Opinion
GWYNNE DYER: A look at India's election
LETTER: Willing to accept wind farms if it will save our planet
It seems that every effort to mitigate global warming is opposed, quite vigorously, by many different pressure groups. Even people who are otherwise protective of our natural habitat find a way to demonize green initiatives. I suppose it’s just one ...
GWYNNE DYER: There really are rules to borders among nations
History is mostly a matter of dates, and the key date is always that of the last conquest. All previous conquests are then magically forgiven and forgotten. This observation is prompted partly by the current wars in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, but ...
Tim German's "Dark Angel" — 760k and still delivering
Tim German and his 2017 Hyundai Elantra have made a lot of trips around the Maritimes delivering blood products over the last seven years. And he shares his thoughts about his car, his work and how he has kept his car going long enough to "circle the ...
TINA COMEAU: My tears and disappointment when people laugh about drug addiction
YARMOUTH, NS – My emotions swayed between disappointment and resolve. I was at an event in Halifax. The person speaking was talking about a fellow she knew as a kid. She said as a young man he went on to become a really good baseball player. Then she ...
LETTER: Discussion regarding proposed Cape Breton monument continues
Re: ‘Monument does not belong in national park,’ Cape Breton Post letter to the editor, March 16 Re: ‘Veterans’ monument description upsets reader,’ Cape Breton Post letter to the editor, April 4 As spokesperson for friendsofourfallen.ca, I am ...
LETTER: Whitney Pier pitched as new library location
Several years ago, while a student at Cape Breton University, I took a political science course from Dr. Tom Urbaniak. One of the more interesting aspects of the course surrounded the tours we did in Whitney Pier looking at the infrastructure, the ...
Opinion: Canada’s Arctic defence policy update is all flash, no bang
The Canadian government’s recent defence policy update, Our North: Strong and Free , was recently released with considerable fanfare. Promised for a year, the delay seemed to indicate the Liberal government’s budgetary pressures given the ...
BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Really up a tree
Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for April 17, 2024.
LETTERS: On P.E.I.'s Easter Beef cattle sale, parking at the QEH, cycling in Brackley, P.E.I., and more
Horrified by Easter beef ad I'm writing to you today about the March 26 edition of The Guardian. I was heartbroken to come across a full, two-page ad for the 73rd annual Easter Beef Show and Sale 2024. The beautiful cattle featured with their ...
EDITORIAL: A is for anxiety: Atlantic Canadian schoolchildren living new world for learning
The schoolchildren attending classes across Atlantic Canada today are experiencing a very different introduction to reading, writing and ’rithmetic than their parents — or even older siblings — did in years past. These days, an Apple left on a ...