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Justin Brake

Justin Brake (settler, he/him) is a reporter and editor at The Independent, a role in which he previously served from 2012 to 2017. In recent years, he has worked as a contributing editor at The Breach and as a reporter and executive producer with APTN News. Justin was born in Gander and raised in Saskatchewan and Ontario. He returned home in 2007 to study at Memorial University and now lives with his partner and children in Benoit’s Cove, Bay of Islands. In addition to the channels below, you can also follow Justin on BlueSky.

Justin's Latest Articles

PCs invite public input ahead of Budget 2026

By Justin Brake

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Local Journalism Initiative

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January 23, 2026

The coming provincial budget will be the Progressive Conservatives' first in more than a decade

‘Institutional failure’: MUNL student, faculty unions respond to Delores Mullings’ departure

By Justin Brake

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Local Journalism Initiative

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January 11, 2026

'We must be willing to hear hard truths expressed in voices that may not sound like our own,' says faculty union leader

Student federation calls for investigation into racism at Memorial University following head of E.D.I. and anti-racism’s departure

By Justin Brake

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Local Journalism Initiative

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January 8, 2026

The Canadian Federation of Students wants an investigation of MUNL's 'upper administration with regards to all forms of racism within the institution, specifically as it relates to anti-black racism.'

Health authority responds to ‘crisis of trust’ in Labrador, says it’s improving patient relations

By Justin Brake

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Local Journalism Initiative

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December 22, 2025

N.L. Health Services can’t—or won’t—say how a doctor barred from practicing in a Newfoundland hospital is allowed to practice in Labrador, where he is facing serious allegations from multiple women