NL’s Last Great Pandemic: Lessons from the 1918 Flu
While we may never have encountered a health crisis like this in our lifetimes, our ancestors did.
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COMMENTARY: How and Why We Fish (Part 2)
Our current food crisis compels us to ask: what would it take to feed the province with fresh, local cod instead of global markets?
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COMMENTARY: How and Why We Fish (Part 1)
Blinded By The Numbers? Implementing the Modernized Fisheries Act Goes Beyond Acting On What Stock Science Tells Us.
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Crunching the Numbers on COVID-19
Mathematical models are not crystal balls, but they can be useful tools for thinking about epidemics and for devising strategies to fight them.
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Before Muskrat: Twin Falls & Our New, Difficult Heritage
The first (but forgotten) dam on Labrador’s Grand River can tell us a lot about our province’s past—and its future.
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There Will Be No Coalition Government
Opposition parties and independents can float forming a coalition government as much as they want. The precedent is clear that it would not happen.
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Milestone or Millstone?: Unpacking the Premier’s “Plan”
Several days after the premier’s “significant announcement,” neither the plan—or Dwight Ball’s political future—is clear.
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Living Well Amid Waste: Wealth, Wages, and Food Insecurity
Newfoundland and Labrador has the highest rate of food insecurity in Canada. It also has the second lowest minimum wage. These two things are connected.
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Mitigating Muskrat Falls
We have some suggestions on how to pay for a boondoggle.
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Keeping It In the Ground
Is directly targeting offshore oil production the most effective way to fight climate change in NL? Or should we focus more energy on reducing local demand?
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Speaking as a Car-Owner: It’s Time for a War on Cars
Owning a private motor vehicle no more accords you rights to extra public space than owning real estate accords you more votes in a general election.
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Buy Local, Save Local: Making NL More Self-Sufficient
Every year, money flows out of NL that could instead sustain local jobs and investment. Why not make our economy more interdependent by reducing imports?
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Muskrat Falls is the Future of Contamination in Canada
The management of methylmercury risk at Muskrat Falls and Lake Melville shows us that colonialism is still very much alive in Canada.
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Moody’s Blues, or: Commission of Government 2.0
Yesterday’s news is not the end of the world. But it’s a small part of a larger process: our control over Newfoundland & Labrador’s future is slipping away.
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The NL Expat Survey, Part 2: Growth Opportunities
Last week, The Indy explored the reasons why young people are leaving Newfoundland and Labrador. Today, we’re exploring ideas that might bring them back.
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The Newfoundland and Labrador Expatriate Survey (Part 1)
As Newfoundland and Labrador struggles with demographic decline, its provincial government searches for answers from those who left the province behind.
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Cod and the Fishery: Down, but Not Out
Compared to pre-moratorium times, today there are fewer fish, fishers, processors, vessels, and plants. But the value of our fishery remains high.
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Rethinking the Debt in Newfoundland & Labrador
Is there a progressive answer to how Newfoundland & Labrador’s debt could be managed while avoiding crippling austerity?
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Dam Nation: Fortis in Belize, Part 2
Should we be surprised that the practices fine-tuned by marauding corporations in the developing world are finally coming home to roost?
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Dam Nation: Fortis in Belize, Part 1
To understand how problems at Muskrat Falls arose and what might yet become of them, there is a lot to learn from Fortis’ Chalillo dam in Belize.