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Q&A: Mi'kmaw filmmaker Noel Joe speaks about his own decades-long reconciliation efforts
Noel Joe works toward truth and reconciliation in both his career and everyday life. From teaching the urban Indigenous community Mi'kmaw cultural practices to sharing Mi'kmaw history through film, he's been taking action toward truth and reconciliation for decades.
This group works to tackle food insecurity — because its members know what it feels like
Mothers from around Newfoundland and Labrador are members of an advisory group that sheds light on the realities of food poverty through their own experience.
Reporter's Notebook
Stewing over the cost of living? This mom digs into the grinding reality of making ends meet
The grocery bill for ingredients for a simple beef stew are about 40 per cent more expensive than just five years ago. CBC Radio's The Signal made a meal with a mom who’s feeling that pinch, and has much to say about the cost of living.
N.L. needs to build 60,000 extra new homes in 6 years. Industry experts aren't sure it can be done
The barriers to new housing in the province is contributing to the housing crisis. Industry experts say that some factors widening the gap is a shortage of labor and development regulation.
From compost to car insurance: Learn how new co-ops are growing in N.L.
A new incubator program that's mentoring five groups on Newfoundland and Labrador's Avalon Peninsula is now supporting new enterprises with goals that range from helping seniors to increasing local composting programs.
Here's where experts say the jobs in the 'just transition' to green energy will be found
Employment is already changing as Newfoundland and Labrador moves toward non-carbon-based energy production and as the economy transforms, the focus is on the jobs of the future.
Grassroots gardens, food sharing may be the answer to food insecurity in Labrador
Regional food hubs and community gardens can build on traditions of sharing, independence and local resilience to address issues of food security in northern regions of the province, advocates say.
Facing bare shelves and empty hampers, this food bank made an emotional appeal for help
At the Saint Vincent De Paul Carbonear Food Bank, things have been lean. The food bank had been struggling to fill its regular hampers, let alone prepare for special Christmas hampers.
How a satellite site is making nursing education more accessible in Labrador
A remote education strategy at Memorial University's faculty of nursing is proving to be a big hit in the Big Land, as students can stay closer to home while they earn their nursing degree.
'Small is all': A simple approach to helping people heal in the Big Land
CBC Radio's The Signal spent a few days in the Big Land speaking with the folks at Mokami Status of Woman in Happy Valley-Goose Bay about how small acts of empathy and kindness are creating big changes in the lives of people that use the organizations services.