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Evan Careen

Evan Careen has worked as a journalist since 2005, covering local, provincial, and national news in towns and cities big and small in Newfoundland, Labrador, and Alberta. An award-winning journalist, his work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, and websites including The Telegram, the Globe and Mail, the Calgary Sun, and the Toronto Star. He joined The Independent as a Local Journalism Initiative reporter in October 2024 to cover Labrador.

 

Evan's Latest Articles

St. John’s council has busy final meeting of 2024

2025 budget brought down. Housing projects moved forward. Anti-genocide sign gets to stay on heritage property. And the new councillor recites a poem for the holidays.

Inuit call on federal government to end to postal strike

Nunatsiavut Government and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami say Canada Post strike is disproportionately impacting Inuit communities

Firefighting service returning to Wabush airport

MHA and mayor concerned federal government won’t be able to find workers or housing

Canada, Inuit take step toward new marine-protected area off Labrador coast

Nunatsiavut, Makivvik sign memorandum of understanding with federal government

Medical patients say air travel delays a regular part of healthcare experience

Minister Lisa Dempster says Labrador Affairs and the Department of Health have not received any complaints

St. John’s ratifies new collective agreement with firefighters

Galway density, old fire station and art among St. John’s city council deliberations this week

Happy Valley-Goose Bay deputy mayor reprimanded for altercation at soccer game

Parent says Ella Wallace “verbally attacked” her as she comforted a player during the NL Summer Games in Bay Roberts last August

Proposed open-pit mine on Quebec-Labrador border drawing concern from Innu, Inuit

Torngat Metals says it wants to work with Indigenous governments to minimize the potential impacts of its planned rare earth element mining project

Transitional housing facility in Happy Valley-Goose Bay will be built next year: MHA

New treatment centre will operate offsite from the integrated housing hub, which MHA says should be completed next year

New affordable housing in central Labrador welcomed, but waitlist still long

Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation says 52 applicants are on the housing waitlist in Happy Valley-Goose Bay