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
Seems ok this time 🤞
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Seems ok this time 🤞
Sorry. Let me try this once more with feeling lol... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
FIRST PERSON | As a Black immigrant, Canada felt cold and uninviting. Cooking became my therapy and path to finding home | CBC News
Chef, actor, writer and entrepreneur Angeletta McKenzie writes about her struggles moving from Jamaica to St. John's, and how she learned to make space for herself and other immigrants.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Sorry. Let me try this once more with feeling lol... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Also just an added thought that this has to cross with municipal affairs like nobody's business. How much stuff that's not jobs and not education and not healthcare and not transportation are you going to do in realm of rural development that isn't straight up work with municipalities and LSDs?
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Also just an added thought that this has to cross with municipal affairs like nobody's business. How much stuff that's not jobs and not education and not healthcare and not transportation are you going to do in realm of rural development that isn't straight up work with municipalities and LSDs?
"Minister of Social Supports and Well-Being" (pauses and looks deadpan at camera) "Minister of Housing, Minister of Poverty Reduction, Minister Responsible for the Status of Persons with Disabilities" ... "and Deputy Government House Leader" #nlpoli
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October 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Minister of Social Supports and Well-Being" (pauses and looks deadpan at camera) "Minister of Housing, Minister of Poverty Reduction, Minister Responsible for the Status of Persons with Disabilities" ... "and Deputy Government House Leader" #nlpoli
"Minister of Jobs and Growth, Minister of Rural Development ++" ... I get it. Jobs absolutely not the same as broader rural development. But city isn't looking for jobs in same way as rural, so there's a default there. And wouldn't the generic "and growth" cover quite a bit? #nlpoli
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media.tenor.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Minister of Jobs and Growth, Minister of Rural Development ++" ... I get it. Jobs absolutely not the same as broader rural development. But city isn't looking for jobs in same way as rural, so there's a default there. And wouldn't the generic "and growth" cover quite a bit? #nlpoli