The Telegram

Global trade impacts the lives of middle-class Canadians every day. From the blueberries you put in your oatmeal in the morning to the mackerel you cook at night for dinner — Canadians are very much a part of important global relationships that ...

Editor’s note: this letter from the late artist Mary Pratt was written in 1997 and included in the church bulletin of St. Andrew’s (The Kirk) in St. John’s, though she was not a member of the congregation. Tomorrow, Sept. 23, after ...

I wish to reply to Russell Wangersky’s Sept. 14 column, “Watching the surf clam spin.” The “point” that Wangersky doesn’t want readers to lose track of is that “this was a sloppy, careless attempt by ...

Universities use research to grow. MUN is no exception. Some research is good. But most research is useless and a waste of money. Because of research, MUN has too many professors. Together, they cost about $100M each year. The people of N.L. cannot ...

I wish to provide my analysis of  the Liberal government’s continued claim to have reduced the deficit by $2 billion in three years. They keep referring to a $2.7-billion deficit which is what they say they started with. I have searched ...

My wife and I do a fair amount of walking around the Georgestown neighbourhood using streets, parks and the great trail system. It’s always been a very refreshing way to enjoy the city. For a long time I have become acutely aware of the ...

It’s too bad that our province and its citizens have to endure an agonizing inquiry into the Muskrat Falls Project. My opinion is that “it is what it is,” the project will be completed and our province and Government will have to ...

I write in support of the letter of Sept. 1 by Anna Penney published in The Telegram ("Letter: Garbage is not a spring phenomenon".} In this letter Penney relates a conversation with a gentleman from the city’s waste management ...

Government’s Muskrat Falls reference to the Public Utilities Board is a de facto acknowledgement that the province’s ratepayers cannot bear all the costs associated with the Muskrat Falls project. In 2012, the provincial government ...

The past few days in Newfoundland and Labrador have seen a media outcry about the recently released Auditor General Report concerning facilities oversight in the Newfoundland Labrador English School District (NLESD). The Government of Newfoundland ...