It’s time for a Cape Breton Island Assembly

TOM URBANIAK: It’s time for a Cape Breton Island Assembly

It’s time for a Cape Breton Island Assembly. Why a Cape Breton Island Assembly? First purpose: Provide a focused voice. The assembly chair would...

It’s time for a Cape Breton Island Assembly

It’s time for a Cape Breton Island Assembly. Why a Cape Breton Island Assembly? First purpose: Provide a focused voice. The assembly chair would...

TOM URBANIAK: We’re losing too many historic buildings

Across Cape Breton and Nova Scotia, we’re throwing away historic buildings at an accelerating rate. It’s bad for community economic development,...

We’re losing too many historic buildings

Across Cape Breton and Nova Scotia, we’re throwing away historic buildings at an accelerating rate. It’s bad for community economic development,...

We’re losing too many historic buildings

Across Cape Breton and Nova Scotia, we’re throwing away historic buildings at an accelerating rate. It’s bad for community economic development,...

Nova Scotia premier has tarnished his legacy

Premier Stephen McNeil strung us all along. We were led to believe that, finally, the Nova Scotia House of Assembly would meet. At last, elected...

Nova Scotia premier has tarnished his legacy

Premier Stephen McNeil strung us all along. We were led to believe that, finally, the Nova Scotia House of Assembly would meet. At last, elected...

Cape Breton’s Trump imitators

You would be hard-pressed to find avowed supporters of United States President Donald Trump in Cape Breton. But it’s not hard to find Trump...

TOM URBANIAK: Cape Breton’s Trump imitators

You would be hard-pressed to find avowed supporters of United States President Donald Trump in Cape Breton. But it’s not hard to find Trump...

Cape Breton’s Trump imitators

You would be hard-pressed to find avowed supporters of United States President Donald Trump in Cape Breton. But it’s not hard to find Trump...

Is your local candidate awake in Nova Scotia?

Most municipal governments in Nova Scotia are “maintenance regimes.” And that’s not good enough. Post-graduate students who concentrate on local...

Is your local candidate awake in Nova Scotia?

Most municipal governments in Nova Scotia are “maintenance regimes.” And that’s not good enough. Post-graduate students who concentrate on local...

A book for our troubled times

Although it has been a busy summer of teaching, research and community service projects, I was happy to be able to find time to read Michael...

A book for our troubled times

Although it has been a busy summer of teaching, research and community service projects, I was happy to be able to find time to read Michael...

What happened to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality’s Charter?

The pandemic has aggravated the poverty of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Revenues and jobs have further declined. Even a more creative and...

What happened to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality’s Charter?

The pandemic has aggravated the poverty of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Revenues and jobs have further declined. Even a more creative and...

Royal commission on long-term care needed in Canada

Our patchwork long-term care system is in a lamentable state, despite heroic workers. COVID-19 has cast a light on serious systemic failures...

Royal commission on long-term care needed in Canada

Our patchwork long-term care system is in a lamentable state, despite heroic workers. COVID-19 has cast a light on serious systemic failures affecting...