Opinion
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 ...
Rick Mercer on rants, writings, and road trips
Rick Mercer and Jann Arden in a night of laughs and intimate conversation
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 ...
ANDY WALKER: Working towards a screen time balance
Like their counterparts across the country, Island educators and parents are working to achieve a balance when it comes to access to screen time in the classroom. For many people, the first thing that may pop into their head when they hear talk ...
LETTER: CBRM and Halifax average assessment values re-visited
I’d like to make some comments in response to Charles Sampson’s critique (‘CBRM residential tax rate unfair,’ Cape Breton Post letter to the editor, April 12) of my March 21 letter to the Opinion page. The substance of my letter was to refute Jamie ...
LETTER: CBRM’s financial pain hitting home
What is upsetting to me these days is the financial pain people are feeling in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM). Every day it seems there is something in the media about high taxation and people are now going to be faced with wastewater ...
LETTER: Getting more back in carbon rebate than we're spending
I recently used the CBC carbon tax calculator to compare to the carbon rebate for my household and saw that our rebate comes in significantly higher than our estimated carbon tax. Of course, we’ve made decisions to achieve this, so in my household, ...
LETTER: New Canadian Dental Care Plan ensures most low and moderate-income people have access to affordable dental services
It was this past March 12, 2024, that I attended the N.L. NDP CDCP (Canadian Dental Care Plan) Seniors Info Session at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch on the Boulevard, St. John's. The CDCP is starting with seniors, children under 18 and people with ...
COMMENTARY: Social media companies and parents must help tech-addicted children
Connie Pike, BA police studies, with Miles for Smiles Foundation, provided the following opinion article. This year we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of the world's largest social media platform. Begun in 2004, Facebook now boasts 3.05 billion ...
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 ...