Featured Local Perspectives
LETTER: Keels was featured in 'The King Tide,' but community has important history in N.L.
The movie 'The King Tide' is now showing in a theatre in St John's. It was filmed in Keels, Bonavista Bay, in 2022. Keels is about a 30-minute drive from Bonavista. Why Keels was chosen as the site for the film, I don't know. However, it has its own ...
EDITORIAL: Teaching 'n' texting — a school cellphone ban needs to be accompanied by more education
The province of Ontario has just introduced the most restrictive ban on cellphone use in schools in the country. Yet, even that does not seem thorough enough to turn the tide on one of society’s greatest challenges in this age. Set to begin in ...
LETTER: How a failed laser eye surgery changed my life
We have all seen the ads for laser eye surgery promoting 20/20 vision and a life liberated from glasses. While this may be true for many, it's not the reality for everyone. For me, Aug. 20, 2021, stands out as a day that I will never forget – it ...
LETTER: Worrisome actions by Alberta’s Premier Smith
If anybody doubted the ‘otherness’ of the Province of Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith’s latest power grab may help to illustrate it. The dear lady has, since her election to the office of Premier, tried to sabotage the universal effort to fight ...
LETTER: Apply logic to discussion around retraumatizing victims
The furor over Justice Minister John Hogan’s saying it was impossible for a lawyer to re-traumatize a complainant in the trial of someone she had accused of sexual assault reminded me of something the late Chief Justice Robert Furlong of the Supreme ...
Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 30
JEERS: to speeding, particularly in construction zones. Recently, among those caught for speeding by police were two drivers zooming through construction zones on the west coast of Newfoundland. A 26-year-old Corner Brook man was ticketed after he ...
GWYNNE DYER: A look at the whys and hows of the wars in Africa
“We could see an all-out war between all the tribes and that is really the doomsday scenario. At this point, it’s not unrealistic,” the head of an international non-government organization that is working in Sudan told the Al Jazeera news agency last ...
LETTER: N.L. needs to become faster at licensing international doctors
I’ve been fortunate to have spent a career in the Air Force and travelled all over the world. Of course, being sick or having accidents didn’t just happen back home in Canada, so I’ve experienced the health-care systems in many of those countries. In ...
LETTER: Diabetic supplies should be free for everyone who needs them
I am not a diabetic, but I know some of you are. My late brother, Doug, had diabetes, and insulin, diabetes meds, devices, and supplies are medically required for all diabetics, including those uninsured! This is one of many reasons why I have ...
LETTER: Toronto sports teams are a disaster
Toronto sports teams are a disaster! While the Raptors deserve the opportunity to rebuild, not so for the Blow Jays and the Leaves! Hey, Blue Jays, BUNT! Or, at the very least, stop trying to see how far you can hit the ball outside the ball park in ...