It seems that every effort to mitigate global warming is opposed, quite vigorously, by many different pressure groups. Even people who are otherwise protective of our natural habitat find a way to demonize green initiatives. I suppose it’s just one ...

History is mostly a matter of dates, and the key date is always that of the last conquest. All previous conquests are then magically forgiven and forgotten. This observation is prompted partly by the current wars in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, but ...

Most of us know someone affected by cancer. This is not surprising, as cancer is a common disease in Canada, with hundreds of thousands of new cancer diagnoses given each year. Cancer has a greater impact on those of us in Atlantic Canada. The people ...

I’m not sure I’ll ever get over the disappointment. An anti-depressant the size of a plum, I am convinced, would have been ineffective. Even a normally medicinal walk with our dog Mister proved to be fruitless, largely because he, too, was in the ...

In the movies, the courtroom is often portrayed as a bastion of justice, a place where truth prevails and wrongs are righted. However, in real life, the courtroom for survivors of sexual assault can be a harrowing battleground where their trauma is ...

The total solar eclipse on April 8 afforded a rare opportunity for people of all generations to come together to marvel at a spectacle that occurs twice a year around the planet but won’t appear in this region again until 2106. The path of ...

Plastic, along with steel, cement and nitrogen fertilizer, has been suggested as one of the most valuable materials presently in use in modern society. However, concerns about the potential health and environmental effects of plastic “pollution” have ...

When is an apology enough and when is it window dressing masking a more serious problem? Last week, Newfoundland and Labrador Justice Minister John Hogan apologized for saying in the House of Assembly on March 6 that it is “impossible” for courtroom ...

Is anyone out there on the Rock getting fed up yet with the annual shenanigans and goings on of our spoiled but purportedly hard-pressed fisher people and their trusty sidekick, the FFAW? Watching yet again another crab protest, this time ...

To the ECHL on the demise of the Newfoundland Growlers: It's Saturday, April 6, 2024, and I am settling in to watch the Toronto and Montreal NHL game. For some reason, my chair is not as comfortable as it usually is, and my focus is not on the game, ...