government and too many people are opposed to gas extraction onshore ...
RUSSELL WANGERSKY: Hop on for the natural relic tour
It’s a once-in-a-lifetime trip! Heck, it’s a once-in-any-number-of-lifetimes trip. Baffin Island in summer: pictures show long, grey banks of broken rock, greyed, melting snow, huge banks of smoothed and rounded boulders. ...
EDITORIAL: Patrolling for propaganda
Let’s not make the same mistake some of our closest neighbours have. Having seen what’s happened in a number of recent elections, it’s only right that the federal government should do its best to protect Canadians from foreign ...
VIBERT: Nova Scotia's Liberals bar doctors from health committee
Stick a fork in it, folks. It’s done. “It” is the Nova Scotia legislature’s health committee. It is a ruse, a ploy, a gimmick, a cruel hoax perpetrated on Nova Scotians by a Liberal government desperate to show concern for ...
EDITORIAL: Is there a doctor in the house?
What’s the prescription for fixing health care in Atlantic Canada? Well, the first thing you need for any prescription is to find a doctor willing to write it for you. And that’s part of the problem. Right now, as a SaltWire ...