Featured Local Perspectives
MARTHA MUZYCHKA: Rough sex is climbing among young people, and we need to talk about it
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 ...
Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 23
JEERS: to continued delays in compensating Mount Cashel victims. As heard in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court on Thursday, April 18, survivors of abuse — terrible, life-impacting sexual and physical abuse suffered by young people at the hands ...
GWYNNE DYER: Ukraine — the outlook
“I've said before, you do the right thing and you let the chips fall where they may,” said Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. The chips being the 10 or 20,000 extra Ukrainians who died needlessly during the six months ...
LETTER: St. John's building a safer community by empowering individuals
I want to applaud the City of St. John's for undertaking its campaign to address violence and crime, called “Building Safer Communities”. While St. John's is probably one of the safest communities in the world, there remains much work to be done to ...
EDITORIAL: Federal budget papers over important details
In introducing the 2024 federal budget, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland promised a better life to young Canadians who have been struggling with affording the same lifestyle as previous generations. “A fair chance to build a good middle-class life ...
PAM FRAMPTON: Unpacking words that drive me crazy
Language is a living thing that morphs over time. Words fall out of fashion, their meanings can shift or expand, their origins can disappear into the mists of time, or they themselves can become archaic. We may still be on tenterhooks waiting for ...
LETTER: Leave personal life out of politics
I am very surprised and disappointed that Premier Furey keeps referencing the leader of Official Opposition's (Tony Wakeman) work history. With the mess health care is in this province and Premier Furey being a doctor, I have yet to hear any of the ...
LETTER: Christians supporting Donald Trump and other Right-wing politicians concerning
Some people, even seasoned journalists, seem to believe that Mr. Trump dozed off during jury selection. Anybody who has taught Junior High classes, as I have, will tell you that his apparent snoozing was an adolescent attempt to telegraph boredom.
LETTER: Weak apology for traumatizing those who are already traumatized
Excerpt from the House of Assembly on March 6, 2024: John Hogan: "So, I don't want anyone in this House to mislead what's happening in court here with regards to sexual assault victims. It's a very serious issue and the lawyers in this province are ...
LETTER: Questioning the N.L. government's ethics after 'provincial government official' tip
What does it mean for a person to be ethical? If you were to ask that question to Premier Andrew Furey, what do you think he would say? Recently, a "provincial government official" in the Furey government contacted VOCM to advise that John Efford ...