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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.

Heidi's Latest Articles

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.

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