There were no boos when Pete Hoekstra appeared at the 25th anniversary commemoration. Instead, Newfoundlanders kept their ...

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Lesa and Gery Winsor say their 6-year-old Border Collie-Retriever is trained to sit at the end of his driveway; officer told couple RNC gets ‘a lot of complaints about dogs being off leash' ...

[L-R]: Elvis Loveless (Liberal), Lloyd Parrott (PC) and Lisa Dempster (Liberal) are non-compliant with the legislative requirement to disclose assets and liabilities with the province’s commissioner ...

The Labrador Health Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. File photo. Dr. Adolf Hamann, an obstetrician and gynecologist (OBGYN) under investigation following complaints from at least 20 patients, has ...

As talk about developing an LNG export project in Newfoundland and Labrador continues, residents have questions — and the answers might be on the other side of the country Reader-supported journalism ...

This article discusses residential school experiences, which some readers may find distressing. To get to the post office in North West River, for years Joanna Michel would pass the residential school ...

St. Anne’s School in South East Bight. Wikimedia Commons. Education policy is in a malleable state. Across Canada, governments are addressing the use of cell phones in classrooms, with policies ...

Marjorie Aunos and her son on an accessible trail at Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada. Yumna Iftikhar. It’s a warm day with a light breeze — noon on a Wednesday in August. An ...

Newfoundland and Labrador is one of the best prepared provinces in Canada when it comes to wildfire response—a crucial asset amid rising risks associated with extreme weather and climate change. But ...

Coreen Turourout (left) and Sandra Woolridge (right) protest outside the Energy NL conference in St. John’s on June 3, 2025. Yumna Iftikhar. Residents from communities on the Port au Port Peninsula, ...

Auditor General Denise Hanrahan (right) said Wednesday that by March of this year, “the average agency nurse will cost taxpayers over $400,000 annually.” Office of the Auditor General. A new report ...