COVID-19 from the military, the Canadian Red Cross — and Newfoundland and Labrador.“Newfoundland always punches above its weight,” Balsom said in interview Friday.
She’s from Random Island, near the central Newfoundland community of Clarenville. Like thousands of others from the East Coast province, she now lives in Fort McMurray, the northern Alberta oilsands town, after her family was lured there for work.Balsom owns a publishing business and sits as a councillor with the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, which includes Fort McMurray.
In what is perhaps an indicator of just how many Newfoundlanders and Labradorians live in the region, she’s one of three people on council from the province.“There’s such a strong connection between the.