The June 29, 2025 episode of The Indy Broadcast includes the following stories:

• Northern Labrador in ‘crisis’ as people ration food, toilet paper, baby supplies
• Innu youth join calls for action on Sheshatshiu drug crisis
• Province updates income support rates as part of Poverty Reduction Plan
• Auditor General raises ‘serious’ concerns over agency nurses costs and planning
• Registered Nurses' Union responds to province's core-staffing review announcement
• Doctors at St. John's hospital tender resignation notice
• Innu Nation and Hydro-Quebec reach agreement-in-principle on Churchill Falls
• N.L. education system struggling to meet the needs of newcomer students
• Corner Brook keeps mail-in voting
• Senate passes Bill C-5
• Neglecting to mention Innu or Inuit, Hogan tells Labrador Expo crowd hydro projects in Labrador "fit the criteria" for nation-building projects under C-5
• Canada joins new NATO defence investment pledge to up military and defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035 
• Provincial government inviting public input for its review of child protection legislation
• Abby Newhook drafted to PWHL

Stories and links referenced in broadcast:

• Northern Labrador in ‘crisis’ as people ration food, toilet paper, baby supplies | Heidi Atter | News | June 25, 2025 | The Independent

• Innu youth join calls for action on Sheshatshiu drug crisis | Heidi Atter | News | June 27, 2025 | The Independent

• Province announces increased income support | Yumna Iftikhar | News | June 24, 2025 | The Independent

• Auditor general raises ‘serious’ concerns over agency nurses costs and planning | Yumna Iftikhar | News | June 26, 2025 | The Independent

• N.L. education system struggling to meet the needs of newcomer students | Yumna Iftikhar | Coming to Newfoundland & Labrador | June 26, 2025 | The Independent 

• St. Clare's internal medicine doctors give mass resignation notice, warn of 'impending crisis' | Ryan Cooke | June 27, 2025 | CBC News

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The June 22, 2025 episode of The Indy Broadcast includes the following stories:

• Badger Fire
• Labrador air quality sensors
• Federal Bill C-2, the Strong Borders Act
• Federal Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act
• DFO Northern cod announcement
• Newfoundland Power 7% rate hike
• Seniors’ Advocate releases 2024-2025 Status Report on Recommendations
• Meteorologist Eddie Sheerr leaves NTV

Stories and links referenced in broadcast:

• Labrador still without air quality sensors well into 2025 wildfire season | Justin Brake | News | June 16, 2025 | The Independent
• Province botched air quality monitoring plan for Labrador ahead of harrowing wildfire season  | Yumna Iftikhar & Justin Brake | Investigation | Sept. 20, 2024 | The Independent
• Cod recovery is about more than numbers | Dean Bavington | Analysis | June 20, 2025 | The Independent
• Swept by the Sea | Monica Kidd | berrygrounds podcast | Sept. 23, 2023

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The Indy Broadcast's 2025 Federal Election Special. We tour the province to speak with voters about the most pressing issues.

Links:

Fact check: Long Range Mountains 2025 Federal Election Candidates Debate (Harrison Samphir, April 16, 2025)

A case for supervised consumption sites in N.L. (Zoe Rowe, April 16, 2025)

WATCH: St. John’s East 2025 Federal Election Candidates Debate (Harrison Samphir, April 17, 2025)

The lure of anticipatory compliance in the face of a Poilievre Conservative government (Lisa Moore, April 19, 2025)

On healthcare, you don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone (Kari Brown, April 20, 2025)

Labrador’s federal election candidates on housing, addictions and reconciliation (Heidi Atter, April 20, 2025)

Why Nutrition North is failing Labradorians (Derek Montague, April 20, 2025)

Labrador mother calls on next MP to establish primary marine search and rescue station (Heidi Atter, April 22, 2025)

Paid sick days should be a basic right, not a privilege (Jerri-Lyn Lewis, April 23, 2025)

Human rights, housing and the economy: Labrador youth share their federal election priorities (Heidi Atter, April 24, 2025)

Evasion, erasure and protest: Advocates work to ensure Palestinian solidarity remains an election issue (Rhea Rollmann, April 25, 2025)

Cape Spear voters highlight key election issues (Yumna Iftikhar, April 25, 2025)

Where the federal parties stand on housing (Hope Jamieson, April 25, 2025)

Where is gender equality in the federal election? (Rhea Rollmann, April 26, 2025)

Town Hall Tales: notes from three federal election events in St. John’s (Kassie Drodge, April 26, 2025)

The Independent's 2025 Federal Election Candidates Debate for St. John's East, live from Memorial University's Signal Hill Campus in St. John's. Featuring candidates Sam Crete (Communist Party), Mary Shortall (NDP) and Otis Crandell (Green Party). Moderated by Independent reporter Yumna Iftikhar.

Show notes coming soon.