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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $13.3 million in agreements with the CBRM and Membertou by way of the Housing Accelerator Fund. From left, Sydney-Victoria MP Jaime Battiste, Membertou Chief Terry Paul, Trudeau, CBRM Mayor Amanda MacDougall-Merrill and Cape Breton Canso MP Mike Kelloway. Mitchell Ferguson/Cape Breton Post

AMANDA MCDOUGALL-MERRILL: Homelessness in CBRM reason for concern

“Safe, sustainable, and affordable housing is a basic human need and a requirement for good mental health. When housing is inadequate or unavailable, personal as well as community well-being suffers.” This is the first paragraph of a council ...

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Rick Mercer: Rants, Writings, and Road Trips

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Courtesy Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism and Credit photographer Kara O'Keefe.

PAM FRAMPTON: Anxiety — the stuff that dreams are made of

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Anxiety dreams can plague your sleep, making you wake up more exhausted than when you went to bed. — Kahfiara Krisna/Unsplash photo

ANDY WALKER: Working towards a screen time balance

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LETTER: CBRM and Halifax average assessment values re-visited

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LETTER: CBRM’s financial pain hitting home

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Protests against the effects of climate change have become more common. UNSPLASH

LETTER: Getting more back in carbon rebate than we're spending

Contributed |Updated 8 hours ago |2 min read

I recently used the CBC carbon tax calculator to compare to the carbon rebate for my household and saw that our rebate comes in significantly higher than our estimated carbon tax. Of course, we’ve made decisions to achieve this, so in my household, ...

"Pierre Poilievre has enjoyed taxpayer funded dental coverage for over 20 years, but he doesn't think nine million Canadians, and many of you, deserve the same right!" writes Edward Sawdon of St. John's. - Atikah Akhtar/Unsplash

LETTER: New Canadian Dental Care Plan ensures most low and moderate-income people have access to affordable dental services

Contributed |Updated 8 hours ago |4 min read

It was this past March 12, 2024, that I attended the N.L. NDP CDCP (Canadian Dental Care Plan) Seniors Info Session at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch on the Boulevard, St. John's. The CDCP is starting with seniors, children under 18 and people with ...

Spending more than three hours a day on social media doubles the risk of poor mental health outcomes for teens, according to one of many studies to find unhealthy scrolling habits of children. Sanket Mishra • Unsplash

COMMENTARY: Social media companies and parents must help tech-addicted children

Contributed |Updated 9 hours ago |8 min read

Connie Pike, BA police studies, with Miles for Smiles Foundation, provided the following opinion article. This year we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of the world's largest social media platform. Begun in 2004, Facebook now boasts 3.05 billion ...

"Choking has moved into the mainstream, and in cultural terms, it’s happened quickly," writes Martha Muzychka. "We need to deal with it appropriately, at multiple levels and multiple spaces — at home, on campus, in the courts and yes, online." - Pars Sahin/Unsplash

MARTHA MUZYCHKA: Rough sex is climbing among young people, and we need to talk about it

Martha Muzychka · Columnist |Updated 9 hours ago |5 min read

Martha Muzychka Special to SaltWire In our internet-fuelled culture, things change quickly. Trends — the currency for platforms like TikTok — come and go at a dizzying speed. On the lighter side, this can make it seem like Monday’s meme is Friday’s ...

Clover's presence in fields and meadows increases plant diversity, providing habitat and food sources for various insects, birds and small mammals, writes Geoffrey Hurley, which promotes ecological balance and resilience. Gary Bendig • Unsplash

COMMENTARY: An ode to clover: So-called 'weed' has multifaceted benefits

Contributed |Updated 11 hours ago |4 min read

Geoffrey Hurley, a retired environmental consultant living in Dartmouth, N.S. contributed the following opinion article. Email: [email protected] We all know that carrying clover, particularly a four-leaf clover, will bring you good ...

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MICHAEL de ADDER CARTOON: Trump takes a swing

Michael de Adder · Editorial cartoonist |Updated a day ago |1 min read

Michael de Adder's editorial cartoon for Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

October 21, 2022--Drone photo of the Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes area. To go with a story by Stu Peddle on a legal fight between the city of Halifax and Annapolis Group Inc.
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COMMENTARY: Land acquisition critical to establishing Blue Mountain Park

Contributed |Updated a day ago |5 min read

By MARY ANN McGRATH Members of the Friends of Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes (BMBCL) Society are excited and highly motivated by the growing recognition of the BMBCL area as a leading contender for designation under Canada’s new National Urban Park ...

A vintage car drives by the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba. In March, a five-year investigation by the U.S. National Institutes of Health into the claims of so-called Havana syndrome symptoms, found no corroborating evidence of serious brain injury. Reuters file

PETER McKENNA: Havana syndrome: Can Cuba be forgiven now?

Contributed, Peter McKenna |Updated a day ago |5 min read

I see where the mysterious Havana syndrome is back in the news again. We are also learning that the U.S. case against Cuba for unleashing these “acoustic attacks” grows weaker by each passing scientific study. You may recall that U.S. and Canadian ...

Los Angeles Dodgers player Shohei Ohtani, right, is shown with interpreter Ippei Mizuhara during an NFL game earlier this year. Mizuhara was fired by the team amid allegations he had engaged in "massive theft" from Ohtani to pay off gambling debts, multiple news outlets reported. Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports/FILE PHOTO

JOHN DeMONT: The dark side of gambling’s golden hour

John DeMont · Columnist |Updated a day ago |5 min read

I received an email I shouldn’t have the other day. So, of course, I opened the attachments. There was a spreadsheet of every player on every team that had made the NHL playoffs and a list of those hobbled by injuries, along with information on when ...

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The commissioners of the Mass Casualty Commission, Leanne J. Fitch, The Honourable J. Michael MacDonald and Dr. Kim Stanton arrive for the release of the final report of the Mass Casualty Commission in Truro, NS Thursday March 30, 2023.

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EDITORIAL: Nova Scotia mass casualty proved domestic violence is not a private matter

SaltWire Network |Updated a day ago |4 min read

The authors of the final report of the Mass Casualty Commission studying Canada's worst murder rampage had this important message for all of us about gender-based and intimate partner violence: “Let us not look away again.” The commissioners, ...