
Mark Quinn
CBC News
Mark Quinn is a videojournalist with CBC's bureau in St. John's.
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St. John's eye doctor claims malicious defamation by N.L. health minister
A St. John's doctor is suing Health Minister John Haggie and the province, claiming he was maliciously defamed when Haggie raised concerns about cataract surgery almost three years ago.
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We owe it to the Newfoundland ponies to protect them, say advocates
People who love Newfoundland ponies are raising money to establish a heritage park for them in the Trinity Bay area.
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N.L. privacy commissioner says Justice Department preventing him from doing his job
In his submission to a provincial review of access-to-information legislation, Michael Harvey says he should be allowed to review solicitor-client privilege documents.
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N.L. woman wonders whether surgery delay contributed to husband's death
Jean Colbourne will always wonder if her husband would have lived if COVID-19 restrictions hadn't delayed his heart surgery. It's a question no one can answer.
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Long wait pushes St. John's heart patient to look to Ontario for surgery
A man who's been waiting for a coronary bypass a for more than a year says the wait is stressful, and he's not the only person on the list.
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Former training school students waiting too long for compensation, say class-action lawyers
Lawyers for more than 70 people who claim they were abused at Newfoundland Training Schools in the 1970s and 1980s are asking a judge to rule in their clients' favour without a trial, saying they shouldn't have to wait any longer for justice.
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Food Rescue on a mission to keep good food out of N.L. landfills
A group that has helped steer millions of pounds of food away from landfills and onto plates is now targeting Newfoundland and Labrador.
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New exhibit at The Rooms gives voice to N.L. residential school survivors
For decades they were told to keep quiet about it but now a new exhibition at The Rooms focuses exclusively on what residential school survivors experienced at the five schools that operated in the province.
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Solitary confinement damages inmates and fails society, class-action lawsuit says
Two former inmates have started a lawsuit that claims solitary confinement is a cruel practice that should not be used in Newfoundland and Labrador's correctional system.
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3 people hospitalized by salmonella outbreak at St. John's retirement home
More than a dozen residents at a retirement home in St. John's have been infected with salmonella, with three of them hospitalized for serious gastrointestinal symptoms.
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