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.
Local singer-songwriter Maggie Meyer shares honest observations on relationships, love, life and death with her debut album 'Bound', which she will release Tuesday evening at The Ship Pub in St. John's.
Toronto's Great Lake Swimmers are breathing fresh air into an old craft. They return to Newfoundland this weekend to share songs from "New Wild Everywhere," yet another work signaling artistic substantiation and probable longevity.
Women, men and children come together for the annual 'Take Back The Night' event to strengthen the struggle against sexual violence. With files from Justine Cottingham-Leblanc...
The Sept. 15 nation-wide protests were held 48 hours before Parliament resumed. It is expected the Harper administration will push through further cuts to social services and public sector jobs in another omnibus budget bill.
Against many odds, including a few trips to the ER earlier this week, one of Canada's favourite darling songwriters will make her return to St. John's after all.
The federal NDP's caucus meetings in St. John's began Wednesday morning with a moment of silence to pay respect to the victims of last night's shooting in Montreal and their families.
Federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair fielded questions from the press late Wednesday morning after his party's first closed-door session at the Sheraton Hotel in St. John's.
In its debut production, 'Walkmann', Burning Circle Company explores the connection between communication technology, human relationships and consciousness — no small undertaking. But they're stoked.
The Indy goes on-one-one with the popular American spoken word artist in anticipation of his 'Long March' tour stops in St. John's and Corner Brook this week.