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WEBSep 7, 2024 · The Independent is a trailblazer in Canadian independent journalism. The Independent is Newfoundland and Labrador’s premiere outlet for progressive ideas and dialogue, and we do it without the corporate funding that other media outlets depend on.
News Archives – The Independent
WEBSep 7, 2024 · Palestinian sisters in St. John’s say brothers’ safe passage to Newfoundland in limbo. By Yumna Iftikhar News July 27, 2024. Immigration lawyer says Palestinians applying for a temporary resident visa are dying faster …
About The Independent – The Independent
WEBFormed from the ashes of its predecessor—an award-winning print newspaper that ran from 2003-2008 in St. John’s — The Independent launched as an online publication in early 2011. It was on the verge of folding six months later, but contributors and a devoted readership recognized the need for grassroots media voices in the province and ...
Meet the Team - The Independent
WEBJustin Brake. Justin Brake (settler, he/him) is a reporter and editor at The Independent, a role in which he previously served from 2012 to 2017. In recent years, he has worked as a contributing editor at The Breach and as a reporter and executive producer with APTN News. Justin was born in Gander and raised in Saskatchewan and Ontario.
Commentary Archives - The Independent
WEBSep 6, 2024 · Appealing the mega-destruction of wind-to-hydrogen. By Helen Forsey Commentary July 31, 2024. Residents appealed the province’s decision to release the controversial Port-au-Port-Stephenville wind-to-hydrogen project from environmental assessment. But their concerns were dismissed.
Coming Home for Good – The Independent
WEBSep 6, 2024 · It requires noticing where you are, learning about it, imagining the possibilities, and then doing something about them—in big ways or small. That’s the cost of belonging, that’s the price of coming home. Suffice to say, I’ve come (back) from away, and I’ve decided to come home for good, that is, to do good.
At the top of Mt. Cabox, I sat down and wept – The Independent
WEB6 days ago · The expedition had a certain urgency to it. We planned it after learning the area had been proposed for development as part of World Energy GH2’s wind-to-hydrogen mega-project, Project Nujio’qonik.. The biologist and I were still coasting on the high from our first ascent of Mt. Cabox when we found out that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz would be meeting in ...
Analysis Archives – The Independent
WEBJun 2, 2024 · Childcare and early childhood education are too important to be left to the profit-driven whims of the market. Only a publicly-funded and publicly-managed system will put children, families and workers first
Letters Archives – The Independent
WEBApr 17, 2024 · Letters. We love letters and we are more than happy to publish your reactions to anything you read in The Independent. The Independent editorial staff reserves the right to edit the letters for clarity and length.
COVID-19 and the Unravelling of Canadian Identity
WEBDec 2, 2022 · These economic factors disrupt Canadian identity, too, in the sense that egalitarianism is shown to be a myth. Now, with COVID-19, Canadian identity is reaching a breaking point. More than 35,000 people have died of COVID, with more than half that number being vulnerable older adults and people with disabilities.