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Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil isn’t finding much support for his idea of having a common minimum wage in Atlantic Canada by as early as next spring. Whatever his target might be, he’s quick to reject any plans to join the ...

We like to think support is there for victims of crime but, unfortunately, certain instances fall through the cracks. Take the case of Vivian Dunphy, a widowed senior citizen in Denmark, Colchester County. Her car, a 2011 Kia Rio, was stolen last ...

Maybe, over the Easter long weekend, Canada’s senators took a little time to think about their role in Canadian governance. If they didn’t, all is not lost — after all, the Senate doesn’t sit again until April 16, so maybe ...

An earlier generation of parents worried about losing their children to other provinces in search of work they couldn’t find at home. Today’s parents have to worry that the jobs themselves will disappear and that their children have ...

The warnings are getting more ominous. This week, Atlantic Canada was told that unless we attract and retain more immigrants, the region will encounter dramatic economic and demographic problems. We know our population is aging as young people ...

It’s Saturday night. You’re at a friend’s house watching the hockey game, playing cards, or enjoying dinner. You’ve had some beer, a glass of wine, maybe a rum and coke. Around 11 p.m. you’re tired and decide to hit ...

It started as a localized protest against yet another senseless, tragic school shooting. It mushroomed into a nationwide student walkout, which crossed over into Canada and moved around the world. Wednesday’s demonstrations by thousands of ...

At a safe pill drop event in St. John’s last weekend, the interim dean of Memorial University’s school of pharmacy told a chilling story that drove home the message of why it’s so important to dispose of medications ...

The honeymoon isn’t just over, it may have been forgotten by now. And if Justin Trudeau and his Liberals don’t figure out how to fix things, the marriage may be on the rocks as well. For the first part of the Trudeau administration, ...

Most Canadians believe journalism plays a vital democratic role in the country. An Angus Reid survey last month found that 94 per cent of respondents say the media performs an important democratic function, sending a clear signal to elected ...