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Covering Newfoundland and Labrador for The Canadian Press.
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“I like to think that thrash metal, black metal, death metal, all of those things are in sync with the more difficult ways of life that people tend to encounter out here at the edge of the world.” 🤘
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/15/h...
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Heavy Metal Karaoke in Newfoundland gives patrons a safe place to scream
On a recent Friday night, amid the howling winds of an incoming hurricane, two people dressed as skeletons grinned as Chris Lahey screamed into a microphone. “The sun fades to blackness, the moon to b...
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/15/heavy-metal-karaoke-in-newfoundland-gives-patrons-a-safe-place-to-scream/
1 day ago
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Bojan Fürst
14 days ago
New episode of Futures Possible with awesome
@ashleyfitznl.bsky.social
and a chat about future of media and journalism and what that future asks of those working in the industry:
bojanfurstphotography.com/futures-poss...
#media
#journalism
#podcast
#future
[Squarespace is glitchy today. Sorry :( ]
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Episode 6 - Ashley Fitzpatrick's future — Bojan Fürst
Ashley Fitzpatrick is a St. John's-based journalist focusing on energy issues facing Atlantic Canada.
https://bojanfurstphotography.com/futures-possible/2025/11/3/episode-6-ashley-fitzpatricks-future
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Great read from Darrell Roberts at CBC N.L. "I always say the Northern Peninsula could break off, drift out to sea, and they'd not even know we're gone."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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In travelling a spread-out province, the Liberals and PCs are trying to navigate N.L.'s rural-urban divide | CBC News
Party leaders have spent a lot of time campaigning outside the overpass during the 2025 election — but voters in rural Newfoundland and Labrador want the attention to continue after the election.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/rural-nl-politics-2025-1.7650240
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Quite a story from CBC N.L. "... no public disclosure of the decision before now." "Premier John Hogan was not made available for an interview..." "... no replies to a CBC News message sent to the legislative email addresses of every current cabinet minister."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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N.L. cabinet quietly approved new cash benefit for departing ministers | CBC News
Newfoundland and Labrador cabinet ministers are now eligible for extra money on their way out the door, CBC News has learned.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-cabinet-minister-transitional-allowance-policy-1.7587223
4 months ago
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In Solidarity ✊
@cdnpress.bsky.social
@theglobeandmail.com
@thestar.com
@lapresse.ca
@laftq.bsky.social
#cdnpoli
#canlab
#canmedia
#onpoli
#polqc
#bcpoli
#abpoli
#skpoli
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N.L. tied with N.B. for country's highest rate of kids living in food-insecure homes. Meanwhile, more people in "successful working positions" need the food bank at the Single Parent Association. Cost of everything has risen, but wages have not, says director.
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/05/17/c...
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Country's highest rate of child hunger felt in Newfoundland and Labrador classrooms
ST. JOHN’S — Summer is approaching and teachers in Newfoundland and Labrador are worried many of their students will spend their holiday months hungry without school lunch programs to offer a meal, sa...
https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/05/17/countrys-highest-rate-of-child-hunger-felt-in-newfoundland-and-labrador-classrooms/
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The Codco marathon is back on Twitch.
www.twitch.tv/codcononstop
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codcononstop - Twitch
MAY 2-4 WEEKEND MARATHON! CODCO was a comedy troupe from Newfoundland whose TV series aired from 1988 to 1993.
https://www.twitch.tv/codcononstop
6 months ago
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Excellent, in-depth look at the 1969 Churchill Falls deal between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, and the new tentative agreement that could end it. From NTV.
ntvplus.ca/programs/pow...
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Power To The People
Power To The People: The Upper Churchill Contract
https://ntvplus.ca/programs/power-to-the-people-392b28
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This is excellent. We need to talk more about politicians' reluctance to answer questions.
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What will N.L.'s next premier do to crack down on care home problems? We have no idea | CBC News
Neither contender for the province's top job would talk to CBC News about a report that found negligence, repeated rule-breaking and alleged abuse inside Newfoundland and Labrador personal care homes.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/care-homes-next-premier-1.7504943
7 months ago
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"The 'worst-case scenario' can be found in Newfoundland and Labrador, he said, where small towns in that province have lost three-quarters of their news outlets in the past 16 years."
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/loc...
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Local news coverage in Canada in steep decline, inviting misinformation: report
The number of local news outlets has been in significant decline in Canada, leaving suburban residents in particular "starving" for local coverage, a new report found — and creating gaps
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/local-news-coverage-in-canada-in-steep-decline-inviting-misinformation-report/article_baae9b3e-7b84-5d03-950c-c00a0a569d6e.html
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A boil-water order set in 1989 has finally ended in Branch, N.L. All it took was 16 years, $1.8 million and the unrelenting efforts of the town's volunteer, all-women council.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/uns...
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Unsafe tap water is common in Newfoundland. This town just overcame a 1989 boil order
ST. JOHN'S - A boil-water advisory in place since 1989 has been lifted in one Newfoundland fishing community, but dozens of other rural towns in the province are still struggling
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/unsafe-tap-water-is-common-in-newfoundland-this-town-just-overcame-a-1989-boil-order/article_5a2fa26f-9335-506c-9e57-cbfdc09a77aa.html
8 months ago
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8 months ago
New from me -- As LGBTQ+ Americans deal with the “scary” reality of living under Donald Trump’s administration, a New Brunswick Pride group has invited their neighbours south of the border to join their Pride week celebrations.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
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N.B. Pride group invites LGBTQ+ Americans dealing with the 'scary' reality of Trump
When Saint John, N.B., holds its annual Pride celebration in August, it’s expecting a new group of participants — Americans seeking a safe haven from the “scary” reality of living under Presiden...
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/health/2025/03/12/n-b-pride-group-invites-lgbtq-americans-dealing-with-the-scary-reality-of-trump
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Researchers race to cure 'Newfoundland curse,' which can kill without warning. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy is caused by a genetic mutation that clusters in 28 Newfoundland families, by
@sarahsmellie.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
via
@thestar.com
#ARVC
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Researchers race to cure ‘Newfoundland curse,’ which can kill without warning
ST. JOHN'S - Terry Rideout says he was loading up his fishing gear the first time a tiny implant in his chest sent bolts of electricity into his heart and
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/newfoundland-and-labrador/researchers-race-to-cure-newfoundland-curse-which-can-kill-without-warning/article_7788b1b0-d3b1-52fa-8d83-579dac01239e.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share
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Dan is top-notch.
add a skeleton here at some point
9 months ago
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Palestinian Canadians have launched a lawsuit saying the visa applications for their family in Gaza have been held up by a flawed system. The emergency visa program closes April 22, and it has room for just 127 more applications.
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Time running out for Canadians seeking visas for family members trapped in Gaza
A group of immigration lawyers launched a Federal Court lawsuit representing 53 family members of Palestinian Canadians still stuck at the first stage of the application process
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-time-running-out-for-canadians-seeking-visas-for-family-members/
9 months ago
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The Canadian Press is hiring a Quebec/Atlantic bureau chief! Come to CP and oversee some of the most experienced reporters in Quebec and Atlantic Canada (+me, but I'm a delight)! We tell jokes! Keith makes puns! It's great!
apply.workable.com/the-canadian...
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Quebec-Atlantic Bureau Chief - The Canadian Press
Quebec-Atlantic Bureau ChiefLocation: Montreal Description of RoleWe’re looking for an energetic leader with rock-solid news judgment and a knack for generating original ideas to oversee the Queb...
https://apply.workable.com/the-canadian-press/j/F517EBFFE9/
9 months ago
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J-Source
10 months ago
The Walrus (
@thewalrus.ca
) is launching six regional bureaus to tell Canada’s local stories
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The Walrus Launches Six Regional Bureaus to Tell Canada’s Local Stories | The Walrus
From the Yukon to Newfoundland, we are putting reporters on the ground
https://thewalrus.ca/the-walrus-launches-six-regional-bureaus-to-tell-canadas-local-stories/
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10 months ago
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/cal...
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Call for male-targeted prevention programs to address N.S. domestic violence epidemic
HALIFAX - Long before Brenda Tatlock-Burke was killed by her husband in October, there were signs of his controlling and coercive behaviour.
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/call-for-male-targeted-prevention-programs-to-address-n-s-domestic-violence-epidemic/article_925b1b74-4b8c-57dd-a0e8-c3e96e74e910.html
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10 months ago
Tremendous! For those dedicated to local 👇👇
www.newswire.ca/news-release...
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New Journalism Fellowship Investing in Local News Open for Submissions
/CNW/ - The Michener Award and Rideau Hall Foundations (MAF and RHF) are thrilled to announce that the new Norman Webster Fellowship is now accepting...
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/new-journalism-fellowship-investing-in-local-news-open-for-submissions-888125384.html
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Goodbye to Cherry Blossoms, the strange gunshot wound-looking candy that has horrified children in grocery store check-out lines since (possibly) 1890!
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/01/16/h...
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Hershey Canada stopping production of Cherry Blossom candy
Hershey Canada has confirmed with CityNews that it is discontinuing its Cherry Blossom candy.
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/01/16/hershey-canada-stopping-production-of-cherry-blossom-candy/
10 months ago
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People seek answers, assurance as Churchill Falls MOU heads to debate The MOU is public, but hard to understand. People are trying to fill in missing details. Hydro-Québec and NL Hydro also released different info about the deal.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/new...
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Newfoundland residents seek answers, assurance as Quebec energy deal heads for debate
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - About 50 people gathered in a St. John's, N.L., gymnasium on a recent rainy night to seek answers about a massive energy deal with Hydro-Québec trumpeted
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/newfoundland-residents-seek-answers-assurance-as-quebec-energy-deal-heads-for-debate/article_8d3af488-228c-5ec4-bf1a-b4f6496a18e5.html
11 months ago
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“People will start laughing at me, saying, ‘What an idiot, he should have saved his money ... But anyone can end up homeless. Unfortunately, I got sick, and it’s taken a long time to recover.” From
@thestar.com
www.thestar.com/news/gta/i-m...
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‘I may end up in tears telling my story’: How a former MPP and Toronto city councillor found himself living in a homeless shelter
Lorenzo Berardinetti, a former Scarborough councillor and three times elected MPP, shares his cautionary tale.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/i-may-end-up-in-tears-telling-my-story-how-a-former-mpp-and-toronto/article_eba3406c-b5c7-11ef-a0db-f3304969008b.html?utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_source=Twitter
11 months ago
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Cabin Radio
11 months ago
Cabin Radio’s 10 most northern news stories of 2024 Some stories are so uniquely northern you just know they're from the NWT. From a weird fox to a jacket made from liquor store bags, here are 2024's highlights.
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Cabin Radio’s 10 most northern news stories of 2024
Some stories are so uniquely northern you just know they're from the NWT. From a weird fox to a jacket made from liquor store bags, here are 2024's highlights.
https://cabinradio.ca/215525/news/cabin-radios-10-most-northern-news-stories-of-2024/
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Big "kneel before Zod" energy with this bird. All hail the Dark Lord of Terra Nova.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/...
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A massive, menacing Steller's sea eagle is dazzling birders in a Newfoundland park
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A national park in Newfoundland has made the unusual move of opening in the winter so people can catch a glimpse of its rare and menacing
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/a-massive-menacing-stellers-sea-eagle-is-dazzling-birders-in-a-newfoundland-park/article_5bc9e242-c7b4-5ec7-ae46-ad6e3e390f5a.html
11 months ago
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11 months ago
2024 wasn’t a great year for NL memes overall imo. I get the feeling 2025 will be much better. That said, there is still some great shit in here so let’s do Best NL Memes ‘24
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As a volunteer, Mary Kennedy Keiley washed bedridden patients’ hair at St. Clare’s hospital in St. John’s every Saturday for more than 20 years.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Newfoundland woman washed bedridden patients’ hair every Saturday for more than 20 years
After being forbidden from washing her own hair during her time at a sanatorium for tuberculosis in the 1960s, Mary Kennedy Keiley vowed she would some day help patients in similar straits
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-newfoundland-woman-washed-bedridden-patients-hair-every-saturday-for/
11 months ago
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Food banks are seeing record-breaking demand, and they're desperate for help and donations. But they'd rather see policies to curb what they say is a national food insecurity emergency. "I have never been so angry. We keep shouting to elected officials."
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/giv...
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GivingTuesday: Food banks need help, but charity won't end hunger, advocates say
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - It's GivingTuesday, and some directors of food banks and anti-poverty groups say the day underlines a conundrum for their organizations.
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/givingtuesday-food-banks-need-help-but-charity-wont-end-hunger-advocates-say/article_39ac598d-405b-5198-b43a-c99484b08a6a.html
12 months ago
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12 months ago
How is bluesky for journo requests?? Let's find out. I want to write about Facebook marketplace! Are you on there as a buyer or seller? Have you managed to make money on there? Have you found a deal you're pumped about? I want to know! Msg me if you're willing to do an interview
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People in Nunavut and Nunatsiavut wrote gut-wrenching emails to the feds about food prices and the Nutrition North subsidy. "Put the subsidy up. The airlines are making millions and the North West Company, but the people are starving, please, please review these rates."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Who profits on hunger?' Inuit send pleading emails to minister about food costs | CBC News
People in Nunavut and Labrador communities are voicing their concerns over the high cost of food, with some accusing retailers of hiking prices and that federal subsidies aren't going to consumers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labrador-food-prices-nutrition-north-1.7394306
12 months ago
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12 months ago
On BBC today, a piece by me on how Halifax has moved from clearing homeless encampments to accepting them, recognising that the previous approach has not helped solve the city's enduring housing crisis. But this shift has been provisional & has been met by some pushback:
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What happened when a Canadian city stopped evicting homeless camps
Faced with a housing and homelessness crisis, Halifax has set aside city sites for people to live in tents. Not everyone is behind the plan.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3wq7l1lnqpo
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12 months ago
Decided to finally join Blue Sky. I’m the assistant editor with
@cabinradio.ca
reporting on all things Northwest Territories related.
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You're doing yourself a favour reading this.
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12 months ago
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I covered a seniors speed-dating event in Avondale, N.L. Job to say if anyone made a love connection, but everyone made new friends. Trying to write more about people caring for people.
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Seniors face unique hurdles in finding love. These Canadians want to help.
AVONDALE, N.L. - The four women sipping tea around an antique wooden table in rural Newfoundland said they weren't looking for much in a mate: kindness, humour, a good sense
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/seniors-face-unique-hurdles-in-finding-love-these-canadians-want-to-help/article_7172e2b4-870a-5776-8a31-fabbbd3157e1.html
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
Leila Beaudoin,
@justinbrake.bsky.social
, and
@jennthornhillverma.bsky.social
are crowdfunding a documentary film about the dangerous working conditions of the commercial fishery in NL, based on their work for The Indy's award-winning Seasplainer column. please chip in if you can!
gofund.me/e3e4c016
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Dona a Documentary: The Preventable Deaths of NL Fish Harvesters, organizada por Justin Brake
Commercial fish harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador are dyi… Justin Brake necesita tu apoyo para Documentary: The Preventable Deaths of NL Fish Harvesters
https://gofund.me/e3e4c016
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