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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

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

In the dream, it's a Saturday night and I am working with my colleague Bob Benson on the Sunday Telegram. As the editor, I’m giving the pages a final proof. It’s not clear why Bob, a reporter, is still here at this hour, but here he is, offering to ...

Updated 7 hours ago |4 min read

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

Updated 10 hours ago |5 min read

"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

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

Updated 10 hours ago |8 min read

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

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

Updated 9 hours ago |2 min read

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

Updated 9 hours ago |4 min read

Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 23

Updated a day ago |6 min read

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

In the dream, it's a Saturday night and I am working with my colleague Bob Benson on the Sunday Telegram. As the editor, I’m giving the pages a final proof. It’s not clear why Bob, a reporter, is still here at this hour, but here he is, offering to ...

Updated 7 hours ago |4 min read

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

Updated 9 hours ago |2 min read

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

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

Updated 9 hours ago |4 min read

"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

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

Updated 10 hours ago |8 min read

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

Updated 10 hours ago |5 min read

Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 23

Updated a day ago |6 min read

Featured National Perspectives

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A man and his pyjama clad children, check out one of 3 Canadian Armed Forces crew and their LAV, on Mount Pleasant Avenue in Dartmouth Monday September September 9, 2019. The crew were members of the the 4th engineer support group from Gagetown.

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SCOTT TAYLOR: Canada's military procurement history a laundry list of broken promises

When the Trudeau Liberals announced their long-awaited defence policy update on April 8, it did not take the skeptics long to take to social media to criticize the policy paper. While the announced spending hike is enormous — the Canadian defence ...

Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |4 min read

Opinion: Canada’s Arctic defence policy update is all flash, no bang

Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |5 min read

HMCS Victoria, one of Canada's four secondhand diesel submarines which have been largely unusable. Experts are split on whether nuclear subs are needed to patrol Canada's Arctic.

SCOTT TAYLOR: Believe it when you see it for CAF spending

Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |3 min read

Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, during a press conference at the National Press Gallery in Ottawa Thursday.

FIRST READING: It turns out Canadian police can actually stop a protest blockade if they feel like it

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |7 min read

Colby Cosh: Alberta's red tape reduction minister ... demands more red tape on vodka

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |4 min read

John Ivison: On Chinese interference, Trudeau sounds like someone with something to hide

Updated Apr. 10, 2024 |7 min read

Featured Editorial Cartoons

MICHAEL de ADDER CARTOON: Trump takes a swing

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

Updated a day ago |1 min read

MICHAEL de ADDER CARTOON: Problem for another day

Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |1 min read

Tease for Michael de Adder's editorial cartoon for Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

BRUCE MacKINNON: Walk it back stat

Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |1 min read

BRUCE MacKINNON: Cascading effects

Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |1 min read

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Donald the dozer

Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |1 min read

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Really up a tree

Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |1 min read

Featured Regional Perspectives

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 ...

Updated 3 hours ago |5 min read

Rick Mercer: Rants, Writings, and Road Trips

Updated 4 hours ago |1 min read

Rick Mercer

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

ANDY WALKER: Working towards a screen time balance

Updated 8 hours ago |3 min read

Like their counterparts across the country, P.E.I. educators and parents are working to achieve a balance when it comes to access to screen time in the classroom.

LETTER: CBRM and Halifax average assessment values re-visited

Updated 9 hours ago |2 min read

LETTER: CBRM’s financial pain hitting home

Updated 9 hours ago |2 min read

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

Updated 11 hours ago |4 min read

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Opinion

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

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

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

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

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

Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 23

Featured Local Perspectives

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

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

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

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

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

Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 23

Featured National Perspectives

SCOTT TAYLOR: Canada's military procurement history a laundry list of broken promises

Opinion: Canada’s Arctic defence policy update is all flash, no bang

SCOTT TAYLOR: Believe it when you see it for CAF spending

FIRST READING: It turns out Canadian police can actually stop a protest blockade if they feel like it

Colby Cosh: Alberta's red tape reduction minister ... demands more red tape on vodka

John Ivison: On Chinese interference, Trudeau sounds like someone with something to hide

Featured Editorial Cartoons

MICHAEL de ADDER CARTOON: Trump takes a swing

MICHAEL de ADDER CARTOON: Problem for another day

BRUCE MacKINNON: Walk it back stat

BRUCE MacKINNON: Cascading effects

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Donald the dozer

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Really up a tree

Featured Regional Perspectives

AMANDA MCDOUGALL-MERRILL: Homelessness in CBRM reason for concern

Rick Mercer: Rants, Writings, and Road Trips

ANDY WALKER: Working towards a screen time balance

LETTER: CBRM and Halifax average assessment values re-visited

LETTER: CBRM’s financial pain hitting home

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

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