Leaders Square Off in Week Three of the 2021 NL Election

The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
We break down how the provincial election has been unfolding, how other Canadian jurisdictions approached pandemic elections, and where we
In Labrador, the election fiasco adds another layer to the inequities imposed by a government founded on the denial of
Newfoundland and Labrador may have just fumbled its way into an ultra vires election; game over on a technical foul.
Journalism is fundamental to keeping our society and democratic way of life alive as it too faces unprecedented stresses from the pandemic.
We break down how the provincial election has been unfolding, how other Canadian jurisdictions approached pandemic elections, and where we
In Labrador, the election fiasco adds another layer to the inequities imposed by a government founded on the denial of
Newfoundland and Labrador may have just fumbled its way into an ultra vires election; game over on a technical foul.
1974. For most of us, it’s just a year – either one buried in distant memory, or one we are too young to have even experienced. Places have a longer memory, however, and for Newfoundland and Labrador, the year was a momentous one. It marked the province’s twenty-fifth anniversary of Confederation with Canada: an event celebrated with awkward abandon, including a series of disastrous dinners and fishing expeditions with the country’s premiers. For a new generation that had grown up after the entire Confederation imbroglio, it was an exciting time, and one aptly reflected in the province’s first big national game-show triumph. Reach For the Top was a quiz-style trivia program broadcast nationally on CBC television from 1966 to 1989 (with a brief revival in the mid 2000s). Teams of high school students across the country competed for prominence, and no Newfoundland team had ever won. But that year—1974—a team…
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
Is corporate concentration a central part of the province’s long-term strategy for the fishery? How does that benefit Newfoundlanders and
There was something weird spotted in the sky above Main Brook on Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula in January 2020.
Ed Riche is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and more. However, he’s perhaps best known for his humour, and especially his satire. But according to Riche, we are now living in a “post-satiric” age. It’s one in which the seemingly satirical often turns out to be true; and in which there is a feeling in some quarters that speech which hurts should be shut down. How does a satirist ply their trade in a post-satiric age? “You just get ready to absorb more blows,” he says. “We’ve got the unthinkable – Donald Trump in the White House. That’s a punch line. It’s beyond all comprehension. Every day we look at that same reality and go ‘How could this have ever happened?’ He’s a horror clown, he’s a con man, he’s a grifter, he’s an idiot, he’s a crook, and yet he’s the most powerful man in the world. “And on…
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
Journalism is fundamental to keeping our society and democratic way of life alive as it too faces unprecedented stresses from
It's hard to tell what Newfoundland and Labrador's leaders are thinking these days. So here's some speculative satire.
Racism and hatred are growing in Canada. The role of the media should be to combat it, not promote it.
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
If Andrew Furey wants to sell himself as a political leader who can make tough decisions in these difficult times,
Journalism is fundamental to keeping our society and democratic way of life alive as it too faces unprecedented stresses from
The Ghomeshi ruling is just the tip of the iceberg.
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
Two months after a mistrial was declared in the Snelgrove case, a panel convened in St. John’s to demand justice
We need to make it clear that the status quo isn’t enough. It is time for things in this province
‘Professionals’ are killing democracy.
This is a referendum on negotiating debt relief with the federal government. Your only choice is how much leeway to
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
So-called parachute candidates can be controversial, but they can also serve important functions—and even strengthen democracy.
Justin Brake talks about #GoIndy2015 and why independent journalism and independent media are important for Newfoundland and Labrador.
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
Journalism is fundamental to keeping our society and democratic way of life alive as it too faces unprecedented stresses from
1974. For most of us, it’s just a year – either one buried in distant memory, or one we are
Challenges faced by women in the workforce show feminism is just as important now as ever
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
Two months after a mistrial was declared in the Snelgrove case, a panel convened in St. John’s to demand justice
Journalism is fundamental to keeping our society and democratic way of life alive as it too faces unprecedented stresses from
Food banks were supposed to be a temporary measure, not an institution. Could our energies be better spent tackling income inequality, rather than institutionalizing charity?
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
Food charity is putting a band-aid on a deadly and insidious gangrene—which corporate power and government inaction allows to fester
Two months after a mistrial was declared in the Snelgrove case, a panel convened in St. John’s to demand justice
The tumultuous events of the past week have opened the door for a national public discussion that needs to happen
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
We need to make it clear that the status quo isn’t enough. It is time for things in this province
Each trial is its own contained drama, but it is also a link in the chain of our laws.
Giving and generosity may reduce the burden of immediate suffering and desperation, but if we’re serious about finding long term solutions we can begin by questioning why some have so much while others have so little
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
Food charity is putting a band-aid on a deadly and insidious gangrene—which corporate power and government inaction allows to fester
Newfoundland & Labrador will be clawing back income support from anyone who received CERB. Advocates fear this will increase poverty
A veteran journalist in Newfoundland and Labrador, Furlong succumbed to cancer just weeks after learning of his illness
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
Journalism is fundamental to keeping our society and democratic way of life alive as it too faces unprecedented stresses from
1974. For most of us, it’s just a year – either one buried in distant memory, or one we are
Award-winning journalist says editor of Labrador newspapers refused to run articles involving NL government and crown energy corporation; TC Media managing editor denies censorship
In Labrador, the election fiasco adds another layer to the inequities imposed by a government founded on the denial of
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
Nature abhors a vacuum and when the attention economy is starved of real information it will begin to produce and
The CBC has apologized for its problematic coverage of Innu communities. But that’s only the tip of the iceberg.
In Labrador, the election fiasco adds another layer to the inequities imposed by a government founded on the denial of
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
Nature abhors a vacuum and when the attention economy is starved of real information it will begin to produce and
With its back to the wall, will Canada’s public broadcaster stand up to a government that is tightening its grip on the network’s freedom? Or should ‘friends’ intervene?
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
Journalism is fundamental to keeping our society and democratic way of life alive as it too faces unprecedented stresses from
We really appreciate that Peter Mackay has a Winter Emergency Plan for Newfoundland and Labrador, but it looks a little
On March 5 CBC reporter Peter Cowan asked former Labrador MP Peter Penashue how donation errors were made in his 2011 campaign. Penashue dodged the question, as he has in the past, and instead turned the conversation around, accusing Cowan and the CBC of treating him “unfairly”. Penashue also told Cowan he had learned one of Cowan’s colleagues was running the Liberal campaign, referring to former CBC radio host Cindy Wall, who retired two years ago and is now running the campaign for Liberal candidate Yvonne Jones. Penashue’s former Labrador adviser, Donna Paddon, also used to work for CBC. Read CBC’s full story here.
In Labrador, the election fiasco adds another layer to the inequities imposed by a government founded on the denial of
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
Nature abhors a vacuum and when the attention economy is starved of real information it will begin to produce and
They manipulate the polls. You always knew it. You let them.
In Labrador, the election fiasco adds another layer to the inequities imposed by a government founded on the denial of
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
Nature abhors a vacuum and when the attention economy is starved of real information it will begin to produce and
The swift slide from unreasonable to mad
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
Journalism is fundamental to keeping our society and democratic way of life alive as it too faces unprecedented stresses from
With the premier out of the picture, it is harder to hide the hungry abyss at the heart of Newfoundland
Renowned physicist and 2012 Massey Lecturer Neil Turok talks about the coming quantum revolution, why it shouldn’t be dismissed as our next big paradigm shift, and the incredible possibilities we hold in our hands.
The debates are a significant milestone in the 2021 campaign.
Journalism is fundamental to keeping our society and democratic way of life alive as it too faces unprecedented stresses from
1974. For most of us, it’s just a year – either one buried in distant memory, or one we are