Abby Cole

Reporter @CBCNL // Concordia Journalism MA Student | [email protected]

[Abby Cole @abbycYYT]

I filed access-to-information requests to see what’s up at the youth detention centre in Whitbourne, NL.

Here is what I found

#nlpoli #justicesystem #newfoundlandandlabrador #localjournalism #cdnlaw #cdnpoli

https://t.co/Uo1oxBDWP4

[Abby Cole @abbycYYT]

… there is no question that who ever will take over for me will also feel the challenge but the pride in tackling that challenge on behalf of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.” #nlpoli #canpoli #trump

[Abby Cole @abbycYYT]

Obviously my big head would go in front of the camera during a scrum making national news 😅 I asked @FureyAndrew what he has to say to Newfoundlanders who are perhaps feeling anxious about him stepping down during such tumultuous times (I.e tarrifs) he said..

[Abby Cole @abbycYYT]

… won’t be accurate the next day. And makes promises breaks promises, makes agreements tears them up. So people have to understand that is going to be pervasive it’s going to be consistent and it will last the full four years. So while I can understand there is anxiety…

[Abby Cole @abbycYYT]

What information should I request next?

[Abby Cole @abbycYYT]

I filed access-to-information requests to see what’s up at the youth detention centre in Whitbourne, NL.

Here is what I found

#nlpoli #justicesystem #newfoundlandandlabrador #localjournalism #cdnlaw #cdnpoli

https://t.co/Uo1oxBDWP4

[Abby Cole @abbycYYT]

As U.S. President Donald Trump makes sweeping legislative changes, limiting rights and support for transgender people, members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community north of the border also fear for their future. 

https://t.co/yTeodwLZuW

[Canadian Coast Guard @CoastGuardCAN]

#CCGLive: This morning, our Marine Communications Traffic Services Centre from Port aux Basques, #Newfoundland, received a MAYDAY from the cargo ship MSC Baltic III located approximately 12 nautical miles outside the entrance to Bay of Islands.

[Abby Cole @abbycYYT]

Well. If you’re one of the ppl that likes hickory bbq, magic masala or … chicken and tomato?? You’re in luck! #stormchips #nltraffic

[Abby Cole @abbycYYT]

…the values that they are very open about, the values that they espouse and do those values reflect who we are, who you are as an individual, who we are as Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, and who we are as Canadians." #nlpoli #tariffs #tradewar #elonmusk

[Abby Cole @abbycYYT]

Gov NL is on Blue Sky now! I asked Premier Andrew Furey last week if he was considering leaving X. He said he was going to keep his personal opinions about X to himself but said "I think we all as responsible citizens and leaders, have to be aware of anyone who tries to...

[Abby Cole @abbycYYT]

…So I urge everybody when making their decisions on what media platforms to use, what cars to buy, to look at what the people behind them actually represent...

[Maddie Ryan @madisonjryan]

A young woman facing eviction from a St. John's non-profit housing unit says she has lost the will to fight for the place she has called home for most of her life. https://t.co/P3SkjE9V64

[Abby Cole @abbycYYT]

The five-day trial is atypically long for a trespass charge, said Rees as it's on the lower end of seriousness. But in this case, he said five days might be needed. 
#nlpoli

https://t.co/ISj2yYtxfx

[Abby Cole @abbycYYT]

It was a “hurry up and wait” kind of day in the newsroom, but we finally know what’s up with trump’s tariffs #nlpoli

https://t.co/GnDjyJyy1U

[Abby Cole @abbycYYT]

Follow me on blue sky! (Sorry Elon)

https://t.co/6Wg3XMCbQ9

[Abby Cole @abbycYYT]

@PatrioticNewfie https://t.co/JL5IVgZXRM

[Abby Cole @abbycYYT]

If anyone is a member or would like to speak on the situation at the St. John’s Iron Workers union please contact me at [email protected] #nlpoli
https://t.co/OHoE0pYQfc

[Maddie Ryan @madisonjryan]

N.L. Hip-hop artist Albert Dalton was confused when he noticed one of his songs was getting hundreds of streams — from Finland. Artificial streaming is frustrating independent musicians like Dalton, who are getting blamed by streaming giants like Spotify. https://t.co/VoLBy7JZ5n