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Juanita Mercer

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Juanita Mercer
3 years
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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Juanita Mercer
9 months
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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Juanita Mercer
9 months
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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Juanita Mercer
9 months
After seven wonderful years, I worked my last day at The Telegram last week. /1
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The Telegram
10 months
“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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Juanita Mercer
10 months
NEW | "There’s a particular movement across Canada now that is galvanizing Canadians, and their strength and unity — one that I have not seen in my lifetime — and that is a significant force.” #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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The Telegram
10 months
“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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The Telegram
10 months
‘He's not joking’: Furey says Trump's steel tariffs will impact NL
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The Telegram
10 months
“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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Juanita Mercer
10 months
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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Juanita Mercer
10 months
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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The Telegram
10 months
"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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Juanita Mercer
10 months
Empty United States shelves at the local liquor store in St. John’s, Newfoundland. #nlpoli
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The Telegram
10 months
Province announces "buy local" campaign to combat Trump's tariff threats
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Juanita Mercer
10 months
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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The Telegram
10 months
Could St. Lawrence, NL be Canada's first commercial spaceport?
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Juanita Mercer
10 months
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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Juanita Mercer
10 months
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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Juanita Mercer
10 months
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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The Telegram
10 months
Average ambulance response times are up to 65.4 minutes in parts of NL
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The Telegram
11 months
On the balance of probabilities: NL politicians vote in favour of MOU with Hydro-Quebec https://t.co/Qf6Tv00rVs
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