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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On Escaping Your Own Prison: An Introduction of Sorts
You’re probably wondering why a person would create such a tiny space for themselves, this prison cell. Well, why does anyone build walls? For protection.
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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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‘Des Solitudes’ Asks Us to Step Outside Ourselves
“It’s very difficult for some people to recognize that we all have a master, and we all have a slave. It’s something you cannot really talk about.”
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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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The Future (of Fishing) is Female
Women have been the backbone of the Newfoundland and Labrador fishery for centuries. Earning that recognition is reshaping the maritime world.
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Sex Toys & Salmon Fishing
Growing up bisexual in the Big Land made me who I am. Never once did it make me feel small because of who I loved.
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Lela Evans: From Muskrat Falls Protests to MHA
“I made a commitment to my people and I’m going to live and die with that commitment. I’m going to represent my people.”
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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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On the Stoppage of Crime
A modest proposal: that crime is not stopped by terrorizing a city with a guerilla marketing campaign aimed at encouraging people to snitch on the poor.
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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.
Fragments of the 1,111 Points of Light
We now present you a partial list of the many great initiatives that transformed rural Newfoundland and Labrador into the envy of the world.
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There are No Captains at the Wheel
This election is a referendum on Newfoundland and Labrador’s political class, and the status quo is losing. All we’re missing is a way to vote “no.”
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The Patient’s Progress, Part 4
I’m beginning to think the patient is better off living in his fantasy. After I hear about New Year’s 2018 on the St. John’s waterfront, I want to join him.
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The Patient’s Progress, Part 3
It is October 2007. An emergency all-party government unleashes a political revolution in NL. But a sudden General Strike threatens to derail the province.
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The Patient’s Progress, Part 2
All Townie MHAs receive rural reeducation as the Baymen seize power in Newfoundland & Labrador. Meanwhile, a meal of Chow Mein nearly destroys the province.
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The Patient’s Progress, Part 1
Case study: Patient has moved from a depression over the loss of rural life to an hallucinatory state in which rural Newfoundland and Labrador is flourishing.
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