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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

The RCMP vs. the media: Bracken trial approaches its endgame

This court case could decide the future of press freedom — and police oversight — in Canada

Accounting watchdog to investigate Deloitte over fake citations in $1.6M healthcare report

Chartered Professional Accountants N.L. is leading the investigation after Deloitte admitted AI was involved

The PC’s subtle Throne Speech caveat

Wakeham government quietly places an asterisk next to its promise, ‘For all of us’

PC’s minimum wage increase ‘far from a living wage,’ says NDP leader

NDP Leader Jim Dinn is calling on the PCs to legislate wage increases

PCs invite public input ahead of Budget 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

'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

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

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

Wakeham says PCs will implement promises not in party platform

The premier's statement comes days after Wakeham mandated his cabinet to prioritize commitments in election platform

Wakeham releases one mandate letter for all PC cabinet ministers

The mandate is the PC election platform, premier tells cabinet