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It’s always easy to collect and disperse working people’s hard earn money if you are an idealistic journalist or politician trying to curry favor at election time or during a national crisis. I would support giving “every” ...

The knee-bone is connected to … well, absolutely everything else. Directly connected, in fact. Late Wednesday, the Fisheries, Food and Allied Workers Union announced that the elected members of the snow crab committee have asked the ...

In his statement of March 11, former Premier Danny Williams said that “there was absolutely no finding by the commissioner of malfeasance, fraud or criminal activity, as was recklessly suggested by some. The simple reason being, it was not ...

Hey — you’re probably not going anywhere these days. Me neither. It doesn’t mean you can’t dream. Let me take you somewhere. (Over the next couple of weeks, I hope to take you on a virtual road trip to a few different ...

If you haven’t ever been to Caul’s Funeral Home in St. John’s, let me set the scene for you a bit. Nestled in under a row of mid-sized deciduous trees on LeMarchant Road on the edge of downtown, it’s part of a mix of ...

Today families were told they could not see a dying family member or aging parents as visitation restrictions were implemented in hospitals and long-term care centres. It was an unthinkable sacrifice these people were asked to make for the good of ...

Let’s talk about numbers, and the concept of false equivalence. In the United States, President Donald Trump has argued that his country can’t afford a prolonged shutdown — that the economy is more important than the scores of ...

If you’ve ever wondered what it would take to make all those obnoxious right-wing ideologues shut up, you finally have your answer: a pandemic. Notice their silence. During the horrifying spread of the coronavirus, there has been barely a ...

Typical of any crisis, there are always some people who are marginalized, forgotten or ignored. Often, they are the most disadvantaged and vulnerable people among us. The COVID-19 outbreak and how governments around the world react to it bring to ...

Look outside. If everything went according to the forecast, and if you live on the Avalon, the white mess outside would have been your biggest concern in normal times. Shovelling, the dangers of driving and the efficiency of city and highway ...