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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.
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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 …
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 ...
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WEBThe 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.
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.
Province botched air quality monitoring plan for Labrador ahead …
WEB2 days 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.
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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.
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WEBJun 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 Budget 2022: The More Things Change, The More They Stay …
WEBFeb 28, 2024 · The weeks leading up to the 2022 budget also saw a number of major shifts in the energy sector. The Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Association was rebranded as EnergyNL and its mandate was expanded to include renewable energy sources. Meanwhile, the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) was rebranded as the Canada-Newfoundland and …
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WEBAug 5, 2024 · The federal budget and Furey’s fine-line carbon tax saunter. By Justin Brake Editorial April 23, 2024. The Liberals fall short on many progressive policies, but kowtowing to Pierre Poilievre on the carbon tax is dangerous.