Opinion
LETTER: Questioning the N.L. government's ethics after 'provincial government official' tip
What does it mean for a person to be ethical? If you were to ask that question to Premier Andrew Furey, what do you think he would say? Recently, a "provincial government official" in the Furey government contacted VOCM to advise that John Efford ...
LETTER: Carbon pricing works
By global consensus, fiscally and environmentally, carbon pricing is the best way to fight global warming. The Conservative narrative that "the carbon tax has severely affected the affordability of fuel, groceries, and other goods" is purely ...
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 ...
COMMENTARY: Nova Scotians still face longest health-care wait times in Canada
Mackenzie Moir and Alex Whalen, analysts at the Fraser Institute, provided the following opinion article. Nova Scotia's Houston government has placed great emphasis on health care, engaging in a full battery of health-care policy reforms. This ...
BRUCE MacKINNON: Cascading effects
Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for April 19, 2024.
CHEERS AND JEERS: Jeers to P.E.I. Premier Dennis King for exchange with doctor
Jeers to P.E.I. Premier Dennis King who got into an argument with Summerside ER physician Dr. Kay Dingwell over the topic of sick notes during debate on a Green party bill April 18. A policy requiring P.E.I. public service employees to get a doctor's ...
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Make fighting climate change personal
Now that the flag waving and placard parading has eased and we are paying the three-cent extra carbon tax on gasoline, not the 13 cents Pierre Poilievre was rhyming about, we are reconciled to the ever-changing cost per litre. Just two years ago, the ...
COMMENTARY: Atlantic Canada’s ferries lead charge toward zero emissions
By Brent Dancey The Halifax-Dartmouth ferry service is among the oldest in North America, running since 1752. While the types of vessels and the timetables have changed, passenger ferries continue making regular journeys across the harbour, as they ...
LETTER: CBRM rodent problem needs to be addressed, says reader
I would like to once again express my frustration with Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) officials who not only refuse to do anything about the rodent problem in the area, but they also knowingly add to it through their garbage collection ...
LETTER: 'Not a sound' in empty N.L. fishing villages
My mother was born in the historic fishing village of Moreton’s Harbour in June of 1924. Her father, Watson Small, was an esteemed boat builder and recognized locally as a “fish killer,” the title given back in the day to a fisherman particularly ...