Frey Blake-Pijogge is a journalist from Happy Valley-Goose Bay and is Inuk from Nunatsiavut. They graduated from St. Thomas University in Fredericton, NB. Frey joined The Independent in June 2025 as part of Journalists for Human Rights’ annual BIPOC Youth Fellowship.
Innu land defenders blockaded the site of a potential hydroelectric megaproject Wednesday, saying preliminary work needs to stop while their communities grapple with what some are calling a lack of consultations and unknown impacts to the land