The Telegram

I am prompted to pose the question: what will it take to stir the anger and determination to tear down the blights of Newfoundland and Labrador that are Her Majesty’s Penitentiary and the Waterford Hospital in St. John’s? Will it be ...

The idea behind Canada’s equalization program is simple — to ensure that every province is able to provide comparable levels of public services to its citizens at comparable levels of taxation. The concept is written into the Canadian ...

I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: there’s politics. And there’s the judiciary, and where they meet is a very dangerous place. We’re seeing it now in the United States. When politicians appoint ...

The guilt I felt last week after hearing Premier Dwight Ball boasting of a “new frontier” for offshore development with the signing of the Bay du Nord oil agreement was almost unbearable. In fact, the only time I felt ...

I wish to comment on the item “Surf clam decision stays,” published in the Telegram on July 21. This article indicated new federal Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson of British Columbia will not reconsider the decision of his ...

Maybe you don’t remember it that often anymore. Maybe it’s been long enough ago that the AIDS epidemic, and its effect on friends and family, has faded into the past. Combinations of antiretroviral drugs took HIV, the human ...

As I get older and start considering what it might be like to retire, I have been giving some thought to what kind of housing arrangement would be acceptable during this time of my life.   Here in the city, there are a number of ...

Welcome to the wonkiest holiday of them all. Or not. Welcome to Regatta Day, the only holiday where you have to set your alarm clock to find out whether you get to sleep in. The only holiday on the calendar where a majority of people in St. ...

Recently, a member of the House of Assembly in opposition wrote to complain about Premier Dwight Ball’s reluctance to come to a hard decision against the imposition of a carbon tax on Newfoundlanders. This issue has been in the news for some ...

I started as director of Grenfell Art Gallery last November. At the time, my wife Suzanne was seven months pregnant. We moved to Corner Brook from Edmonton and were fortunate to find a home in Townsite in time for the arrival of our fourth child. ...