Investigation

Learning lessons from Susan Piercey’s death

After two decades of false starts, Newfoundland and Labrador might be closer than ever to tracking gambling-related suicides. It’s a necessary first step to prevent these deaths, but will the province take it? (Part 2 in a 2-part series.)

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Preventing deaths like Susan Piercey’s

The first step in addressing gambling-related suicide in Newfoundland and Labrador is admitting it’s a problem, starting with tracking the data that might show the extent of it. (Part 1 in a 2-part series.)

Province botched air quality monitoring plan for Labrador ahead of harrowing wildfire season

Government had plans to install a federally-funded network of air quality monitoring sensors throughout Labrador, but disagreement hampered progress

Uber’s screening process in NL ‘very disturbing,’ says lawyer

Internal emails reveal government approved Uber’s operating licence amid concerns from RNC, government staff

Residents call for public hearings on controversial wind-to-hydrogen project

The Independent reviewed 1,400 pages of public submissions to government.

Inside Marine Institute’s partnership with OceanGate

Emails reveal senior admin opened ‘proverbial doors’ hours after meeting billionaire Stockton Rush, and that the late OceanGate CEO and Titan pilot hurried an MOU with the St. John’s ocean and marine polytechnic.

Liberals Quietly Pitch Province as “World’s First Net-Zero Potential Energy Super Basin”

The scheme includes expanded fossil fuel development, carbon capture and storage, and a hydrogen pipeline in Labrador. But Grand Chief says not without Innu consent.

Dogged Days of Summer: Mount Pearl Municipal Strike Enters its Eighth Week

As summer comes to an end, the Mount Pearl municipal workers' strike drags on. What exactly is the hold up?

World Energy GH2 is Blowin’ a Gale: A Look at Green Hydrogen Production on the West Coast of Newfoundland

Green hydrogen is the selling feature of a proposed wind farm on the west coast of Newfoundland, but just how green is it, really?

Long May Your Big Wind Farm Draw: How will the Proposed West Coast Wind Farm Impact the Environment?

A proposed wind farm on the west coast of Newfoundland promises green energy and good fortune, but there is a potential environmental toll.