This story was originally reported by The Narwhal, here. About an hour’s drive from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, the little fishing village of Fermeuse sits on the shores of a deep harbour, ...

“The economy and human rights aren’t mutually exclusive,” says Marie-Josée Houle, Canada’s federal housing advocate. “We’re not here to throw governments under the bus—but we can hold them to account.

For ex-pat Newfoundlanders, returning home for a visit is usually a carefree and joyful experience: visiting friends and familiar sights, filling up with the tastes and sounds of home. For the ...

Barely 24 hours before this year’s International Workers’ Day rally in St. John’s, police and masked workers displaced unhoused people living in a tent encampment on the grounds of Colonial Building.

Federal election signs in Cape Spear. Yumna Iftikhar. In the new federal riding of Cape Spear—formerly St. John’s South–Mount Pearl—Liberal and Conservative election signs dot the front lawns of homes ...

N.L. Health Services VP Innovation and Research and Digital Health Ron Johnson told The Independent the health authority follows provincial regulations when responding to patient complaints.

Justin Brake (settler, he/him) is a reporter and editor at The Independent, a role in which he previously served from 2012 to 2017. In recent years, he has worked as a contributing editor at The ...

Justin Brake (settler, he/him) is a reporter and editor at The Independent, a role in which he previously served from 2012 to 2017. In recent years, he has worked as a contributing editor at The ...

The PCs earned just enough seats to form a majority government in a stunning upset during the 2025 general election on Oct. 14, 2025. While earning 21 of 40 seats in the house of Assembly, the party ...

A group of Innu children at a camp in the 1960s. Submitted. Boxes of archival photographs depicting Innu life in the early-to-mid 20th century have been returned to Labrador. For almost a decade, Innu ...

Richard Nuna and Edmund Benuen excavate an old Innu camping site at Amatshuatakan, 1993. Courtesy Stephen Loring. A veteran archaeologist whose work is being disputed by Newfoundland and Labrador’s ...

Reporters [L-R] Derek Montague, Heidi Atter, Rhea Rollmann, Yumna Iftikhar and Justin Brake were recognized for their work. Background photo: Atlantic Journalism Awards/Facebook.