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Chewing through all this pandemic and election stuff can be a little much sometimes. So The Independent has a palate cleanser wherein Edward Riche samples some of the province’s many local delicacies. First up: urchin roe, perhaps better known as uni. https://theindependent.ca/2021/03/11/pasta-alla-ray-guy/

St. John’s City Council met on Monday, and Jess Puddister has a short but sweet wrapup of the latest developments. https://theindependent.ca//11/so-moved-st-johns-8-march-2/

As the Premier's Economic Recovery Team falls behind schedule, a coalition of concerned citizens and community organizations has launched its own grassroots effort to develop a People's Recovery. Justin Brake explores what this coalition is doingand why.

As the 2021 NL election (very slowly) draws to a close, Alicia Morry's final District Focus takes us through Terra Novaa district that has variously swung back and forth between the Liberals and PCs over the years. It's a race to watch.

After a short hiatus, the Independent's weekly editorial newsletters are back. This week Drew Brown writes some surrealist fanfiction about the many adventures of everyone's mutual friend, Chief Electoral Officer Bruce Chaulk.

In this week's So Moved: St. John's, Jess Puddister gives us a high-level overview of the KPMG report into whether or not the City should sell Mile Oneand breaks down an application for two new personal care homes in the East End.

There are no bears on the Avalon Peninsulathat's the traditional wisdom, anyway. But changing climates and municipal regulations may push bears into new places they don't traditionally go. Here's Conor McCann with some important bear news for the Independent.

All good things must come to an end... including Notes From the Rafters. It has been beyond awesome having Emily Deming cover St. John's City Council for The Independent. We're sad to see her go. Fortunately, she's going out with a great review of the newly-full council chamber, some exciting things coming up around town, and St. John's pioneering campaign finance reforms.

Earlier this month, the Memorial University Climate Action Coalition held a Transit Town Hall to discuss what went wrong with last year's U-Pass referendumand what needs to be done to make it work. Meagan Campbell covered it for the Independent.

"While NL’s political elite seem blasé about the situation, politically, the province already looks less like a province and more like a ward of the federal government. This budget says it all." Here's Russell Williams' assessment of Budget 2020 for The Independent. The budget yesterday was light on policy announcements. But as a window into the real state of the Newfoundland and Labrador economy, it was heavy.... We're climbing deeper into the pit.

Here is a lovely photo-essay from Brendan Kelly reminding us that we have until 1 October 2020 (i.e. Thursday) to give feedback on WERAC's "A Home for Nature: Protected Areas Plan for the Island of Newfoundland."

Emily Deming is back on the municipal beat for The Independent. Here's her latest recap of this week's city council meeting, and the latest update on the Ward 2 byelection.

Emily Deming has been in court covering the Snelgrove case for The Independent. Here is her first dispatch on how and why things ended last week in a mistrial.

Yesterday, Drew Brown attended the pro-oil and gas rally at Confederation Building in St. John's. While a crowd of hundreds demanded urgent political support, Premier Andrew Furey was hazy on the details of what kind of federal help was coming.

Here's Gord Little celebrating the Premier's enthusiasm for recycling... https://theindependent.ca//09/11/indy-inks-11-september-2/

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Great letter here from Asia Holloway about new research into what more active transportation (walking, cycling, etc.) would mean for St. John's. Not only would more active transport infrastructure make us healthierbut it'd save the city lots of money, too!

https://theindependent.ca/20//20/indy-inks-20-august-2020/

St. John's City Council never stops and neither does Emily Deming. We've got big byelection news, an upcoming car-concert at the old Stavanger Zellers parking lot, a rare example of a thoughtful and well-researched letter from a concerned citizen detailing fifty years of traffic developments in their neighbourhood, and more!

St. John's City Council met yesterday, which means it's time for another roundup from Emily Deming! Come for the account of Hope Jamieson's last meeting; stay for the piercing insights into the Townie NIMBY mind, and the brutally hilarious description of McMansions as "beige Barbie dream house[s]."