Ashley Fitzpatrick
@ashleyfitznl.bsky.social
Journalist in NL, Canada. Many years in daily news, now more feature bylines. 2024-25 St. Clair Balfour Fellow at Massey College. Insta: @ashleyfitzpatricknl l Signal: AshleyFitz.84
You can look at the new report from Energy Research & Innovation Newfoundland and Labrador (province's Oil and Gas Corp is a member!). It's laughable setting this alongside the premier's post, given notes like: "The industry generates an annual average GDP of $8.85 billion" (2018-2024)
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
You can look at the new report from Energy Research & Innovation Newfoundland and Labrador (province's Oil and Gas Corp is a member!). It's laughable setting this alongside the premier's post, given notes like: "The industry generates an annual average GDP of $8.85 billion" (2018-2024)
Saw this on LinkedIn. As a painful-that-it's-necessary fact check: we were never out of the oil business. You don't need to take my word for it...
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Saw this on LinkedIn. As a painful-that-it's-necessary fact check: we were never out of the oil business. You don't need to take my word for it...
Halfway through November and *glam pic here* little more than halfway on my little Canadian Cancer Society fundraiser. Donations welcome! fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/participants...
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Halfway through November and *glam pic here* little more than halfway on my little Canadian Cancer Society fundraiser. Donations welcome! fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/participants...
U.S., but just highlighting... www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/in-m...
October 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
U.S., but just highlighting... www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/in-m...
Just finished and blown away by this book from Karl Wells. It's tremendous. Highly recommend.
October 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Just finished and blown away by this book from Karl Wells. It's tremendous. Highly recommend.
Almost forgot! Doing a little archival work the week and came across this absolute gem. From The Telegram 1999 😄 @vocmnews.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Almost forgot! Doing a little archival work the week and came across this absolute gem. From The Telegram 1999 😄 @vocmnews.bsky.social
There's a lot in this transit piece from The Independent, but I feel like this is one part NL doesn't talk about nearly enough. The business case for public transit in St. John's – The Independent share.google/7QkcZfQxo7Qr...
October 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
There's a lot in this transit piece from The Independent, but I feel like this is one part NL doesn't talk about nearly enough. The business case for public transit in St. John's – The Independent share.google/7QkcZfQxo7Qr...
For a second I thought they'd drawn in a moat around the new Penitentiary. But it's just a shiny driveway. Anyway- it's hot, yeah? Wonder how those folks are doing in the old HMP today...
July 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
For a second I thought they'd drawn in a moat around the new Penitentiary. But it's just a shiny driveway. Anyway- it's hot, yeah? Wonder how those folks are doing in the old HMP today...
What the hell kind of pipelines? www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
June 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
What the hell kind of pipelines? www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
Oh right, right, right...
May 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Oh right, right, right...
Last thought is we really need this conversation to happen rn. But if thinking about "what Canadians can afford", it can't be all voices at the centre talking about what they think they can afford for themselves.
May 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Last thought is we really need this conversation to happen rn. But if thinking about "what Canadians can afford", it can't be all voices at the centre talking about what they think they can afford for themselves.
Would those subsidies or that level of subsidy exist at all if CP weren't the service to these areas? Probably not. What would justify it? ..."exists for one reason"...
May 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Would those subsidies or that level of subsidy exist at all if CP weren't the service to these areas? Probably not. What would justify it? ..."exists for one reason"...
Clearly the real issues for Canada Post are fundamental changes. Letters are down but losses in flyers and full half of Canada Post business is parcels and that's dropped like a stone because people are going with the competition. More business then ever but they're not getting it.
May 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Clearly the real issues for Canada Post are fundamental changes. Letters are down but losses in flyers and full half of Canada Post business is parcels and that's dropped like a stone because people are going with the competition. More business then ever but they're not getting it.
What's in the report and basically never mentioned in news stories I've seen is the recommendation is based on the idea not of some rural drain or need to end rural services, but because many once-rural offices and areas are now considered urban areas
May 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
What's in the report and basically never mentioned in news stories I've seen is the recommendation is based on the idea not of some rural drain or need to end rural services, but because many once-rural offices and areas are now considered urban areas