Timo Sargent of TNT Creation says "Bruised & Bloodied Sirens" was inspired by "that sickly feeling we get while seeing injustice, and the subsequent furious desire we have to see oppressive behaviour stopped".
Against nationwide opposition, the Conservative Government’s impending “anti-terror” legislation passed its third reading in Parliament last week with the support of most Newfoundland and Labrador MPs.
The government's recent announcement it will privatize long-term care through public-private partnerships has the labour movement and both opposition parties crying foul, arguing people must come before profit.
After MUN's faculty union voted overwhelmingly in support of fossil fuel divestment to tackle climate change, Memorial University President Gary Kachanoski touted the school's "ethical investment policy". Problem is, that policy has not yet been enacted.
As the Blue Dot movement sweeps across Canada, a group of Mount Pearl youth are preparing to ask their city to be the first in NL to declare its residents have the right to a healthy environment. According to a St. John's city councillor, the capital city is not far behind.
On the culture and consequences of climate change denial in Newfoundland and Labrador...
On April 15, one day after NL Premier Paul Davis attended a climate summit in Quebec City that brought together most provincial and territorial leaders, Davis answered questions by phone about how Newfoundland and Labrador is responding to the climate crisis and the province's "responsibility to be in oil"
Following a premier's climate summit in Québec City earlier this week, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis says his government cares about mitigating climate change but has no plans to slow fossil fuel development anytime soon. Meanwhile, 60+ Canadian academics think the time is perfect for a transition to low-carbon economy.
On Thursday people are gathering in St. John's to protest austerity and police violence, and to show solidarity with the student-led anti-austerity protests in Québec
On Thursday St. John's will join nationwide demonstrations calling for justice in a recent Edmonton murder trial, and to strengthen the call for women's rights and a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women
