Ashley Fitzpatrick
@ashleyfitznl.bsky.social
Journalist in NL, Canada. 2024-25 St. Clair Balfour Fellow at Massey College. Insta: @ashleyfitzpatricknl
Does anyone know what this means in real terms? "The financial structure established by this investment will also enable Kruger to repay the existing loan to the Government of NL, reinforcing the Project's fiscal responsibility and long-term viability." www.gov.nl.ca/eccc/files/P...
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Out-of-pocket costs for health-care services like dental care and eye care have surged 18.5% since 2022, data shows, by John MacFarlane www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca @policyalternatives.ca
Food and shelter have driven Canada's affordability crisis. Health care isn't far behind | CBC News
Food and shelter grab headlines, but out-of-pocket health-care expenses have climbed at a nearly identical rate since 2022, Statistics Canada data shows. Economists and policy experts break down the s...
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Someone should really make the point that smiling and saying a single, big number is in no way a proper answer to any question on the details of power pricing.
The biggest story in our latest federal poll is Quebec. Two weeks ago: Liberals 48% Bloc 28% Today: Liberals 37% Bloc 35% Full results: abacusdata.ca/carney-libe...
If nothing else, I'd hope for just some really clear language in the Churchill announcement today. Avoid "deal" where possible. This is one or more MOUs? When - in their minds - would it come to contracts?
I'm just going to flag this clip, for all the people talking about NL in the context of shipbuilding. And if anyone wants to get real for me, talk labour, dollars and cents, you can reach me at ashley.fitzpatrick@cbc.ca open.spotify.com/clip/5ctKVLH...
Clip - Making Halifax into Canada’s defence city
The Decibel · Clip · 49s
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ATIPPA request filed March 11. Now on its fourth extension to the timeline for a response. It will be interesting to see if I get a response before they're out signing contracts on this thing.
I'll Wait Patiently
ALT: I'll Wait Patiently
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June 17, 2026 is the 10th anniversary of legal Medical Assistance in Dying in most of Canada. (Quebec started in December 2025.) To mark the occasion, here is a thread of stories I've written about MAID and the right-to-die over the past 40 years. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... /1
“Jesse Brown broadcast his lies to his audience and beyond. He said what he said in public, without ever calling me for comment in advance. The apology belongs in public too.”
Unofficial CTV News Mirror@ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 3mo agoCanadaland host apologizes to Theresa Kielburger, mother of WE Charity co-founders
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Canadaland, Jesse Brown to Pay $885,000 and Issue Public Apology in Kielburger v. Canadaland Inc. Over False Claim That Was Foundational to Its Reporting on WE Charity and the Kielburger Family
/CNW/ - Canadaland Inc. and its founder Jesse Brown will pay a total of $885,000 in damages and costs to Theresa Kielburger, an 82-year-old retired Toronto...
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Press Gazette@pressgazette.co.uk · 3mo agoA report from the Social Market Foundation has found areas deemed local news deserts had almost three times as much fake news in Facebook groups. On average two in five local Facebook groups and over four-fifths of X searches featured some misinformation www.smf.co.uk/publications...
Study of 5m+ patients "..found there was one excess death for every 72 patients who spent eight to 12 hours in [emerge] before being found a bed. The risk of death started to increase after five hours and got worse with longer waiting times." UK govt has committed to ending "corridor care."
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo agoMore than 1,300 deaths a month in England due to long A&E waits, figures suggest
Steven Guilbeault on Herle Berly talks Bay du Nord EA release. "This was a very hard day for me. This went against my personal belief. And I still approved it for a number of different reasons that have to do with being a cabinet member and running a country..." open.spotify.com/episode/1Rlh...
The Exit Interview: Steven Guilbeault
The Herle Burly · Episode
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In 2023 I reported Canada lacked evidence backing industry's claim Canadian LNG exports could lower global emissions by displacing coal. They knew domestic LNG would pollute, so they went digging for proof it could lower it elsewhere. As Matt writes here, our deal with Germany isn't displacing coal.
Matt Simmons@writermjs.bsky.social · 3mo agoMy latest looks at the recent Canada-Germany LNG deal through the lens of climate costs, with an honest accounting of the economic situation. thenarwhal.ca/canada-germa...