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Maritimers' First World War letters home : spirits remain high despite ...
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Two names to be added to Sunny Brae War Memorial
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Remembering the Pictou Bar Lighthouse
![['<p>The Minister of Environment has determined that an environmental assessment is required if Pioneer Coal wants to conduct blasting at the strip mine in Stellarton. According to the department, as of Dec. 2, Pioneer Coal has yet to register for the assessment. ADAM MACINNIS – THE NEWS</p>']](/media/photologue/photos/cache/pioneer-coal-2770237_thumbnail.jpg)
Could a strip mine come to Westville?
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Editorial: Recruit but also retain
Every international student coming to universities and colleges in Atlantic Canada faces a key question after graduation. Should she or he stay here? For some, it’s simple, especially if their home country is in economic turmoil or suffering ...
Editorial: What price justice?
Everyone may deserve their day in court. But can they afford it? That’s another question entirely — and it’s one, by the way, that can be turned into a weapon, if your pockets and your spite run deep enough. Here’s a ...
Editorial: Milking trade
It takes two to tango. It’s a familiar saying, and one that applies as we adjust to the proposed USMCA (the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement) replacement for NAFTA. The agreement still needs to be ratified by each respective ...
Editorial: Dirty pool
We’re in Canada, so perhaps it’s all right to use a hockey analogy. You’re playing in an important game, out there on left wing, and the way the lines are juggled, you end up playing opposite the same player on the other team. He ...
Editorial: A hunger for change
As New Brunswick politicians scramble to make sense of Monday’s election results and try to break a looming legislative deadlock, other Atlantic provinces are watching with heightened interest — trying to assess what it might mean for ...
Editorial: Duelling rights
It’s probably the first case of many. In the new age of legalized cannabis, there are going to be plenty of conflicts between those who do use marijuana, and those who don’t. The legalization date of Oct. 17 is fast approaching, and ...
Editorial: Bernier’s folly
The path to political wins is more difficult today for conservatives in Atlantic Canada and across the nation. When disgruntled MP Maxime Bernier followed through on his threat to create a new political party, it posed immediate ...
Editorial: Being a smaller mole
U.S. President Donald Trump is busy. Very busy. He’s up to his neck in trade wars with China, promising billions of dollars of tariffs against that country’s products. He’s coming up with his own world-view on how many ...
EDITORIAL: A friend in need
Sometimes it takes an immense tragedy or great calamity to hammer home the truth about real friends. An obvious example resulted from the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. This week marked the 17th anniversary of passenger planes crashing into the ...
EDITORIAL Remembering Amherst Mountie Frank Deschenes: If you see flashing lights, slow down
A year ago today, an RCMP constable from Amherst was killed on a New Brunswick highway while changing a flat tire for a motorist. ...
