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Hi. It’s me. I’m a human being who sometimes writes editorials like this one. Late middle-aged guy, 55, married, four kids in the family, kids that are now spread well across the country and making their own lives, no one living at ...

The reference was buried deep in a closing communiqué after the Council of Atlantic Premiers met last month in Halifax. It was in the third-last paragraph of the two-page news release detailing joint efforts to expand the regional economy, ...

It’s a sentiment that crops up from emergency responders on a regular basis — no matter what the law says, ordinary drivers often ignore emergency vehicles and endanger responders’ lives. Here’s Brooklyn, N.S. fire Chief ...

The winds are howling. Snow, hail and rain are hammering Atlantic Canada. A monster, early January winter storm is moving up the east coast, spawned off Florida’s beaches, offering a perfect segue to a topic near and dear to many. The storm, ...

Governments who send soldiers to war have a duty of care for those soldiers and their families, not only while those soldiers are in war zones, but when they come home as well. And that’s why the recommendation to hold an inquiry into the ...

This is the time of year when we say goodbye to the old and welcome the new; to review 2017 and judge whether we are better or worse off than we were 12 months ago. It’s a decision often based on issues such as family, job and finances. Did ...

Everyone’s probably got a story about a product that performed over and above all reasonable expectations. The winter boots in the front closet that will not leak or wear out (however much you’d like to shed yourself of what is clearly a ...

Santa faces a difficult decision as to which Atlantic premiers deserve a place on the naughty list or elevation to the coveted nice category. There was a lot of flipping back and forth in 2017 and it could come down to a late-night call Christmas ...

Aquaculture businesses — and provincial governments — are probably hoping it’s a disease that doesn’t spread. In late November, a pathogenic variety of infectious salmon anemia was found in a Newfoundland fish farming ...

A Corporate Research Associates (CRA) survey this week probably sent chills down the spines of finance ministers and premiers in Atlantic Canada. After they left Ottawa earlier in the week with a lucrative tax-sharing deal on the sale of legalized ...