By Brent Dancey The Halifax-Dartmouth ferry service is among the oldest in North America, running since 1752. While the types of vessels and the timetables have changed, passenger ferries continue making regular journeys across the harbour, as they ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

I would like to once again express my frustration with Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) officials who not only refuse to do anything about the rodent problem in the area, but they also knowingly add to it through their garbage collection ...

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 ...

By global consensus, fiscally and environmentally, carbon pricing is the best way to fight global warming. The Conservative narrative that "the carbon tax has severely affected the affordability of fuel, groceries, and other goods" is purely ...

My mother was born in the historic fishing village of Moreton’s Harbour in June of 1924. Her father, Watson Small, was an esteemed boat builder and recognized locally as a “fish killer,” the title given back in the day to a fisherman particularly ...

It is incumbent on us, as citizens of the world, to stay as informed and engaged as we can. Many wars, disasters and other calamities go unreported because there is no-one there able to tell us what is going on. There are other wars, disasters and ...