“Another media outlet withered under government pressure. We cannot be a country where late night talk show hosts serve at the pleasure of the president. But until institutions grow a backbone and learn to resist government pressure, that is the country we are.” www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Workers on the Kamutik W ferry in #Labrador have unanimously agreed to join the Seafarers’ International Union of Canada, joining the crew of the Qajaq W and becoming the second Labrador Marine Inc. vessel to unionize. #canlab theindependent.ca/news/lji/kam...

"We’re seeing the culture slowly fade away,” says Rex Holwell, an Inuk elder from Nain. Read Part 1 of a new 2-part feature from Frey Blake-Pijogge about how climate change is impacting Inuit in #Nunatsiavut. #nlpoli theindependent.ca/news/lji/bea...

"While other governments sue oil companies for climate damages, the NL government brings along an oil lobbyist like a Negotiator-in-Chief. This is inviting the fox into the henhouse." Read the op-ed from @acantle.bsky.social & Angela Carter 👇 #nlpoli www.saltwire.com/newfoundland...

The Carney Government’s planned military and defence spending will have impacts here in Newfoundland and Labrador, writes Fraser Brown. #cdnpoli #NATO theindependent.ca/commentary/a...

Writing @independentnl.bsky.social Rhea Rollmann speaks w/ Nikita Stapleton, Sadie Mees and Devoney Ellis, three Newfoundlanders on the convoy trying to break Israel’s siege of Gaza. theindependent.ca/news/lji/new... 🔶

Dr. Adolf Hamann, an obstetrician and gynecologist under investigation following complaints from at least 20 patients, has returned to work at the Labrador Health Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. #nlpoli theindependent.ca/news/lji/peo...

Three Newfoundlanders are joining a flotilla to #Gaza in an effort to break Israel's siege. Another, law professor Heidi Matthews, will follow on another boat as a legal observer. Read the full story from Rhea Rollmann 👇 #cdnpoli theindependent.ca/news/lji/new...

NEW: Remember the documents former MP Chris Alexander submitted to parliament that he claimed show @davidpugliese.bsky.social is a Russian spy? Experts in typology and graphology say they're fabricated. www.readtheorchard.org/p/former-mp-...

Liberals inching toward draft legislation for N.L. Disability Advocate #nlpoli Read the full story at The Independent DOT ca

A good news story out of Labrador to end the week...

Travellers can’t fly from one Inuit community to another, and prices remain disproportionately high for north coast residents #nlpoli #Nunatsiavut theindependent.ca/news/lji/nun...

Student life at @memorialu.bsky.social has been deeply impacted by the university’s failed commitments to peace, justice and equity, writes grad student and activist Sadie Mees #nlpoli theindependent.ca/commentary/c...

EDITORIAL: We stand with Gaza journalists. We stand for press freedom. Read the full article 👇 theindependent.ca/commentary/e...

Almost a decade ago, late Innu Elder Bart Jack changed his mind about #MuskratFalls and asked Innu leaders to reconsider damming Mista-shipu (Churchill River). Now, with another major dam on the horizon, Jack's son Jerome is taking a stand against #GullIsland. #nlpoli #qcpoli

The provincial government’s new Air Access Pilot Program falls short for Labradorians, say an Innu advocate, NDP candidate and opposition MHA Read the full story from Heidi Atter 👇 theindependent.ca/news/lji/lib...

EDITORIAL: Thank you Air Canada flight attendants Why the CUPE-led flight attendants’ strike and labour victory is a win for us all #cdnpoli #canlab #aircanada #CUPE theindependent.ca/commentary/e...

Government underfunding and broken promises about the services Inuit would have after being relocated from Hebron to Nain are part of the airport’s legacy Read the latest in our #MakingConnections series on transportation in NL, by Patricia Johnson-Castle #nlpoli theindependent.ca/commentary/m...

The Registered Nurses’ Union & opposition parties say last week’s legislative committee hearing didn’t provide answers to restore public trust in the province’s health authority. An AG report found NLHS didn't follow protocol for hiring agency nurses. #nlpoli theindependent.ca/news/calls-c...

Researchers hike to #CapeSpear to explore how historic sites can be made more accessible for parents with diverse accessibility needs theindependent.ca/news/experie...

New in @independentnl.bsky.social's Making Transportation series, Patricia Johnson-Castle on Nain's airport: “Remoteness” is not a reflection of literal distance between places...it is inseparable from questions of power and control." @elizabethyeoman.bsky.social theindependent.ca/commentary/m...

"Memorial University has suffered the worst kind of austerity under successive Liberal governments over the last decade, losing up to 50% of its government funding [...] carried out by governments which consistently claim #MUN has autonomy, despite the fact the province appoints 14 of 30..." #nlpoli

The Indy is teaming up with profs, students & others on a new column, 'State of the University', which will examine the demise of Newfoundland and Labrador's publicly-funded post-secondary institution, Memorial University, and it's 'special obligation’ to the people of our province. #nlpoli

In this year’s #Pride Month feature, The Independent weaves together reflections on local queer history with snapshots of our proud present. Story by Rhea Rollmann and photos by Tania Heath 👇 theindependent.ca/news/st-john...

Nurses’ Union President Yvette Coffey welcomes the decision but warns the upcoming provincial election could delay accountability #nlpoli theindependent.ca/news/public-...

The program will immerse Innu in their culture, traditions and language, says Gabriel Rich. theindependent.ca/news/lji/inn...

Doubling Northern cod catch limits ran counter to what scientists and key stakeholders called for — so what’s behind the decision? #cdnpoli #Seasplainer theindependent.ca/commentary/s...

“I do believe that money could help both Innu communities, but I also believe that our culture is much more important," says Percey Montague, one of the Innu youth walking to #GullIsland. "I’m worried that we’ll keep losing our values and trading them for money.” theindependent.ca/news/lji/she...

“For the whole disability community to be ignored even in the definition of inclusion, to me, was impossible," said Autism Society of NL CEO Paul Walsh. "It was unbelievable." #nlpoli theindependent.ca/news/educati...

These are early days for the potential massive #GullIsland dam N.L. & Quebec want to develop on the Lower Churchill River. Some Innu are defending their land as Hydro-Quebec prematurely began survey work before Innu communities decided on a draft agreement-in-principle between HQ & Innu Nation.

Asst Prof. Camille Ouellet Dallaire says the province's climate action plan fails to address the root cause. “If we are talking about mitigation, but there's nothing about the oil and gas industry, then we're not really engaging deeply in the conversation, right?” theindependent.ca/news/liberal...

“He was Minister of Health. He was Attorney General. His government signed the cheques, and now he doesn’t want to answer for it.” RNU President Yvette Coffey is calling on Premier John Hogan to finally respond to the agency nurse healthcare scandal #nlpoli theindependent.ca/news/lji/hog...

The Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay has launched its first public-transit bus. And it's electric. Read the full story from Heidi Atter 👇 theindependent.ca/news/lji/hap...

N.L. PC leader Tony Wakeham is asking Premier John Hogan to join him in pushing DFO to expand the Newfoundland and Labrador food fishery. #nlpoli #cdnpoli theindependent.ca/news/lji/pcs...

All the latest from Newfoundland & Labrador in this week's Indy Broadcast 🎧 Listen now 👇 #nlpoli theindependent.ca/broadcast/th...

We like to say journalism is not a crime. But in Palestine, it is. So a group of Canadian journalists have decided we have a responsibility to stand with our colleagues, even if our newsrooms, unions and press freedom organizations won’t. I'm proud to share I just joined them:

The media has been doing a bad job of covering Israel and America’s bombings of Iran…and the genocide in Gaza. Like, really bad. I know this because @smohyeddin.bsky.social is an award-winning Iranian-Canadian journalist, and she’s this week’s guest on Bubble Pop! Here’s a sneak peek:

In protest of Bills 5 and C-5, Neskantaga members are now building a permanent camp at the point where the proposed road to the Ring of Fire would cross the Attawapiskat River. ricochet.media/indigenous/t...

Breaking: Mi'kmaq Senator Paul Prosper proposed Bill C-5 The One Economy Act, does not go to third reading unless Free Prior Informed consent and other amendments are added. It is being debated now. www.aptnnews.ca/national-new... #cdnpoli #indigenous

“To say some of the findings in this report are surprising may be putting it mildly," NL Auditor General Desnise Hanrahan said Wednesday. Opposition parties and the Registered Nurses' Union are calling for investigations. Read the full story from Yumna Iftikhar 👇 theindependent.ca/news/auditor...

Given the ongoing barriers newcomer students face integrating into NL's public schools and university, some youth groups and parents are stepping up to improve inclusivity and mental health supports in schools. #nlpoli #education #ComingToNewfoundlandAndLabrador theindependent.ca/news/coming-...

The ferry that brings food to Innu and Inuit communities on Labrador's north coast hasn't been able to travel to some communities due to sea ice. Meanwhile, residents are trading & bartering for essentials and there's no help in sight from the province. #nlpoli theindependent.ca/news/lji/nor...

NDP and PCs say new changes to the Liberals’ poverty reduction strategy ignore the root causes driving poverty in the province #nlpoli theindependent.ca/news/provinc...

On a new episode of @independentnl.bsky.social 🎙️THE INDY BROADCAST🎙️ the team talk Labrador air quality sensors, the DFO's Northern cod announcement, Newfoundland Power's 7% rate hike and more. theindependent.ca/broadcast/th... 🔶

The Indy's Energy Futures columnist Angela Antle has developed a short, anonymous survey to hear your thoughts on #climate change. She will use some of the responses anonymously in a future column. Scan the QR code or click the link below to complete the survey. docs.google.com/forms/d/1a0u...

Two queer-rights advocates in #Labrador say celebrating and marking #Pride month has additional importance given an increase in public and online prejudice against members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Read Heidi Atter's story 👇 theindependent.ca/news/lji/mar...

Another brilliant scientist. I’m so glad there are people like Dean who care both for the fish and for people like me who depend on fish for food and livelihood. Working together will always be better. It’s all one ocean. It’s everybody’s fish.

In this week's #IndyBroadcast: the Badger Fire; Labrador air quality sensors; Carney Liberals rush controversial legislation; DFO's Northern cod announcement; NL Power rate hike; Seniors’ Advocate 2024-2025 Status Report; and Meteorologist Eddie Sheerr leaves NTV. theindependent.ca/broadcast/th...

"This isn’t care—it’s managerial choreography disguised as ecological concern." Read author and researcher Dean Bavington's response to DFO's decision to raise the commercial quota for Northern cod 👇 theindependent.ca/commentary/a...