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Bonavista Biennale beckons

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BONAVISTA, Newfoundland – While there are massive music concerts and arts festivals all over the world, usually in urban areas, that attract thousands of people, often those in remote and out-of-the-way places offer a more engaging and immersive experience. The Bonavista Biennale is one of those. As the name says, it’s located in and around Bonavista, Newfoundland. A small town three-hours drive from the capital of St John’s, Bonavista sits on the remote tip of a peninsula in Canada’s easternmost province, face up to the North Atlantic ocean. This biennial exhibition of contemporary visual art attracts local, national, and international

Liberal’s lose poll lead in election 2021 gamble

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau scrums with the media in Ottawa. Photo by Alex

  OTTAWA – When Justin Trudeau called the federal election 2021 on August the 15th, with still two years left in his mandate, the federal Liberal party had a nearly 10-point lead over the Conservative party. He took a gamble that the public would look positively on this government’s Covid-19 response, and that the Delta variant fourth wave would not emerge. With the popularity of the Conservatives then at a low point, and internal division emerging around party leader Erin O’Toole, there were Liberal hopes of getting a majority government and not having to negotiate with the NDP or Bloc

Innu file suit as human rights report slams Canada for abuse

A Mushua Innu clild walks on the beach near Natuashish, Labrador. Photo by Greg Locke © 2021

NATUASHISH, LABRADOR August 12, 2021 – Days after a human rights report slammed Canada for its treatment of the Innu, the Innu Nation sued the federal and provincial governments over the Muskrat Falls energy project affecting their ancestral lands. The suit, filed in Newfoundland Supreme Court, names the provincial and federal governments, and was triggered by a joint government deal in which the Innu lost previously-negotiated benefits from the Muskrat Falls hydro project near Happy Valley, Labrador. The Innu only found out about the changes via news media, after the deal was announced. Earlier this week a scathing new Canadian

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau scrums with the media in Ottawa. Photo by Alex

  Welcome to Canadian Journalist, formerly Facts & Opinions. We are re-branding and re-launching our site to focus on Canadian news, journalism, feature stories, and professional analysis. We remain an independent news organization produced by professional journalists, editors, and media producers. We strive to bring you the best in trusted, professional content.   With the relaunch we are also adding Instagram and Twitter feeds as will as video content on YouTube, in partnership with Stray Light Media Group. We hope to have everything cleaned up and be back in business by the end of June, bringing you original content by

Innu first nations kept out of Labrador negotiations.

NATUASHISH, Newfoundland and Labrador – The Innu National is again being ignored and kept in the dark over negotiations between Canadian and Newfoundland provincial governments with regard to development of hydro projects in Labrador. The Province and Ottawa reached a financial restructuring deal this week and Innu leaders found out about it on the news. The Churchill Falls and Muskrate Falls are on the ancestral home if the Innu peoples which they call Nitassinan.    

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