Sanuda Ranawake

Corner Brook

Reporter and Editor at CBC Newfoundland and Labrador

Reporter and Editor at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Journalist for CBC-NL, based out of Corner Brook. Formerly with The Telegram/Saltwire. Views are my own

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Thompson residents left with few options after bus service cancelled last year

1 month ago | cbc.ca | Sanuda Ranawake

Manitoba·NewA visually impaired woman says the City of Thompson needs to bring back its local transit service, which was shut down last summer. Michelle Bruneau says the bus service was vital to her and others who can't get around easily without it.
Thompson looks to diversify from mining into other industries, including tourism

2 months ago | cbc.ca | Sanuda Ranawake

Manitoba·NewNorthern Manitoba's largest urban centre is looking to diversify and rebrand, shifting the perception of Thompson as a mining town to instead encourage people to think of it as a northern hub for services like education and health care, as well as a tourism hot spot.
Residents in Leaf Rapids, Man., miss out on health care when they can't pay travel costs

Feb 14, 2025 | cbc.ca | Sanuda Ranawake

Manitoba·NewLeaf Rapids, a town of about 350 people, 750km north of Winnipeg has a small clinic, usually with one nurse and no doctors, which leaves most patients requiring medical care to travel to Thompson or Lynn Lake.
Without fire hydrants, this northern Manitoba community uses buckets to fight fires

Feb 7, 2025 | cbc.ca | Sanuda Ranawake

ManitobaVolunteer firefighters in Tataskweyak Cree Nation have turned to buckets to fight fires due to the lack of running water in parts of the community. Firefighters usually improvise with whatever they can find at a fire sceneSanuda Ranawake · CBC News · Posted: Feb 07, 2025 6:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 7 minutes agoVirginia Audy holds up a bucket used to carry water when fighting fires on Tataskweyak Cree Nation.
Uncertainty and hope in Thompson as mine owner considers sale

Feb 1, 2025 | cbc.ca | Sanuda Ranawake

Manitoba·NewA Jan. 23 news release said Vale "has launched a strategic review" of its mining and exploration assets in Thompson, Man., raising both fears of job losses and hope that the operation could expand under a new owner.
As Manitoba charities struggle for donations, some are adapting to changing landscape

Dec 3, 2024 | cbc.ca | Sanuda Ranawake

Manitoba·NewNon-profits are vying for donations across Manitoba this Giving Tuesday, but many are struggling, says a vice-president with Canada's oldest, and first, community foundation. Challenges for charities are amplified this year with the postal workers' strikeSanuda Ranawake · CBC News · Posted: Dec 03, 2024 5:45 PM EST | Last Updated: 5 minutes agoMembers of Misericordia Health Centre's 'Angel Squad' wave to drivers in a 2017 file photo.
Corner Brook lights up with start of Diwali celebrations

Oct 31, 2024 | cbc.ca | Sanuda Ranawake

NL·NewDeepti Mhaske is celebrating Diwali with her parents for the first time in four years. For her, and Indians across the world, Diwali is as significant as Christmas is in Newfoundland and Labrador. Food, music and dance marked the annual festival of lightsSanuda Ranawake · CBC News · Posted: Oct 31, 2024 4:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes agoDeepti Mhaske is celebrating Diwali with her parents for the first time in four years.
With no fire alarm sound at Driftwood Inn her door banging saved lives, say hotel guests

Oct 19, 2024 | cbc.ca | Sanuda Ranawake

With no fire alarm sound at Driftwood Inn her door banging saved lives, say hotel guestsSanuda Ranawake | CBC News | Posted: October 19, 2024 11:10 PM | Last Updated: Just nowGuests were woken up by a woman who broke her wrist banging on people's doorsImage | Melinda SharpeCaption: Melinda Sharpe broke her wrist trying to wake up guests at the Driftwood Inn. (Sanuda Ranawake/CBC)Melinda Sharpe woke up at 6:50 a.m. on Saturday to a horrific scene.
This national park planted over 400,000 trees to combat damage done by hungry moose

Oct 3, 2024 | cbc.ca | Sanuda Ranawake

NL·NewGros Morne National Park is trying to plant a million trees in the next few years, mainly to repair forest cover lost to overgrazing by moose. Moose overbrowsing among the top reasons for loss of forest cover in Gros MorneSanuda Ranawake · CBC News · Posted: Oct 03, 2024 6:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: 15 minutes agoDarroch Whitaker, an ecologist with Gros Morne National Park, says moose munching on foliage has left the park in need of extra help.
Ukrainian woman in Corner Brook convinces grocery store to stock Ukrainian food

Aug 24, 2024 | msn.com | Sanuda Ranawake

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Articles

Thompson residents left with few options after bus service cancelled last year

Thompson looks to diversify from mining into other industries, including tourism

Residents in Leaf Rapids, Man., miss out on health care when they can't pay travel costs

Without fire hydrants, this northern Manitoba community uses buckets to fight fires

Uncertainty and hope in Thompson as mine owner considers sale

As Manitoba charities struggle for donations, some are adapting to changing landscape

Corner Brook lights up with start of Diwali celebrations

With no fire alarm sound at Driftwood Inn her door banging saved lives, say hotel guests

This national park planted over 400,000 trees to combat damage done by hungry moose