Featured Regional Perspectives
Jim Rudderham on guarding against Nova Scotia's wildfire threats
Fire risk increases just before the leaves come out
COMMENTARY: Canada has an investment problem — and Fogo Island, N.L., has a solution
Much debate continues to greet the latest statistics indicating Canada’s productivity – measured as economic output generated per hour of work – has continued to decline, dramatically lagging other G7 countries. What began as a rant by pundits, has ...
COMMENTARY: Newfoundland and Labrador’s population is growing fast and homebuilding isn’t keeping up
Josef Filipowicz and Alex Whalen Commentary Throughout its history, Newfoundland and Labrador has ridden the population rollercoaster. Indeed, the province lost more people than it gained in 18 of the 30 years since the 1992 cod moratorium, which ...
LETTER: N.L. government isn't representing the interests of the people and nature with approval of hydrogen projects
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 ...
PAM FRAMPTON: Wake me up when spring comes
“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 ...
GWYNNE DYER: 'The second time as farce' – is history repeating itself?
“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 ...
LETTER: P.E.I. renters do not support blacklisting of tenants and other letters
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 ...
LETTER: CBRM needs ‘action-oriented, consistent behaviour’ at the top
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 ...
COMMENTARY: P.E.I. businesses addicted to newcomer labour
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 ...
LETTER: Keels was featured in 'The King Tide,' but community has important history in N.L.
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 ...