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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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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.

Airport CEO says province’s new ‘air travel loop’ for the Island drawing ‘ire’ and ‘anger’ in Labrador

The Liberals’ air service agreement with PAL Airlines to develop an ‘intraprovincial’ air travel loop via St. John’s, Gander and Deer Lake comes as Labradorians face unaffordable airfares for necessary travel

Labrador students vote in parallel federal election 

Grades 4-12 students studied the Labrador candidates before casting their votes

Labrador elects Liberal Philip Earle as MP

Fifty-six per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot in the Big Land

Human rights, housing and the economy: Labrador youth share their federal election priorities

Youth in Labrador City, Nain and Happy Valley-Goose Bay know what they want out of Canada’s next government

Labrador mother calls on next MP to establish primary marine search and rescue station

Jeanette Russell’s son Marc died in 2021 off the coast of Mary’s Harbour

Labrador’s federal election candidates on housing, addictions and reconciliation

Liberal Candidate Philip Earle and NDP Candidate Marius Normore answered questions from The Independent. Conservative Candidate Ella Wallace did not respond to our requests. 

Mushuau Innu sign expanded bylaws to combat drug crisis

The band council has followed several suggestions women in Natuashish proposed in February

Former Sheshatshiu drug dealer says employment, resources needed to help those struggling 

Mental health workers clear land for a detox camp as Innu fight drug crisis

Two people removed from Sheshatshiu as Innu combat drug crisis

Yvette Michel says compassion is key with those who are dealing and want help