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Saltwire (The Cape Breton Post) - Opinion

LETTER: Will future medical school solve doctor shortage? If doctors who attended medical school in Halifax or elsewhere are leaving Nova Scotia because of working conditions, why would future doctors who attend medical school at Cape Breton University and work under the same conditions choose to stay ...

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LETTER: Northside urgent care visit upsetting for former nurse

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COMMENTARY: Promises, promises — Canada's Budget 2024 through the eyes of a student

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LETTER: Cape Breton Regional Municipality needs a non-partisan mayor

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GWYNNE DYER: Why the upcoming South African election likely means the fall of the ANC

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Video - Miss Anne on Romper Room and a Superhero Story

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LETTER: Capelin fishery a valuable resource in N.L. -- Contributed -- 3 min read -- Premium content -- Please let me explain how important and valuable the capelin fishery is to plant workers, harvesters, and processors.For plant workers of this province, capelin represents roughly one million hours of work on an annual basis. To a plant worker, each ...

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ANDY WALKER: P.E.I. MPs batter premier on carbon tax -- Andy Walker · Columnist -- 3 min read -- Premium content -- The province's four Liberal MPs are picking a very public fight with Premier Dennis King on the thorny issue of the carbon tax. In a full-page newspaper ad and an open letter to the premier circulated widely on social media, the quartet criticized ...

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LETTERS: On dental care and immigration in P.E.I. -- Contributed -- 5 min read -- Premium content -- Excellent dental care experienceBeing one of those 7,252 seniors on P.E.I. who have received their Canadian Dental Care Program (CDCP) card, I was interested to read your article, (Ottawa's dental plan begins, May 8). My own dentist's office had ...

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School food program considerations based on insights from Newfoundland and Labrador -- Contributed -- 5 min read -- Premium content

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BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Dear life -- Bruce MacKinnon · Cartoonist -- | -- Updated a day ago -- | -- 1 min read

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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Support trans youth while respecting their autonomy -- Contributed -- | -- 4 min read -- Re: U.K. reversal of hormone therapy, puberty blockers for youth call N.S. rules into question, May 11As a concerned advocate for transgender health care and trans youth, I would like to share my thoughts on the article, the Cass Review and its ...

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PERSPECTIVE: Weed out plant-based diet myths -- Contributed -- | -- Updated a day ago -- | -- 4 min read

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JOHN DeMONT: Sun worship the Halifax way -- John DeMont · Columnist -- 5 min read -- Premium content -- The mercury was supposed to sneak into the low 20s Wednesday. Since I am a Haligonian, I shed some layers and headed out into the sunlight.I only know one city well — this one. I am, then, not sure if it is because any warmth at all is such a ...

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PAM FRAMPTON: Remembering Rex Murphy, the bard of barbs -- Pam Frampton · Columnist -- | -- Updated a day ago -- | -- 4 min read

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Kevin Tobin cartoon May 15: Remembering Rex Murphy -- Kevin Tobin · Freelance -- | -- Updated a day ago -- | -- 1 min read

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BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: The waiting is the hardest part

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EDITORIAL: Atlantic Canadians shine in playoff hockey

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PETER McKENNA: Will 'quiet diplomacy' work against a disruptive Trump?

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COMMENTARY: No one seems to care about Sudan

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TOM URBANIAK: Resisting culture of anger

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LETTER: Can't understand how a 'Trojan horse' development and an immense 'land grab' could be a 'green energy' solution

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LETTER: The buzz from the bees

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LETTER: Disappointing cuts in 2024 federal budget

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