Yumna Iftikhar

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.

Jan 22, 2025 | trailtimes.ca | Yumna Iftikhar

Warning: This article discusses the death of a youth in government care, the physical and sexual abuse of children, and residential school experiences, which some readers may find distressing. Two chairs stand in the middle of a chevron-style seating arrangement at the Sheshatshiu Ussiniun Youth Centre. One chair supports a picture of a smiling teenage boy holding his guitar. The other chair, blanketed with a white sheet, holds a 3-D glass print of the same smiling child.

Jan 15, 2025 | indiginews.com | Yumna Iftikhar

CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses suicide, the death of a Youth in government “care,” the physical and sexual abuse of children and residential “school” experiences. Please look after your spirit and read with care. Two chairs stand in the middle of a chevron-style seating arrangement at the Sheshatshiu Ussiniun Youth Centre in “Labrador.”One chair supports a picture of a smiling teenage boy holding his guitar.

Dec 20, 2024 | theindependent.ca | Yumna Iftikhar

This article discusses residential school experiences, which some readers may find distressing. To get to the post office in North West River, for years Joanna Michel would pass the residential school where she spent eight years in the 1970s. “It’s a bad reminder of what happened, what took place there,” she says, sitting in an empty conference room at the Innu Round Table Secretariat office in Sheshatshiu.

Jun 18, 2024 | theindependent.ca | Yumna Iftikhar

It would take as little as 10 minutes to start putting out wildfires in Labrador West when Terry Roberts started as a ground firefighter in 1988. Back then, he says, the ground crew consisted of anywhere from three to seven members, and there was a water bomber base. “It was always three guy’s work. So, there were always two guys [who] went to a fire together.