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Patient leaves Labrador Health Centre to recover at home after false promise of hospital bed – The Independent

1 week ago | theindependent.ca | Heidi Atter

A Labrador woman says long-standing issues in the province’s healthcare system need to change before anyone else has an experience similar to the one she recently had. Ann Marie Tobin went to the emergency room in Happy Valley-Goose Bay in April. The 62-year-old longtime community volunteer was experiencing dizziness and leg and stomach swelling, which was unusual for her. Tobin was diagnosed with heart failure and told she needed a pacemaker.
Airport CEO says province’s new 'air travel loop’ for the Island drawing ‘ire’ and ‘anger’ in Labrador – The Independent

1 week ago | theindependent.ca | Heidi Atter

The head of Labrador’s central airport says he was shocked and disappointed by the provincial government’s recent announcement that it will potentially subsidize air travel for tourists on the island while Labradorians face barriers to necessary air travel due to high costs. On April 29 the province announced an air service agreement with PAL Airlines for an “intraprovincial air travel loop” between St. John’s, Gander and Deer Lake.
Labrador students vote in parallel federal election – The Independent

2 weeks ago | theindependent.ca | Heidi Atter

While people across the province were electing Canada’s next government on Monday, students in eight Labrador schools and a host of others on the island were doing the same as part of an effort to learn about the federal electoral system.
Labrador elects Liberal Philip Earle as MP – The Independent

2 weeks ago | theindependent.ca | Heidi Atter

Philip Earle was the first MP-Elect announced to have won his riding in Canada during Monday’s federal election. The Liberal candidate won an estimated 51.5 per cent of the vote, with Conservative candidate Ella Wallace behind him at 41.7 per cent, and NDP candidate Marius Normore garnering 6.8 per cent of the vote. “I’m humbled,” Earle told The Independent Monday night at Hotel North 2 in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. “Labradorians are unique people, and if you sense that I’m emotional, I truly am.
Human rights, housing and the economy: Labrador youth share their federal election priorities – The Independent

3 weeks ago | theindependent.ca | Heidi Atter

Human rights, housing and the economy are top of mind for three Labrador youth who are watching the federal election closely. For Emily Kavanagh, human rights are center stage. Kavanagh grew up in Labrador City and said it’s scary to watch how the rights of transgender, non-binary and other 2SLGBTQIA+ folks are being eroded in the United States, along with how immigrants are being treated.
Labrador mother calls on next MP to establish primary marine search and rescue station – The Independent

3 weeks ago | theindependent.ca | Heidi Atter

The mother of a man who died off the coast of Labrador wants to see the next Member of Parliament establish a primary search and rescue station in Labrador, as two of the three federal candidates promised to follow through on her calls. Jeanette Russell’s son, Marc, and his crewmate Joey Jenkins died off the coast of Mary’s Harbour in September 2021. Since then, Russell has become an advocate for marine safety and started the Labrador Coalition For Search And Rescue.
Why Nutrition North is failing Labradorians – The Independent

3 weeks ago | theindependent.ca | Derek Montague

If the Nutrition North Canada program is supposed to make healthy food affordable in the remote regions of northern Canada, then the $145 million federal program can be considered a failure. The people of northern Labrador frequently post pictures on social media showing outrageous prices for grocery items. Last month, Nain resident Mary-Lou Harris shared a picture of freezer-burned meat that was already three-months expired. It cost $73.
Labrador’s federal election candidates on housing, addictions and reconciliation – The Independent

3 weeks ago | theindependent.ca | Heidi Atter

We reached out to Liberal candidate Philip Earle, NDP candidate Marius Normore, and Conservative candidate Ella Wallace. Earle answered questions in person in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Normore answered in a virtual interview, and Wallace did not respond to our request. Topics ranged from the housing crisis, addiction challenges in Labrador and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. Candidates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a summary of the candidate’s responses to key issues.
Mushuau Innu sign expanded bylaws to combat drug crisis – The Independent

1 month ago | theindependent.ca | Heidi Atter

The Mushuau Innu Band Council has signed new an expanded trespassing bylaw and expanded enforcement bylaw, giving expanded powers to community safety officers to search personal effects at the airport, search band-owned homes, and for the band council in Natuashish to ban more people from the community with the goal of disrupting the flow of drugs into the remote First Nation community.
Liberals’ gamble on oil and gas in Budget 2025 ‘worrisome’, says MUNL researcher – The Independent

1 month 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.