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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

Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay calls public meeting to discuss recent public safety report

Additional RCMP resources have been allocated to the central Labrador town, but some say more police will increase criminalization of Indigenous people and homelessness. 

Housing and signs dominate council meeting, as St. John’s welcomes Coun. Greg Noseworthy

The Village Mall. Christmas parades. Housing. Mt. Scio Savoury. And the swearing-in of Coun. Greg Noseworthy. All part of this week’s feast at St. John’s city council.

Air travel costs, accessibility focus for Labrador MHAs in first week of fall sitting

Torngat Mountains MHA Lela Evans and Labrador West MHA Jordan Brown want answers from Labrador Affairs Minister Lisa Dempster, who wants answers from the feds

Report highlights components of Innu healing 

Researchers hope holistic view of Innu health and well-being will reach non-Indigenous health practitioners 

Happy Valley-Goose Bay will soon offer Labrador’s first public transit bus

The electric bus will operate on demand, town officials say

St. John’s city council passes wetland study

But not everyone agrees on the system used to decide which ones get protected and which ones don’t

Labrador residents rally against unaffordable airfares

The skyrocketing cost of air travel in Labrador is having impacts across the board

St. John’s city council makes headway on housing projects

Cluster development at former I.J. Samson school, heritage grants, and overnight construction among items voted on at Oct. 15 meeting