Sarah Smellie
@sarahsmellie.bsky.social
Covering Newfoundland and Labrador for The Canadian Press. sss@cp.org
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A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
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Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
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“I like to think that thrash metal, black metal, death metal, all of those things are in sync with the more difficult ways of life that people tend to encounter out here at the edge of the world.”
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Heavy Metal Karaoke in Newfoundland gives patrons a safe place to scream
On a recent Friday night, amid the howling winds of an incoming hurricane, two people dressed as skeletons grinned as Chris Lahey screamed into a microphone. “The sun fades to blackness, the moon to b...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“I like to think that thrash metal, black metal, death metal, all of those things are in sync with the more difficult ways of life that people tend to encounter out here at the edge of the world.”
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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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#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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November 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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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#media #journalism #podcast #future
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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."
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"I always say the Northern Peninsula could break off, drift out to sea, and they'd not even know we're gone."
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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.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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."
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"I always say the Northern Peninsula could break off, drift out to sea, and they'd not even know we're gone."
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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."
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"... 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."
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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.
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July 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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."
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"... 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/...
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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
@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
June 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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.
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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.
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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
May 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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...
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...
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.
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Power To The People
Power To The People: The Upper Churchill Contract
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April 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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.
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This is excellent. We need to talk more about politicians' reluctance to answer questions.
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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
April 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is excellent. We need to talk more about politicians' reluctance to answer questions.
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"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."
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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
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March 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"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."
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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.
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All it took was 16 years, $1.8 million and the unrelenting efforts of the town's volunteer, all-women council.
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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
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March 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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.
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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...
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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...
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March 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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...
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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
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March 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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
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
February 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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.
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!
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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...
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February 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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...
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...
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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
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February 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Walrus (@thewalrus.ca) is launching six regional bureaus to tell Canada’s local stories
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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...
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January 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Tremendous! For those dedicated to local 👇👇 www.newswire.ca/news-release...
Goodbye to Cherry Blossoms, the strange gunshot wound-looking candy that has horrified children in grocery store check-out lines since (possibly) 1890!
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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
January 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Goodbye to Cherry Blossoms, the strange gunshot wound-looking candy that has horrified children in grocery store check-out lines since (possibly) 1890!
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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.
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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.
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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
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January 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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...
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...
“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
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From @thestar.com
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‘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.
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December 26, 2024 at 5:35 PM
“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
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From @thestar.com
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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.
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
December 24, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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.
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.
Big "kneel before Zod" energy with this bird.
All hail the Dark Lord of Terra Nova.
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All hail the Dark Lord of Terra Nova.
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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
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December 24, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Big "kneel before Zod" energy with this bird.
All hail the Dark Lord of Terra Nova.
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All hail the Dark Lord of Terra Nova.
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