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"Choking has moved into the mainstream, and in cultural terms, it’s happened quickly," writes Martha Muzychka. "We need to deal with it appropriately, at multiple levels and multiple spaces — at home, on campus, in the courts and yes, online." - Pars Sahin/Unsplash

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 ...

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COMMENTARY: Social media companies and parents must help tech-addicted children

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Spending more than three hours a day on social media doubles the risk of poor mental health outcomes for teens, according to one of many studies to find unhealthy scrolling habits of children. Sanket Mishra • Unsplash

Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 23

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The Bell Island Miners under-15 team won their provincial tournament last week in Baie Verte. Contributed photo

GWYNNE DYER: Ukraine — the outlook

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LETTER: St. John's building a safer community by empowering individuals

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EDITORIAL: Federal budget papers over important details

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Columnist Pam Frampton rants about “reaching out,” and other overused words and phrases that stick in her craw. — Marc Olivier Jodoin/Unsplash photo

PAM FRAMPTON: Unpacking words that drive me crazy

Pam Frampton · Columnist |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |4 min read

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 ...

Premier Andrew Furey speaks with reporters outside the House of Assembly. -Juanita Mercer/SaltWire file photo

LETTER: Leave personal life out of politics

Contributed |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |3 min read

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 ...

Clover's presence in fields and meadows increases plant diversity, providing habitat and food sources for various insects, birds and small mammals, writes Geoffrey Hurley, which promotes ecological balance and resilience. Gary Bendig • Unsplash

COMMENTARY: An ode to clover: So-called 'weed' has multifaceted benefits

Contributed |Updated 2 hours ago |4 min read

Geoffrey Hurley, a retired environmental consultant living in Dartmouth, N.S. contributed the following opinion article. Email: [email protected] We all know that carrying clover, particularly a four-leaf clover, will bring you good ...

Tease for Michael de Adder's editorial cartoon for Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

MICHAEL de ADDER CARTOON: Trump takes a swing

Michael de Adder · Editorial cartoonist |Updated 22 hours ago |1 min read

Michael de Adder's editorial cartoon for Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

October 21, 2022--Drone photo of the Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes area. To go with a story by Stu Peddle on a legal fight between the city of Halifax and Annapolis Group Inc.
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COMMENTARY: Land acquisition critical to establishing Blue Mountain Park

Contributed |Updated 21 hours ago |5 min read

By MARY ANN McGRATH Members of the Friends of Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes (BMBCL) Society are excited and highly motivated by the growing recognition of the BMBCL area as a leading contender for designation under Canada’s new National Urban Park ...

A vintage car drives by the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba. In March, a five-year investigation by the U.S. National Institutes of Health into the claims of so-called Havana syndrome symptoms, found no corroborating evidence of serious brain injury. Reuters file

PETER McKENNA: Havana syndrome: Can Cuba be forgiven now?

Contributed, Peter McKenna |Updated 18 hours ago |5 min read

I see where the mysterious Havana syndrome is back in the news again. We are also learning that the U.S. case against Cuba for unleashing these “acoustic attacks” grows weaker by each passing scientific study. You may recall that U.S. and Canadian ...

Los Angeles Dodgers player Shohei Ohtani, right, is shown with interpreter Ippei Mizuhara during an NFL game earlier this year. Mizuhara was fired by the team amid allegations he had engaged in "massive theft" from Ohtani to pay off gambling debts, multiple news outlets reported. Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports/FILE PHOTO

JOHN DeMONT: The dark side of gambling’s golden hour

John DeMont · Columnist |Updated 18 hours ago |5 min read

I received an email I shouldn’t have the other day. So, of course, I opened the attachments. There was a spreadsheet of every player on every team that had made the NHL playoffs and a list of those hobbled by injuries, along with information on when ...

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The commissioners of the Mass Casualty Commission, Leanne J. Fitch, The Honourable J. Michael MacDonald and Dr. Kim Stanton arrive for the release of the final report of the Mass Casualty Commission in Truro, NS Thursday March 30, 2023.

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EDITORIAL: Nova Scotia mass casualty proved domestic violence is not a private matter

SaltWire Network |Updated 20 hours ago |4 min read

The authors of the final report of the Mass Casualty Commission studying Canada's worst murder rampage had this important message for all of us about gender-based and intimate partner violence: “Let us not look away again.” The commissioners, ...

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A man and his pyjama clad children, check out one of 3 Canadian Armed Forces crew and their LAV, on Mount Pleasant Avenue in Dartmouth Monday September September 9, 2019. The crew were members of the the 4th engineer support group from Gagetown.

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SCOTT TAYLOR: Canada's military procurement history a laundry list of broken promises

Scott Taylor |Updated a day ago |4 min read

When the Trudeau Liberals announced their long-awaited defence policy update on April 8, it did not take the skeptics long to take to social media to criticize the policy paper. While the announced spending hike is enormous — the Canadian defence ...