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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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Kamutik W crew unionizes with Seafarers’ International Union of Canada

Two of Labrador Marine Inc.’s three ferries have now unionized

Innu welcome first students into Innu-aimun immersion Kindergarten

After years of work, Innu in Labrador are schooling in their traditional language

Son of late Innu leader says Hydro-Québec does not have consent for Gull Island, wants work halted immediately

Innu Nation recently gave the Québec utility a conditional green light to do survey work for the proposed hydroelectric megaproject. Jerome Jack wants Innu leaders to step down and call a general election before Innu vote on the proposed deal.

Liberals’ Air Access Program for Labrador doesn’t provide meaningful help, critics say

The provincial government’s new Air Access Pilot Program falls short for Labradorians, say an Innu advocate, NDP candidate and opposition MHA

Innu open detox centre in Labrador 

Gabriel Rich says detoxing with support is safer than going it alone, and can lead to a better life

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