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Teachers in Nova Scotia will hold a strike vote on April 11. Nova Scotia Teachers Union president Ryan Lutes said teachers hope job action won’t be necessary. STOCK IMAGE

PERSPECTIVE: Want to fix student absence rates? Reduce illness in schools

By Susan Joudrey If you think that children are missing more school due to illness than they did before the pandemic began, you’re not imagining things. If you suspect constant illness is affecting their education, you’re not wrong. Documents ...

Updated 15 hours ago |7 min read

GAIL LETHBRIDGE: Poilievre talking points constantly cross decorum line

Updated 22 hours ago |3 min read

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks as Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre listens during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 18, 2023.

JOHN DeMONT: Getting kids off screens will make them happier — here’s how

Updated 18 hours ago |5 min read

Research suggests all the time kids spend on screens and social media contributes to anxiety. - Unsplash

LETTER: New Cape Breton central library project needs public’s support

Updated 19 hours ago |2 min read

COMMENTARY: Why didn't N.S. mental health system recognize the signs of our Aidaen's distress?

Updated 21 hours ago |10 min read

CHEERS AND JEERS: Cheers to those working to ensure safety of temporary foreign workers

Updated a day ago |5 min read

The 135-year-old Victoria County courthouse building on Chebucto Street in Baddeck. The county is looking to explore new locations to house its municipal offices. CONTRIBUTED

LETTER: New municipal building search in Baddeck ‘seems excessive’

Contributed |Updated a day ago |2 min read

Re: ‘Victoria County on hunt for new building,’ Cape Breton Post, April 4. The above story discusses Victoria County municipality's intent to have architects plan a new administrative facility to replace the former Victoria County courthouse. In the ...

With provincial plans to ultimately phase out institutional settings for people with disabilities, such as Sydney River’s Breton Ability Centre, there will be a greater need for accessory dwelling units for supportive housing. IAN NATHANSON/CAPE BRETON POST FILE

LETTER: Proposed CBRM building bylaw amendment earns support

Contributed |Updated a day ago |3 min read

Re: ‘Bylaw change sought for supportive housing,’ Cape Breton Post, April 24. I write to you as the CEO of Breton Ability Centre in full support of the above article discussing the Cape Breton Regional Municipality's (CBRM) willingness to amend ...

Thick smoke billowed from a wildfire in Barrington, N.S., on May 27, 2023. The Barrington Lake fire burned out of control for weeks. FRANKIE CROWELL PHOTO

Jim Rudderham on guarding against Nova Scotia's wildfire threats

Sheldon MacLeod · Columnist |Updated a day ago |13 min read

Fire risk increases just before the leaves come out

Annapolis Valley Register columnist Anne Crossman is a former journalist and media manager. She now does volunteer work in her community of Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County.

ANNE M. CROSSMAN: A couple of Premier Houston’s inner circle have plenty of responsibilities

Contributed |Updated May. 2, 2024 |5 min read

There are two provincial government positions that will need to be filled after the next election no matter which party comes out on top. I thought it would be good to get the job descriptions out beforehand so those interested in being a cabinet ...

The Residential Rental Association of P.E.I. has a new application process that aims to connect would-be tenants with landlords who have spaces to rent. Saltire file

LETTER: P.E.I. renters do not support blacklisting of tenants and other letters

Contributed |Updated May. 1, 2024 |6 min read

Renters do not blacklist tenants We wish to address concerns raised in the article titled "Centralized application for renters in P.E.I. could lead to privacy concerns, tenant blacklist: advocate" (April 22) by Logan MacLean. We are disappointed that ...

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

LETTER: CBRM needs ‘action-oriented, consistent behaviour’ at the top

Contributed |Updated May. 1, 2024 |3 min read

Re: ‘Homelessness in CBRM reason for concern, Cape Breton Post commentary, April 25. After reading Cape Breton Regional Municipality Mayor Amanda McDougall-Merrill’s above commentary in the Cape Breton Post, I believe she leaves behind some ...

P.E.I. Premier Dennis King spoke to members of the Greater Summerside Chamber of Commerce in 2023, where he heard labour shortages, including recruitment and retention, are one of the biggest challenges facing P.E.I. businesses. King will speak at the Charlottetown chamber's upcoming event on May 16. Kristin Gardiner • SaltWire file

COMMENTARY: P.E.I. businesses addicted to newcomer labour

Contributed |Updated May. 1, 2024 |4 min read

Ben Morrissey, a P.E.I. resident who is currently working as a policy analyst in Nunavut, provided the following opinion article. To preface, this piece in no way seeks to shame newcomers pursuing a better life or contributing to the Island ...

Ed Coleman is a regular columnist for the Valley Journal Advertiser.

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING WITH ED COLEMAN: Remembering The Tribune, Windsor’s once prominent newspaper

Ed Coleman · columnist |Updated May. 1, 2024 |3 min read

A clipping I found in a 1940s scrapbook on the sale of a Windsor newspaper led me to re-read L. S. Loomer’s book, A Journey in History. In the index to this book on Windsor’s history, Loomer has nine entries referring to newspapers. When you check ...

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Citadel High student Maria Ossa, has her photo taken following her graduation ceremony at the school in Halifax Thursday June 24, 2021.

TIM KROCHAK PHOTO

JOHN DeMONT: Being young deserves to be golden

John DeMont · Columnist |Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |6 min read

Time does funny things with memory, magnifying events that should have been forgettable, diminishing moments that, when thoughtfully considered, changed a person forever. Nevertheless, I choose to treat as fact my recollection that I was lucky to be ...

A health-care provider monitors a patient's blood pressure. Rick MacLean has been recording his own BP numbers, as well as other stats at home. CDC/Unsplash

COMMENTARY: Patients inform new map for health-care transformation, policy makers just need to listen

Contributed |Updated Apr. 30, 2024 |4 min read

By Dr. Timothy Woodford As I prepare for my annual canoe trip, I marvel at the intelligence and ingenuity of the people who create maps, without which I would surely disappear into a portage, never to be seen again. Primary care transformation also ...