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Chad Bennett

Chad Bennett

Chad Bennett is a writer who lives in Downtown St.John's

    News January 29, 2019 January 28, 2019

    Affordable Housing in St. John’s: We Have a Problem & The City Released a Plan

    A full time minimum wage worker in St. John’s is unable to comfortably afford a 1-bedroom apartment. So we know a problem exists.

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    People January 13, 2019 January 13, 2019

    Newfoundlandia: How The Death of Henry Hall Caused The Banking Crisis Of 1894

    Was the fall of Newfoundland’s banks the fall of an independent Newfoundland?

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    News January 7, 2019 January 9, 2019

    The Thoughtful Conversation: Ring in the New Carbon Tax

    As of January 1st 2019, a carbon tax was enacted nationwide.

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    People December 15, 2018 December 15, 2018

    Newfoundlandia: The Cat-O-Nine Tails Incident That Changed Social Order in NL

    Two English judges tortured Newfoundland Fishermen as debt repayment in 1819

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    News December 11, 2018 December 11, 2018

    Follow Up: Are Food Banks Willing And Able To Distribute Wild Game?

    Minster Byrne has implied that food banks in NL are not interested in or able to donate wild game. So we asked around to test his claim.

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    People November 23, 2018 November 23, 2018

    Newfoundlandia: We Were Years Ahead of the World in Tackling The Cholera Epidemic

    While the great cities of Europe and North America still focused on noxious vapours as the primary mechanism of transmission, we here in St. John’s were focused on drinking water. At least 6 years ahead of the rest of the world

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    News November 9, 2018 November 9, 2018

    Newfoundland Growlers And Mile One Centre: Will Local Ownership Be The Difference?

    The Newfoundland Growlers are the fifth hockey franchise to call Mile One home in 18 years. That’s more hockey teams than provincial elections in the same time period.

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    Homeless
    News November 2, 2018 November 2, 2018

    Win Win: Social Housing is the Moral & Cost-Effective Solution for Homelessness in NL

    Cost associated with public systems used to temporarily house people who are experiencing homelessness. Hospital: $10,900; Jail: $4,333; Shelter bed: $1,932; Social housing: $200.

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    Bloody Monday
    People October 23, 2018 October 23, 2018

    Newfoundlandia: Bloody Monday, The Election Of 1861

    As a direct result of Bloody Monday, denominational schools were enacted in Newfoundland. All in all, 23 civilians were shot.

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    Labrador Northwest Passage
    News October 10, 2018 October 10, 2018

    Labra-doorway: Labrador Could Be the Future Trade Route of Global Commerce

    The northwest passage is poised to be the future trade route of global commerce.

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    News October 2, 2018 October 2, 2018

    Wild Game Isn’t Fair Game for Food Banks in Our Province?

    A provincial regulation meant to protect wildlife also stubbornly forbids food banks from stocking wild game.

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    News September 3, 2018 September 5, 2018

    Protecting The Taste Of An Island Summer

    Newfoundland is one very few places on earth safe from the blueberry maggot. An overwhelmed Canadian Food Inspection Agency jeopardized our access to wild blueberries this summer.

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    The Overcast is a multi-award-winning media body in St. John’s, NL.

    Best known for its monthly print magazine, its website, TheOvercast.ca, also posts 1-2 articles a day, hoststhe St. John’s Eats dinning and review directory, and administers the $12,500 Albedo Grant to help entrepreneurs get their big idea off the ground, as well as Newfoundland’s richest award for a local album of the year: The Borealis Music Prize.

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