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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.
Commentary Archives – The Independent
Oct 23, 2024 · The Independent is a Canadian online news outlet that publishes opinion pieces from readers on any topic. Browse the latest commentary articles on fishing, coastal erosion, immigration, Indigenous rights, wind energy and more.
Thinking Outside the Crisis: A Great Big Bag of Hammers
May 14, 2024 · As part of the Independent’s “Thinking Outside the Crisis” series, I want to tie questions from my own research on how crises impact policy change to an explanation of why we may find it difficult to “learn” from what has happened and why we are likely to go on making the same mistakes, post-crisis. This crisis is a diagnostic event for many real world problems.
News Archives – The Independent
6 days ago · The Independent is a news website that covers local and provincial issues in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Read stories on topics such as transit, wetlands, airfares, housing, arts, climate, and more.
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The Independent is a not-for-profit media collective that covers social justice, decolonization, arts and more in Newfoundland and Labrador. It has won numerous awards and faced legal challenges for its investigative reporting and press freedom advocacy.
On living the dream in Canada’s happy province
Oct 21, 2024 · Indy columnist Drew Brown. Photo: Jeremy Rumbolt. Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in. And by “they” I mean Galen Weston and other assorted robber-barons.. Despite our comrades’ best efforts, capitalism seems likely to survive for at least another five or possibly even 10 years, which unfortunately means I need money to live.
Analysis Archives – The Independent
Jun 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
NL Healthcare Reeling from Worst Cyberattack in Canadian History
Oct 29, 2024 · Newfoundland and Labrador is in trouble with a recent cyberattack that has impacted much of the province’s healthcare infrastructure—with Eastern Health operating on a paper-based system into Monday, slowly bringing some services back
Report highlights components of Innu healing – The Independent
6 days ago · Vital to look at healing as a whole. Picard said the research looked at minuennium, the impacts of historical and contemporary colonialism on it, and how it is vital for health and social service providers (especially non-Innu providers) to understand the importance of spirituality in Indigenous processes of healing.
Air travel costs, accessibility focus for Labrador MHAs in first week ...
4 days ago · Labrador Affairs Minister Lisa Dempster says the federal government is responsible for a more than $700 landing fee in Wabush, which she believes is at least partly responsible for the 47 per cent airfare increases for the Labrador West airport since 2019.