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LETTER: Canada’s goals for the UN Conference on Biodiversity

Environment and Climate minister Steven Guilbeault states that “Progress cannot come fast enough.”

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Students Should Know Their Workplace Rights

Student workers often experience poverty wages, wage theft, unfair scheduling, and no paid sick days. But it doesn't have to be this way.

What’s Behind a Matador’s Cape? Questioning Matador Mining’s Proposed Cape Ray Gold Project in Southwest Ktaqmkuk

Behind the short-term economic lure of Matador Mining's Cape Ray Project lurks potential long-term environmental harm.

Main entrance of the Waterford Hospital in St. John's.
LETTER: Protect the Waterford Hospital

The Waterford Hospital is part of the province's architectural and social heritage, and it should be preserved and repurposed once it closes.

A dark hallway filled with doors—a liminal space—and illuminated by an eerie green light.
LETTER: Women and the Liminal Space of the Pandemic

Women have always been the caregivers in our society. And women have seen us through all of the liminal spaces of our lives.

LETTER: NL MPs Should Reject Bay du Nord

Now is the time to invest aggressively and equitably in jobs that can make our communities more sustainable and resilient.

LETTER: Newfoundland and Labrador Cannot Afford a MUNL Tuition Increase

Newfoundland and Labrador students at MUNL will be facing a whopping 150% increase in tuition in Fall 2022.

Gas flare at Shell Oil refinery in Hemmingstedt, Dithmarschen, Germany in summer.
LETTER: Blue Hydrogen—A Dangerous Distraction?

Blue hydrogen depends on carbon capture and storage (CCS). CCS is about the fossil fuel industry saving itself rather than saving the planet. 

Bike lanes on Canada Drive in St. John's, circa 2015.
LETTER: We Need to Talk About Bike Lanes

Separated bike lanes are the safest and best way to encourage cycling in a city. We need leadership on this from the new city council.

Apothecary Hall foregrounding the Fortis Building during nighttime in downtown St. John's
LETTER: Prospects for a Progressive City Council

The long term success of progressive politics in St. John's hinges on challenging the established view of how the city itself should govern.