Featured Regional Perspectives
BRIAN HODDER: Seniors struggling to make ends meet as the cost of living soars
It seems that wherever I go these days, people are having conversations about the increased cost of living and how expensive it is just to buy day-to-day necessities. While many of us are feeling the impact of higher prices, most people are still ...
LETTER: Remembering Rex Murphy
My tribute to Rex Murphy, who succumbed to the dreadful disease called cancer, that is rampant in this province and all over the world. Rex was born in rural Newfoundland and Labrador and, in my humble opinion, never forgot his roots or our reason ...
RALPH SURETTE: The fight over truth itself is among the high stakes in journalism
In the media world, the good news is that there’s interest by several parties wanting to take over this newspaper and the entire SaltWire network, now under creditor protection. The hundreds of jobs and the iconic titles — this one, plus the ...
GAIL LETHBRIDGE: Storm brewing over N.S. Coastal Protection Act
If Tim Houston’s government thought opposition to their abandonment of the Coastal Protection Act would just go away, they should think again. This thing is lingering like a bad smell for the Conservatives. This week a group of coastal advocates ...
JOHN DeMONT: Let us protect a coastline that is a wonder of the world
I doubt that the placard-waving people gathered in front of the Nova Scotia legislature this week to protest the government’s unwillingness to decisively protect our coastline had numbers on their minds. But, even with my Grade 11 math, I can think ...
LETTER: Don’t rush into new CBRM central library project
I'm writing in response to letters and columns in the Cape Breton Post regarding the proposed Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) central library. This subject has been on the radar for well over a dozen years and we seem to be no closer to a ...
LETTER: CBRM fire department budget likely to increase following dismissal of hazmat team
Re: ‘Cape Breton councillors ‘shocked' by abrupt changes to hazmat response unit,’ Cape Breton Post, May 6. On May 5, former members of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality hazmat team met with regional fire chief Mark Bettens and deputy chief ...
ROSEMARY GODIN: Cape Breton Regional Municipality mayor praised for service and commitment
I’ll never forget hearing a woman open her presentation on women in leadership by saying “working while female can be tedious.” From everything Cape Breton Regional Municipality Mayor Amanda McDougall-Merrill has been saying this week, she can ...
THINKING BACK HOME: A farewell to kings
I’ll never forget the call I received on Aug. 23, 2022. It was from then-managing editor Brad Works, who had interviewed me the day before for a job in Truro, N.S. -- a town I had never heard of before seeing the location accompanying a listing for a ...
LETTER: What's Poilievre's plan if he does axe the carbon tax?
The Conservatives want to scrap the carbon tax, but seem to have no credible alternative solution to offer. On the face of it, this may appear to be standard Tory opposition to taxation in general, although Conservative governments have never found a ...
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