Juanita Mercer
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Surprised and honoured to receive this tonight! Thanks to my family for putting up with my pay equity rants, & my editors and everyone at @StJohnsTelegram @SaltWireNetwork for encouraging them. Thanks @NNA_CCJ for recognizing the importance of local news!
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Yesterday, I started at CBC, and I’m looking forward to continuing to do the work I love — this time, on the air. /End
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It was a privilege and a thrill to tell the stories of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. Thank you to everyone who trusted me with those stories. Each one shaped me in some way, and I considered every interview a privilege. /2
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After seven wonderful years, I worked my last day at The Telegram last week. /1
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“I spoke about our fishery, spoke about energy and critical minerals, but also spoke about how strong and united Canada is, and that the 51st state comments don't play well in Canada," Furey says of his trip to Washington
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“It's offensive for the President of the United States to not only claim, but to double down, that he's interested in taking Canada as the 51st state," says Premier Andrew Furey from Washington as he confirmed Trump's tariff threats would impact NL iron
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“Over and over again, in the choices that they make, they have shown us that we are not among their priorities," says Anne Malone, who is still waiting for the long-promised disability advocate in NL
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NEW | “As you walk in (to stores) to exercise what economic authority you have as a consumer, you can give some pause for thought,” Premier Andrew Furey said as he kicked off a buy local campaign on Tuesday. #nlpoli
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Newfoundland and Labrador unveils a buy local campaign today at Urban Market in St. John’s. Premier Andrew Furey holds a Newfoundland Chocolate Company bar. Details soon at @StJohnsTelegram. #nlpoli
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"Unless you stand up to a bully, you'll continue to be bullied," Furey says as NL pulls US liquor from NLC shelves amid Trump tariff war
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Empty United States shelves at the local liquor store in St. John’s, Newfoundland. #nlpoli
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NEW | On Jan. 5, the Liberal Party amended its bylaws, allowing the campaign chair to “issue a declaration of electoral expediency and alter the timelines and procedures" for candidate nominations, if necessary. #nlpoli
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NEW | Canadian aerospace organization NordSpace submitted a proposal to the town on the Burin Peninsula to develop the spaceport, a facility used to launch small space vehicles.
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NEW | Long ambulance response times are a result of systemic issues in the healthcare system, the province’s health critics said yesterday. #nlpoli
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NEW | I filed an access to information request with Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services for ambulance response time data. NAPE boss Jerry Earle contextualized the numbers, and said anyone reading it “would certainly be concerned.” #nlpoli
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On the balance of probabilities: NL politicians vote in favour of MOU with Hydro-Quebec https://t.co/Qf6Tv00rVs
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