👤 Sarah Smellie

7 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
7
2026-09-06 – 2026-10-30
Claims per article
24
169 extracted in total
Hedged claims
4%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,717
characters
Writes for CBC News, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
86%
Other
14%
Most-tagged topics
CanadaGanderN.L.CanadiansNewfoundlandNova ScotiaQuebecthe United States

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
1 scored article; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.24 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-11 · The Globe and Mail · Politics
With hundreds of planes in the air on 9/11, Canada had minutes to respond
35 outlets covered this event
2026-09-06 · The Globe and Mail · Politics
Newfoundland's 9/11 guests: 'We are not Trump'
35 outlets covered this event
2026-09-14 · Toronto Star · Politics
Newfoundland and Labrador Tory leaves party as debate about Quebec energy deal begins
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-30 · CBC News · Politics
Churchill River energy agreement with Quebec not open for renegotiation, says N.L.
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-22 · CBC News · Politics
Firm behind planned Anthropic data centre in Nova Scotia denies owing fees to N.L.
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-16 · Toronto Star · Other
Experts say Indigenous communities deserve say John Risley's art collection sale
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-06 · The Globe and Mail
Newfoundland's 9/11 guests: 'We are not Trump'
🔮 Americans who were stranded in Newfoundland after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States say they are dismayed by their president's treatment of Canada. assertive
2026-09-11 · The Globe and Mail
With hundreds of planes in the air on 9/11, Canada had minutes to respond
🔮 On Thursday, Collenette will be in Gander, N.L., where 38 planes landed on Sept. 11, 2001, and the town of about 9,000 people dropped everything to care for some 6,500 passengers stranded there for days. assertive
2026-09-14 · Toronto Star
Newfoundland and Labrador Tory leaves party as debate about Quebec energy deal begins
🔮 Keith Russell told the legislature in St. John’s, N.L., that he would now represent his Lake Melville district in Labrador as an Independent member, but he did not say why he was leaving the governing party. assertive
2026-09-15 · The Globe and Mail
Chrétien touts Canada’s generosity, strength in speech at Gander’s 9/11 ceremony
🔮 “The more we are insulted, are threatened and abused, the more we will stand up for ourselves and stand united.” assertive
2026-10-16 · Toronto Star
Experts say Indigenous communities deserve say John Risley's art collection sale
🔮 “Our collection would not include any such pieces,” he said recently via text message. assertive
2026-10-22 · CBC News
Firm behind planned Anthropic data centre in Nova Scotia denies owing fees to N.L.
🔮 The government obliged in April 2025, saying it would shrink the area to roughly 1,800 square kilometres, according to letters obtained by The Canadian Press earlier this year through an access-to-information request. assertive
2026-10-30 · CBC News
Churchill River energy agreement with Quebec not open for renegotiation, says N.L.
🔮 'Let me be clear: we will not be renegotiating the deal,' says Wakeham Newfoundland and Labrador's premier says an agreement with Quebec to develop energy in Labrador is not open for renegotiation. Tony Wakeham said Wednesday that the Newfoundland and Labrador government had already voted in favour of the non-binding agreement, which he unveiled in August alongside Prime Minister Mark Carney and former Quebec premier Christine Frechette in St. John's. "Let me be clear: we will not be renegotiating the deal, and will not entertain an attempt by anyone else wishing to renegotiate the deal," he said. assertive
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