Opinion

A serviceman of the 1148th separate artillery brigade of Air Assault Troops of Ukraine prepares a M777 howitzer to fire towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine April 20, 2024. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko via

GWYNNE DYER: Ukraine — the outlook

“I've said before, you do the right thing and you let the chips fall where they may,” said Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. The chips being the 10 or 20,000 extra Ukrainians who died needlessly during the six months ...

Updated 15 hours ago |5 min read

LETTER: St. John's building a safer community by empowering individuals

Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |3 min read

"At its most basic and when taught properly, a martial art is a way of creating stillness in your life, of reducing the chaos that surrounds us," writes Michael Clair of St. John's.

EDITORIAL: Federal budget papers over important details

Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |4 min read

Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland takes part in a press conference before delivering the fall economic update in Ottawa, Canada, November 21, 2023.

PAM FRAMPTON: Unpacking words that drive me crazy

Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |4 min read

LETTER: Leave personal life out of politics

Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |3 min read

LETTER: Christians supporting Donald Trump and other Right-wing politicians concerning

Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |2 min read

Attorney General and Justice Minister John Hogan stands outside the House of Assembly. -Juanita Mercer/The Telegram

LETTER: Weak apology for traumatizing those who are already traumatized

Contributed |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |2 min read

Excerpt from the House of Assembly on March 6, 2024: John Hogan: "So, I don't want anyone in this House to mislead what's happening in court here with regards to sexual assault victims. It's a very serious issue and the lawyers in this province are ...

Premier Andrew Furey speaks with reporters outside the House of Assembly. -Juanita Mercer/SaltWire file photo

LETTER: Questioning the N.L. government's ethics after 'provincial government official' tip

Contributed |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |2 min read

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 ...

Past UN summits and global conventions on climate and the environment have failed to put the world on a path to sustainable development. Will the UN summit set for September be any different? Marcus Spiske • Unsplash

COMMENTARY: Will UN environment summit zero in on how we ended up where we are?

Contributed |Updated 13 hours ago |5 min read

Palanisamy Nagarajan, emeritus professor of economics and an island studies teaching fellow at University of Prince Edward Island, provided the following opinion article. The 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment found: "A point has ...

An example of a Pallet shelter village set up in Denver, Colo., containing 30 single-occupancy units. A similar setup is planned to be built in Whitney Pier sometime in February. CONTRIBUTED/PALLET SHELTERS

LETTER: Concerns raised regarding Pallet sheller safety

Contributed |Updated 13 hours ago |1 min read

When a person builds a house in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (and other municipalities) they are subjected to many rules, laws and bylaws. Physical inspections also take place throughout the process to insure your property is safe to move ...

On Tuesday the Department of Justice issued a press release saying Zimmer would be replaced as the judge overseeing the Desmond inquiry. Minister Brad Johns stated that the Desmond family and the public had been waiting more than five years for answers -- Francis Campbell photo

DAVID DELANEY: Domestic violence, epidemics and the Justice Minister's resignation

Contributed |Updated 14 hours ago |4 min read

Explanations mean little in today’s current political and social climate. An incorrect choice of words, an inept utterance and beware the pounce of those ever at the ready to cry foul. So it may have been for Nova Scotia’s recently deposed Justice ...

An artist's rendering of the front of the proposed new central Cape Breton Regional Library on the site of the old courthouse on Crescent Street, near Wentworth Park, in Sydney — which was discussed during a council meeting last month. CONTRIBUTED/STANTEC

LETTER: Stalled Cape Breton library project shows council’s lack of ‘gumption’

Contributed |Updated 14 hours ago |2 min read

I’ve attended two Cape Breton Regional Municipality council meetings this year – on Jan. 23 and March 26 – during which the status of the new central library in downtown Sydney was discussed. Both meetings were carbon copies of each other with simply ...

A health-care provider monitors a patient's blood pressure. Rick MacLean has been recording his own BP numbers, as well as other stats at home. CDC/Unsplash

RICK MacLEAN: I'm smug. Just ask my blood pressure.

Contributed, Rick MacLean · Columnist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |5 min read

Phrase: White coat syndrome. Definition: “When you get a high blood pressure reading in a doctor's office and a normal reading at home. The anxiety of being around doctors in white coats can make your blood pressure rise,” says one internet ...

BRUCE MacKINNON: Walk it back stat

Bruce MacKinnon |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |1 min read

Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for April 20, 2024.

Justice Minister Brad Johns recently told reporters his government will not ban the use of NDAs in harassment and sexual assault cases. SaltWire file

GAIL LETHBRIDGE: Johns remarks spark epidemic of damage control

Contributed, Gail Lethbridge · Columnist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |3 min read

If they gave out medals for tone deafness, Nova Scotia’s justice minister would be on the top of the podium this week. As flags across the province were lowered in memory of the 22 people killed in the 2020 massacre that began with an act of domestic ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a housing announcement in Dartmouth on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

BILL BLACK: Feds not good at implementing provincial programs

Bill Black · Columnist, Contributed |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |4 min read

Advertisements for cars and trucks are mostly similar. The pictures show happy vehicle owners having a good time in an attractive location, with the voiceover proclaiming some sort of discount (“Six thousand dollars off !”) without ever revealing the ...