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Bojan Fürst @bojanfurst.bsky.social · 1d

New episode of Futures Possible with awesome @ashleyfitznl.bsky.social and a chat about future of media and journalism and what that future asks of those working in the industry: bojanfurstphotography.com/futures-poss...

#media #journalism #podcast #future
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Episode 6 - Ashley Fitzpatrick's future — Bojan Fürst

Ashley Fitzpatrick is a St. John's-based journalist focusing on energy issues facing Atlantic Canada.

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Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · 29d

Great read from Darrell Roberts at CBC N.L.

"I always say the Northern Peninsula could break off, drift out to sea, and they'd not even know we're gone."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

In travelling a spread-out province, the Liberals and PCs are trying to navigate N.L.'s rural-urban divide | CBC News

Party leaders have spent a lot of time campaigning outside the overpass during the 2025 election — but voters in rural Newfoundland and Labrador want the attention to continue after the election.

www.cbc.ca

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Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · Jul 18

Quite a story from CBC N.L.

"... no public disclosure of the decision before now."

"Premier John Hogan was not made available for an interview..."

"... no replies to a CBC News message sent to the legislative email addresses of every current cabinet minister."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

N.L. cabinet quietly approved new cash benefit for departing ministers | CBC News

Newfoundland and Labrador cabinet ministers are now eligible for extra money on their way out the door, CBC News has learned.

www.cbc.ca

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Canadian Media Guild - La Guilde canadienne des médias @cmglaguilde.bsky.social · Jun 5

In Solidarity ✊
@cdnpress.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com @thestar.com @lapresse.ca @laftq.bsky.social
#cdnpoli #canlab #canmedia #onpoli #polqc #bcpoli #abpoli #skpoli #mbpoli #nbpoli #nspoli #peipoli #nlpoli #yukonpoli #nwtpoli #nunavutpoli

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Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · May 17

N.L. tied with N.B. for country's highest rate of kids living in food-insecure homes.

Meanwhile, more people in "successful working positions" need the food bank at the Single Parent Association.

Cost of everything has risen, but wages have not, says director.

halifax.citynews.ca/2025/05/17/c...

Country's highest rate of child hunger felt in Newfoundland and Labrador classrooms

ST. JOHN’S — Summer is approaching and teachers in Newfoundland and Labrador are worried many of their students will spend their holiday months hungry without school lunch programs to offer a meal, sa...

halifax.citynews.ca

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Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · May 15

The Codco marathon is back on Twitch.

www.twitch.tv/codcononstop

codcononstop - Twitch

MAY 2-4 WEEKEND MARATHON! CODCO was a comedy troupe from Newfoundland whose TV series aired from 1988 to 1993.

www.twitch.tv

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Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · Apr 20

Ben gets into recommendations from the Muskrat Falls inquiry and how the government interpreted them w/r/t the Churchill Falls MOU.

One rec was that "GNL establish a formal governance framework for assessing projects that have a budget in excess of $50 million." May have been helpful.

Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · Apr 20

Excellent, in-depth look at the 1969 Churchill Falls deal between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, and the new tentative agreement that could end it. From NTV.

ntvplus.ca/programs/pow...

Power To The People

Power To The People: The Upper Churchill Contract

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Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · Apr 10

This is excellent. We need to talk more about politicians' reluctance to answer questions.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

What will N.L.'s next premier do to crack down on care home problems? We have no idea | CBC News

Neither contender for the province's top job would talk to CBC News about a report that found negligence, repeated rule-breaking and alleged abuse inside Newfoundland and Labrador personal care homes.

www.cbc.ca

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Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · Mar 20

"The 'worst-case scenario' can be found in Newfoundland and Labrador, he said, where small towns in that province have lost three-quarters of their news outlets in the past 16 years."

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/loc...

Local news coverage in Canada in steep decline, inviting misinformation: report

The number of local news outlets has been in significant decline in Canada, leaving suburban residents in particular "starving" for local coverage, a new report found — and creating gaps

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

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Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · Mar 14

A boil-water order set in 1989 has finally ended in Branch, N.L.

All it took was 16 years, $1.8 million and the unrelenting efforts of the town's volunteer, all-women council.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/uns...

Unsafe tap water is common in Newfoundland. This town just overcame a 1989 boil order

ST. JOHN'S - A boil-water advisory in place since 1989 has been lifted in one Newfoundland fishing community, but dozens of other rural towns in the province are still struggling

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

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Lyndsay Armstrong @lyndsayarmstrong.bsky.social · Mar 12

New from me -- As LGBTQ+ Americans deal with the “scary” reality of living under Donald Trump’s administration, a New Brunswick Pride group has invited their neighbours south of the border to join their Pride week celebrations. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

N.B. Pride group invites LGBTQ+ Americans dealing with the 'scary' reality of Trump

When Saint John, N.B., holds its annual Pride celebration in August, it’s expecting a new group of participants — Americans seeking a safe haven from the “scary” reality of living under Presiden...

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Mar 9

Researchers race to cure 'Newfoundland curse,' which can kill without warning. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy is caused by a genetic mutation that clusters in 28 Newfoundland families, by @sarahsmellie.bsky.social www.thestar.com/news/canada/... via @thestar.com #ARVC #genomics

Researchers race to cure ‘Newfoundland curse,’ which can kill without warning

ST. JOHN'S - Terry Rideout says he was loading up his fishing gear the first time a tiny implant in his chest sent bolts of electricity into his heart and

www.thestar.com

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Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · Mar 3

Dan is top-notch.

Daniel MacEachern @danielmaceachern.bsky.social · Mar 3

If you or anyone you know needs a freelance editor, hit me up!

www.fiverr.com/s/bdGWGzN

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Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · Feb 28

Palestinian Canadians have launched a lawsuit saying the visa applications for their family in Gaza have been held up by a flawed system. The emergency visa program closes April 22, and it has room for just 127 more applications.

Time running out for Canadians seeking visas for family members trapped in Gaza

A group of immigration lawyers launched a Federal Court lawsuit representing 53 family members of Palestinian Canadians still stuck at the first stage of the application process

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · Feb 14

The Canadian Press is hiring a Quebec/Atlantic bureau chief!

Come to CP and oversee some of the most experienced reporters in Quebec and Atlantic Canada (+me, but I'm a delight)! We tell jokes! Keith makes puns! It's great!

apply.workable.com/the-canadian...

Quebec-Atlantic Bureau Chief - The Canadian Press

Quebec-Atlantic Bureau ChiefLocation: Montreal Description of RoleWe’re looking for an energetic leader with rock-solid news judgment and a knack for generating original ideas to oversee the Queb...

apply.workable.com

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J-Source @jsource.bsky.social · Feb 4

The Walrus (@thewalrus.ca) is launching six regional bureaus to tell Canada’s local stories

The Walrus Launches Six Regional Bureaus to Tell Canada’s Local Stories | The Walrus

From the Yukon to Newfoundland, we are putting reporters on the ground

thewalrus.ca

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Lyndsay Armstrong @lyndsayarmstrong.bsky.social · Jan 26

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/cal...

Call for male-targeted prevention programs to address N.S. domestic violence epidemic

HALIFAX - Long before Brenda Tatlock-Burke was killed by her husband in October, there were signs of his controlling and coercive behaviour.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

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Ashley Fitzpatrick @ashleyfitznl.bsky.social · Jan 21

Tremendous! For those dedicated to local 👇👇 www.newswire.ca/news-release...

New Journalism Fellowship Investing in Local News Open for Submissions

/CNW/ - The Michener Award and Rideau Hall Foundations (MAF and RHF) are thrilled to announce that the new Norman Webster Fellowship is now accepting...

www.newswire.ca

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Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · Jan 17

Goodbye to Cherry Blossoms, the strange gunshot wound-looking candy that has horrified children in grocery store check-out lines since (possibly) 1890!

toronto.citynews.ca/2025/01/16/h...

Hershey Canada stopping production of Cherry Blossom candy

Hershey Canada has confirmed with CityNews that it is discontinuing its Cherry Blossom candy.

toronto.citynews.ca

Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · Jan 5

Why different numbers from NL Hydro and Hydro-Québec?

N.L. Hydro says its information reflects what Hydro-Québec will pay for Churchill Falls power, while Hydro-Québec's numbers show what its customers will pay.

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Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · Jan 5

People seek answers, assurance as Churchill Falls MOU heads to debate

The MOU is public, but hard to understand. People are trying to fill in missing details. Hydro-Québec and NL Hydro also released different info about the deal.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/new...

Newfoundland residents seek answers, assurance as Quebec energy deal heads for debate

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - About 50 people gathered in a St. John's, N.L., gymnasium on a recent rainy night to seek answers about a massive energy deal with Hydro-Québec trumpeted

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

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Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · Dec 26

“People will start laughing at me, saying, ‘What an idiot, he should have saved his money ... But anyone can end up homeless. Unfortunately, I got sick, and it’s taken a long time to recover.”

From @thestar.com

www.thestar.com/news/gta/i-m...

‘I may end up in tears telling my story’: How a former MPP and Toronto city councillor found himself living in a homeless shelter

Lorenzo Berardinetti, a former Scarborough councillor and three times elected MPP, shares his cautionary tale.

www.thestar.com

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Cabin Radio @cabinradio.ca · Dec 24

Cabin Radio’s 10 most northern news stories of 2024

Some stories are so uniquely northern you just know they're from the NWT. From a weird fox to a jacket made from liquor store bags, here are 2024's highlights.

Cabin Radio’s 10 most northern news stories of 2024

Some stories are so uniquely northern you just know they're from the NWT. From a weird fox to a jacket made from liquor store bags, here are 2024's highlights.

cabinradio.ca

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Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · Dec 24

Big "kneel before Zod" energy with this bird.
All hail the Dark Lord of Terra Nova.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/...

A massive, menacing Steller's sea eagle is dazzling birders in a Newfoundland park

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A national park in Newfoundland has made the unusual move of opening in the winter so people can catch a glimpse of its rare and menacing

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

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