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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 …
Province botched air quality monitoring plan for Labrador ahead …
WEB18 hours ago · Yumna Iftikhar is a Pakistani Canadian journalist with an interest in Canada’s energy transition, the environment, and minority stories. Having grown up on the shores of Montserrat, an island in the Caribbean Sea, and in Newfoundland and Labrador, she wants to understand how island communities are transitioning to renewable energies and adapting to climate change.
At the top of Mt. Cabox, I sat down and wept – The Independent
WEBSep 13, 2024 · 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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
Thinking Outside the Crisis: Introducing a New Series
WEBMay 14, 2024 · Crisis talk is everywhere right now, and no wonder. People across the world are suffering greatly due to Covid-19. The staggering death toll in Italy and Spain has been overtaken by that of the United States, where the shock of sheer numbers is compounded by images of mass graves in New York.. In Canada, we have been particularly devastated by the impact of the virus in long-term care homes ...
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.
Housing is a Right, not a Commodity – The Independent
WEBApr 23, 2024 · 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 …
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