Feb 4, 2025 · The Independent is a trailblazer in Canadian independent journalism. The Independent is Newfoundland and Labrador’s premiere outlet for progressive ideas and dialogue, and we do it without the corporate funding that other media outlets depend on.

3 days ago · Beverley Murphy says her 32-year-old son Mitchell may never recover if he remains incarcerated at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary Beverley Murphy speaks to supporters at a Jan. 29, 2025 protest outside Her Majesty’s Penitentiary in St. John’s, where her 32-year-old son Mitchell is incarcerated ...

Jan 28, 2025 · As part of a broader privatization agenda, Stephen Harper and the federal Conservatives have stealthily cut $36 billion in federal funding for health care. On Monday people gathered in St. John’s to discuss the implications for NL, and how to fight back.

6 days ago · Valerie Gregoire hopes to raise her two-year-old son on Innu lands if she can have a place to live

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Oct 21, 2024 · Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre describes his party’s policies as “common sense,” while calling other parties’ policies “wacko”.

Jan 14, 2025 · Nunatsiavut Assembly building in Hopedale. Photo: Justin Brake. Inuit governments and the national advocacy group for Inuit rights are calling for an end to the Canada Post strike.

Jan 28, 2025 · Photo By: Elizabeth Whitten. As post-tropical storm Fiona swept houses into the ocean in September, the team behind Wreckhouse Press were reporting on the ground of their hometown of Port aux Basques. They were documenting what was taking place.

Jan 27, 2025 · Justin Brake (settler, he/him) is a reporter and editor at The Independent, a role in which he previously served from 2012 to 2017. In recent years, he has worked as a contributing editor at The Breach and as a reporter and executive producer with APTN News.