Evan Careen

Dec 12, 2024 | theindependent.ca | Evan Careen

St. John’s city council brought down its 2025 budget Tuesday, to the tune of $349,151,881. Mil rates, both residential and commercial, will stay the same in the capital city over the coming year, but there will be a small increase to the water tax. Residential properties will see an annual increase of $15 while commercial properties will see an increase of 2.2 per cent. Coun. Ron Ellsworth, council’s lead for finance, said the water tax increase will offset higher costs of providing the service.

Dec 7, 2024 | thespec.com | Evan Careen

Inuit governments and the national advocacy group for Inuit rights are calling for an end to the Canada Post strike. They say the stoppage of mail services is disproportionately impacting Inuit communities across the north. Both Nunatsiavut Government in Labrador and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), the national organization representing Inuit across Inuit Nunangat, say the strike is having far-reaching impacts on Inuit since Canada Post is the only mail carrier service in much of the north.

Dec 5, 2024 | theindependent.ca | Evan Careen

Firefighting services are returning to the Wabush Regional Airport, but local politicians say it isn’t going to be easy to get the services back up and running. Transport Canada pulled the service from the airport in 2020, citing low passenger volume. At the time, the local MHA and the town’s mayor fought the decision to no avail. But according to a social media post by Labrador MP Yvonne Jones, the service will be reinstated this month.

Dec 4, 2024 | thespec.com | Evan Careen

A new agreement between the federal government and Inuit in Labrador and Quebec marks the next stage of a process to create a new Inuit Protected Area and national marine conservation area off the coast of Labrador. On Nov.

Dec 2, 2024 | thespec.com | Evan Careen

Residents of Labrador’s north coast are sounding the alarm on what they say is a frustrating and broken system of air transportation for medical appointments. With no roads connecting the remote Inuit and Innu communities to the rest of the province, air travel (or ferry service during part of the year) is the only way to get to medical appointments. But some are facing travel delays, missing work, and missing appointments, they say, due to unpredictable and unreliable transportation.