Policing the RNC

A police services board could help address challenges facing the RNC and should be given serious consideration.
A police services board could help address challenges facing the RNC and should be given serious consideration.
"My fear is that women and girls experiencing violence in their lives and relationships may feel let down, leading to
The circumstances surrounding Jenny Wright’s departure from her post as Executive Director of the St. John’s Status of Women Council
One of the most fascinating things about the Village Mall affair is its longevity. Nearly a quarter century after the
Thirty years after the first edition was published, and 20 years after the last, ‘A Woman’s Almanac’ is back to document the diversity of struggles and achievements by women in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland and Labrador has the highest rate of food insecurity in Canada. It also has the second lowest minimum wage.
We have some suggestions on how to pay for a boondoggle.
Ecological ethics confronts petroculture because it does not view the world through markets, and does not privilege our own well-being
An independent appointments commission, as it’s currently proposed, will do more to mask existing problems than actually solve them.
It’s unusual for this publication to let an election or even byelection go by with nary a comment. Yet despite
Most Canadians today are not financially prepared for retirement. According to recent polls, over two-thirds of us (68 percent) don’t
Finance Minister Tom Osborne used the words “methodical, fair and responsible” to describe the recent budget, but representatives of civil
City of St. John’s finance committee chair says council will consider taking grant money from other sectors to reinstate its arts investment, but residents say that’s not good enough.
As someone who has worked freely as a sex worker and someone who has experienced sexual exploitation, I can say
Is there a progressive answer to how Newfoundland & Labrador's debt could be managed while avoiding crippling austerity?
We now present you a partial list of the many great initiatives that transformed rural Newfoundland and Labrador into the
Students’ Union praises move, says province’s only university is setting an example for other public buildings and spaces in Newfoundland and Labrador.
You’re probably wondering why a person would create such a tiny space for themselves, this prison cell. Well, why does
Growing up bisexual in the Big Land made me who I am. Never once did it make me feel small
Is there a progressive answer to how Newfoundland & Labrador's debt could be managed while avoiding crippling austerity?
Given the federal and provincial elections upon us, politicians’ appearances at community events like the St. John’s Pride Parade are inevitable. But is it sincere, and not just for good public relations and votes?
If Dwight Ball has learned anything amid all the turmoil and unrest of his first mandate, it’s that it can’t
Newfoundland's Very Good Boy is having a few bad days in the House of Assembly this week.
You’re probably wondering why a person would create such a tiny space for themselves, this prison cell. Well, why does
Amid urgent calls for new mental health facilities and implementation of the ‘recovery model’ of mental healthcare in N.L., people and groups continue to explain the problems and solutions to policy-makers, who have been saying for decades the hospital is coming “soon”.
The church has a bad track record dealing with mental illness, and those who have lost loved ones to suicide.
A police services board could help address challenges facing the RNC and should be given serious consideration.
Innu leaders confront Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett at Canada Day event in Toronto.
With youth homelessness rates higher than the national average and growing, advocates say Newfoundland and Labrador urgently needs a binding and actionable provincial plan to eliminate the problem.
Is there a progressive answer to how Newfoundland & Labrador's debt could be managed while avoiding crippling austerity?
The 2019 NL provincial election is just eight days away, and yesterday marks three years since the #NLRising rally on
Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swede, has jolted the world awake by simply telling a hard truth: adults have stolen her
Dozens marched through the streets of St. John’s Saturday to protest Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservative government’s impending anti-terror legislation, Bill C-51
The one thing that government apparently doesn’t want discussed at the Commission of Inquiry is why our democratic institutions allowed
A police services board could help address challenges facing the RNC and should be given serious consideration.
An interview with the 2016 N.L. Human Rights Award recipient.
A sea change in the province’s mental health movement indicates unprecedented momentum
The church has a bad track record dealing with mental illness, and those who have lost loved ones to suicide.
A police services board could help address challenges facing the RNC and should be given serious consideration.
Thirty years after the first edition was published, and 20 years after the last, 'A Woman's Almanac' is back to
The House of Assembly proceedings of Jan. 21 weren’t only a win for democracy, they were a victory for the thousands province wide who don’t have access to adequate mental health care services and want to see meaningful change
The church has a bad track record dealing with mental illness, and those who have lost loved ones to suicide.
Is there a progressive answer to how Newfoundland & Labrador's debt could be managed while avoiding crippling austerity?
A safe and respectful workplace opens the doors for a diversity of players to participate in politics. The system itself
Groups launch Community Coalition for Mental Health in St. John’s, call for government action and a strategy to deal with province’s mental health crisis
The church has a bad track record dealing with mental illness, and those who have lost loved ones to suicide.
"I made a commitment to my people and I’m going to live and die with that commitment. I’m going to
Is there a progressive answer to how Newfoundland & Labrador's debt could be managed while avoiding crippling austerity?
Hundreds gathered in St. John’s Wednesday to share stories and concerns around the state of mental health services in the province
The church has a bad track record dealing with mental illness, and those who have lost loved ones to suicide.
Is there a progressive answer to how Newfoundland & Labrador's debt could be managed while avoiding crippling austerity?
The 2019 NL provincial election is just eight days away, and yesterday marks three years since the #NLRising rally on
The Independent’s new radio show will stream Sunday evenings at 8 p.m. at keepstation.ca
The findings and recommendations of the MMIWG Report may be dismissed, but its charge of genocide cannot be ignored.
This election is a referendum on Newfoundland and Labrador’s political class, and the status quo is losing. All we’re missing
Well, the provincial election is finally here. After months of rumours and weeks of high-volume spending announcements, Premier Dwight Ball
As the 2014 Winter Olympics get underway in Sochi, communities across Canada and the world speak out against Russia’s anti-gay laws
Newfoundland and Labrador has the highest rate of food insecurity in Canada. It also has the second lowest minimum wage.
We have some suggestions on how to pay for a boondoggle.
Ecological ethics confronts petroculture because it does not view the world through markets, and does not privilege our own well-being
Is ‘governing through silly’ the new order of the day?
Newfoundland and Labrador has the highest rate of food insecurity in Canada. It also has the second lowest minimum wage.
We lost Twitter followers for this.
We have some suggestions on how to pay for a boondoggle.
Amidst mounting tension on Confederation Hill and throughout the province, the Dunderdale administration is seeing the backlash to its own austerity program. Current efforts to manage dissent are being met with growing resistance. In whose hands does the future of Newfoundland and Labrador reside?
As promised in response to the budget/not-a-budget pre-election kick off, I thought it would be useful to take a deeper
Back in the 1960s, 1970s, and into the ‘80s, almost all of the large newspapers in Canada had a reporter
Is creativity overrated? Oli Mould is a human geographer at University of London in the UK, and the title of
Photographer Susan Morrissey Wyse was at NDP headquarters as the election results rolled in.
Owning a private motor vehicle no more accords you rights to extra public space than owning real estate accords you
Churchill Square was once St. John's most visionary urban development. Now its future hinges on its value as a parking
"Social media is biased, not to the Left or the Right, but downward," writes Jaron Lanier. "Negative emotions are being