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When art imitates life imitates art

Newfoundland was an appropriate filming location for the hit TV series Severance, for more than obvious reasons

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Recent and forthcoming improvements are making St. John’s public bus system more accessible, but there are still some glaring problems

On International Women’s Day, these are the women I admire the most 

The ones who truly deserve credit are those who fight patriarchy without winning awards for it

Our fossil gerontocracy pops the ‘P’ out of C-NLOPB 

Changing C-NLOPB to C-NLOER will not improve our lives, decrease our power bills, or contribute to our equitable transition from fossil fuels

CBC controversy over Trump’s annexation threats reveals a broader crisis in journalism

The now-infamous Cross Country Checkup episode copied the playbook for anti-trans media coverage

Betrayed by the elephant in our bed

Our American ‘allies’ keep talking about annexing Canada. With friends like these, who needs enemies?

Why Furey must not call a snap election

Trump's chaos and confusion demand solid daily leadership from the Liberal Party of N.L.

Introducing ‘Making Connections’

Welcome to The Independent’s new series on transportation in Newfoundland and Labrador

Hold on to your Gigawatts

I was going to call this piece, “Is Green Hydrogen Churchill Falls 2.0?” Then, with the rip of a piece of paper, Churchill Falls 2.0 fell from the sky 17 years early