
Justin Brake
Interim Editor-in-Chief at The Independent NL
He/him. Journalist. Settler. Future ancestor. Born 338 ppm. EIC @IndependentNL. 🫐 Host of berrygrounds podcast.
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1 week ago |
theindependent.ca | Yumna Iftikhar |Justin Brake
The provincial government is putting Newfoundlanders and Labradorians’ future at risk, says a Memorial University researcher who is calling the Liberals’ continued massive investment in the fossil fuel sector is a “very risky bet.”In her April 9 budget speech, Finance Minister Siobhan Coady reaffirmed the province’s commitment to subsidizing the offshore oil industry, despite projections that paint a grim picture for the global fossil fuel sector.
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2 weeks ago |
wingsmagazine.com | Justin Brake
Labrador West MHA Jordan Brown is renewing his call for the provincial government to return a water bomber to Wabush and reestablish the base there. Ahead of Wednesday’s provincial budget, Brown says the province has an opportunity to increase protection of Labrador West, home to several mining communities and a region that endured consecutive dramatic wildfire seasons in 2023 and 2024. Last year’s fires forced emergency evacuations of Labrador City and Churchill Falls.
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2 weeks ago |
theindependent.ca | Justin Brake
Labrador West MHA Jordan Brown is renewing his call for the provincial government to return a water bomber to Wabush and reestablish the base there. Ahead of Wednesday’s provincial budget, Brown says the province has an opportunity to increase protection of Labrador West, home to several mining communities and a region that endured consecutive dramatic wildfire seasons in 2023 and 2024. Last year’s fires forced emergency evacuations of Labrador City and Churchill Falls.
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2 months ago |
thespec.com | Justin Brake
On Thursday the province released the proposed new airport and airstrip in Nain from environmental assessment (EA), moving the desperately needed transportation infrastructure one step closer to reality.
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2 months ago |
therecord.com | Justin Brake
On Thursday the province released the proposed new airport and airstrip in Nain from environmental assessment (EA), moving the desperately needed transportation infrastructure one step closer to reality.
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