Re: Cops on campus, May 4 I am shocked but not surprised by the reticence of campuses to deal with the protests and protesters in an appropriate way. People have a right to voice their opinions. They do not have a right to place other people in ...

Michael de Adder's cartoon for May 7, 2024.

Worried about health-care future For the first time, I tried to get care with the new virtual health-care system on P.E.I. My dear family doctor, a beautiful person, passed away, and now after 45 years, I do not have a family doctor. I had to fill ...

The province's population growth once heralded by political leaders has now become a Waterloo of poor planning. Growth aggressively sought by provincial and municipal politicians, is a quick pivot when constituents' ire is raised. The province with ...

Geoffrey V. Hurley, a retired environmental consultant living in Dartmouth, N.S., provided the following opinion article. Email: hurleyenvironment@gmail.com Considerable progress has been made to move to renewable sources of energy such as wind and ...

Jody Jollimore is executive director of CATIE, Canada’s source for HIV and hepatitis C information. What do you think of when you hear about hepatitis C? That was one of the questions posed to Canadians in an online survey we conducted this year at ...

Over the past several weeks, the subject of the federal government’s carbon tax has popped up in conversation quite often. Whether when talking to a longtime friend or a stranger in a waiting room, everyone seems to have strong feelings on this ...

Our granddaughter visited our home a few weeks ago. Inquiring about her activities, because she has so many interests, she told us about a recent visit to Cape Breton Regional Municipality Mayor Amanda McDougall-Merrill’s office. Being a proud ...

Hamas did not need a cease-fire – it had already demonstrated that Israel could not eradicate it. It had achieved its primary goal of wrecking the anti-Iran alliance that was brewing between Israel and the major Arab Gulf states. And it doesn’t care ...

The cool thing about regaining consciousness is how sudden it can be. One minute you’re getting to know what it’s like to be wheeled down the hall on a stretcher. It’s exactly the same view shown in all the TV shows set in hospitals. The lights of ...