Capstone Project: Come from away

The College of the North Atlantic Journalism class of 2019 have published their final projects' videos and graduated this week. 

Why cannot municipalities bag it?

Municipalities find the convenience of single-use carryout shopping bags has become an inconvenience to the environment. 

According to EngageNL.ca’s background information, all plastic products,
such as shopping bags and straws, "are estimated to make up 43% of marine
litter worldwide." Melissa Wong/My Online Journalism Blog

Q&A: Talking with Minister Graham Letto

Graham Letto has been the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment for two months this January. This is a cleaned up excerpt of the interview that was conducted Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, by phone.

Plastic and microplastics are recognized as dangers to the environment in Newfoundland culture. Minister Graham Letto talks about what the provincial government is doing. Melissa Wong/My Online Journalism Blog