Unmasking Donny Dooley: Newfoundland’s Most Wanted Troll

“One day after making a public appeal for the charity through media, Lyver saw a tweet from Dooley suggesting the charity was a naked case of fraud and questioning whether his child had ever existed at all. Those tweets were quietly deleted, so Lyver blocked the Dooley account and moved on. But that only encouraged the troll to ramp up his personal attacks on a man clearly attempting to disengage.”

 

Drew Brown – The Independent – January 2020

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A Glimpse Inside: A Day at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary

“The reality inside is: plastic baggies covered in feces, and slip and falls suspected to be otherwise—severe enough to require hospitalization. There’s head shots, pools of blood from self-inflicted cuts spotted on CCTV, and towels used to staunch wounds only to be rinsed in the shower by a CO and applied to a body again in the hopes of saving a life.”

Ashley Fitzpatrick – The Independent – January 2020

Living Well Amid Waste: Wealth, Wages, and Food Insecurity

“‘We’ve had to use the food bank a few times, but it’s been a while. We try not to, we don’t as much with the 50% racks now at work,’ Youden explains. She has two teenagers and a nine year old at home. She says that’s where ‘Flashfood,’ a new app that lets grocery stores post their discounted food online, comes in for her. ‘It’s not gone bad, but it’s close to code—close to the expiry date. It’s the only way I can provide healthy food for myself and my family.'”

Heidi Janes – The Independent – December 2019