Hope Jamieson

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Hope Jamieson is a municipal correspondent with The Independent, covering city council meetings in the weekly column, So Moved, St. John's. She served as Ward 2 Councillor from 2017 to 2020. Hope works in the affordable housing sector, and is dedicated to poverty reduction, social equity, and inclusion. She lives in St. John's with her partner and their three children.

So Moved, St. John’s: 13 July 2021

There's lots of important information in this summary of the compressed summertime Council meeting, but mainly: The Ship is getting a deck.

July 16, 2021

So Moved, St. John’s: 28 June 2021

You only have a few months left to discharge pyrotechnics at random if you need to get that out of your system. (Please don’t do…

June 30, 2021

So Moved, St. John’s: 22 June 2021

A light agenda on the menu for the regular council meeting this Tuesday; must be summer in St. John’s.

June 24, 2021

So Moved, St. John’s: 14 June 2021

How hard hindsight smacks us in the face is a question of whether we were looking into the future to begin with, or clinging to…

June 15, 2021

So Moved, St. John’s: 7 June 2021

Jurisdictional issues relating to accessibility are a great example of how the City’s limited authority sounds the death knell of good things.

June 9, 2021

So Moved, St. John’s: 31 May 2021

If we want to make any sort of collective progress, acting for the greater good is the correct and courageous choice.

June 2, 2021