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LETTER: Nova Scotia needs forests
LETTER: Present Conservative party leader could learn much from Brian Mulroney
Dr. Mary Lynk, a much-missed friend and colleague, gave me a book written by a distant relative of hers, L. Ian MacDonald, titled “Brian Mulroney, The Making of a Prime Minister.” I read it a couple of months before the Progressive Conservatives ...
LETTER: Cape Breton Post cancer series a reminder to test for radon
I suspect that there are few, if any, families in Cape Breton who have not been touched by cancer. This week’s ongoing series in the Cape Breton Post entitled ‘Cancer in Cape Breton’ illustrates just how devastating this disease can be. As mentioned ...
ROSEMARY GODIN: Hope is all around us this week
What is a miracle? Simply put, you might think of it as something wonderful that happens unexpectedly with no logical way of explaining it. The origins of the word are found in many ancient languages. For example, the Latin word “miraculum” means ...
LETTERS: UPEI medical school must move forward to benefit P.E.I.
UPEI med school moving forward When the issue of an Island medical school was raised during my term as president of the Medical Society of P.E.I. (2005-06), we were hesitant, given our province’s smaller population of 140,000, and the absence of ...
WENDY ELLIOTT: Demand for midwifery services continues to grow in N.S.
Well-loved novelist Ami McKay’s first novel was called The Birth House and it was inspired by the Scots Bay home she and her husband Ian live in. The original birth house was the inspiration for her first novel. While pregnant with her second child, ...
PETER McKENNA: Will long suffering Haiti be OK now?
So, where does violence-wracked Haiti go from here? Can it actually get any worse? Well, perhaps it can. Yes, the discredited former prime minister, Ariel Henri, has finally agreed to step aside. In addition, the finer details of a governing ...
DAVID JOHNSON: Govern for a better Canada in 10 years, not 10 days
In his moving eulogy at last weekend’s state funeral for former Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney, current Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reminded Canadians of an important strategic consideration that guided Mulroney’s ...
COMMENTARY: Israel and South Africa are at odds
South Africa’s Chief Rabbi, Dr. Warren Goldstein, addressed the Congressional Summit of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington March 10, spotlighting a growing issue that elicits scant media coverage: the murder of ...
COMMENTARY: Protecting P.E.I.'s public engagement for the public good
Doug Crossman, a retired senior policy analyst with the Public Health Agency of Canada, provided the following opinion article. Finance Minister Jill Burridge has presented the provincial government’s 2024-25 budget which highlights the ...
LETTER: Increase density in Charlottetown's downtown
Lately there is quite a bit of speculation about our rising population and the possibility of higher density in downtown Charlottetown. We are asking ourselves what could the future look like in downtown Charlottetown? Are things going to change? I ...