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Heidi Atter

Heidi Atter is a Labrador-based journalist dedicated to sharing personal stories showcasing the resilience, challenges, culture, and voices of the Labrador community.

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Sheshatshiu youth walking to Gull Island to join Innu land defenders

Gull Island is the site of a proposed hydroelectric project that would be operated by Hydro-Quebec after a Memorandum of Understanding between N.L., Quebec and Innu Nation

Hydro-Québec halts work at Gull Island in wake of Innu blockade

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

Happy Valley-Goose Bay launches first public transit bus 

Residents can now travel throughout the community on a loop that takes about an hour and 20 minutes

Innu youth join calls for action on Sheshatshiu drug crisis

Angel Jourdain McKay is one of three youth seeing drugs kill people in her community

Northern Labrador in ‘crisis’ as people ration food, toilet paper, baby supplies

The Kamutik W ferry hasn’t been able to sail to all north coast locations due to ice 

Marking Pride month amid ‘emboldened’ rise in prejudice, bigotry 

MHA Lela Evans has received a number of bigoted messages so far this month

Crews battling Churchill Falls fire with water bombers, helicopters 

One mother in the Labrador community says the outpouring of support last summer helps her family feel better about the current fire situation 

Innu-aimun Kindergarten ready to launch in Sheshatshiu, Natuashish

After years of work and preparation, students will soon be fully immersed in Innu-aimun when they begin school

Bell Canada scraps Labrador high-speed internet project, plans to invest in U.S.

The telecom giant’s decision to abandon project leaves Indigenous communities without necessary high-speed internet and cell services indefinitely

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

Ann Marie Tobin was recovering from surgery at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s when she was told a bed awaited her in Labrador. When she arrived, the Happy Valley-Goose Bay resident says she was left on a stretcher in a hallway.