News

Here Comes the Fuzz? Candidates Float More Police

Some city council candidates are calling for more policing in St. John’s, but community organizers say ‘more’ is not necessarily ‘better’.

Elizabeth Whitten

September 27, 2021

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Investigation Longread News

A Glimpse Inside: A Day at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary

Advocates say a replacement for Her Majesty's Penitentiary—dating to 1859—will improve safety for both inmates & officers. But how much longer can it wait?

Ashley Fitzpatrick

January 11, 2020

Policing the RNC

A police services board could help address challenges facing the RNC and should be given serious consideration.

July 20, 2017

Police officers do not make Pride safe

Including police in the Pride March is not a sign of progress.

July 6, 2017

Pride, visibility, and the blue uniform

The controversy over police presence at the St. John's Pride parade has revealed more about the politics of solidarity than some of us wanted to…

Michael Connors Jackman

July 28, 2016

PRIDE: Understanding, inclusion, and the need for greater collaboration

Why the debate over off-duty police officers' uniformed participation in Pride reveals deep divides in the LGBTQ community and the need for a more attentive…

July 13, 2016

To Each Their Own

A tale of two Tories

Opposites attract, except when you're Conservative leaders speaking out on the role of public servants in politics.

September 3, 2015

Local spoken word artist takes on police brutality in new video

Timo Sargent of TNT Creation says "Bruised & Bloodied Sirens" was inspired by "that sickly feeling we get while seeing injustice, and the subsequent furious…

May 14, 2015

A Measured Opinion

Stop the killing: Fatal police shootings in Canada

Too many people are killed by police in Canada. Here is what we should do to change that.

April 14, 2015

Police: Serving to repress dissent and protect the state

The police response to the anti-austerity protests in Québec reveal a deeply troubling reality: Police have become a tool to repress resistance to inequality, protect…

April 14, 2015

Why did he go alone?

Government cuts in the 90s forced the RNC Association to choose between job cuts or reducing two-person patrols to one-person patrols.

April 12, 2015

To Each Their Own

The RNC recruitment ad: pretty film, marketing disaster

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary's new recruitment ad backfires in all the worst ways, and undermines a lot of really good work they’ve done recently

October 21, 2014

Rape culture in our city: An open letter to St. John’s

Media coverage of reports of gang rapes in St. John's has directed many to contemplate their moral stance on sex work, instead of their moral…

October 10, 2014