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WEBSep 13, 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 …
Changes to temporary foreign worker program will hurt workers …
WEBSep 7, 2024 · On Aug. 26, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his government is scaling back the temporary foreign worker program. A local migrant workers’ rights advocate says Canada’s scaled back temporary foreign worker program dehumanizes migrant workers and will further harm those in Newfoundland and Labrador already facing precarity and exploitation.
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 ...
Province botched air quality monitoring plan for Labrador ahead …
WEB19 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.
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.
NL Healthcare Reeling from Worst Cyberattack in Canadian History
WEBJul 29, 2024 · Haggie said the “brain” of the Healthcare system—called Meditech–is down in a possible ransomware attack. The management system used to store things like appointments and patient medical history appear to be in the hands of a hacker (or more than one). The Canadian Press reported on Thursday, November 11, that the attack is …
Letters Archives – The Independent
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