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 ...

Premier Tony Wakeham won’t comment on Ithaca’s ‘political things’ but law professor says Newfoundland and Labrador could face ...

Micah Powell (right) and his family. Submitted. A Labrador family was forced to move to Newfoundland after they say the provincial government refused to cover the cost of sight-saving eye surgery for ...

A fire at a building formerly home to Tricia Dee’s restaurant occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday, Oct. 25. Robert Dawe / Facebook. Fire Chief Bradley Butler has spent more than two ...

‘I wish CHMR the best,’ Memorial University Students’ Union executive says ahead of vote to defund the campus radio station Reader-supported journalism for Newfoundland and Labrador The Independent is ...

Women won the right to vote a century ago but are still underrepresented in public office. St. John’s playwright Ruth Lawrence’s play tackles that head on. Reader-supported journalism for Newfoundland ...

Health and Community Services (HCS) Minister Lela Evans and Premier Tony Wakeham. On Saturday HCS said it had asked Deloitte to review the entire Health Human Resources Report, which the province paid ...

A provincial government advertising campaign encouraging local business owners in Newfoundland and Labrador to hire Ukrainians was well-intentioned, but it also hurt immigrants and refugees from other ...

Editors’ note: Justin Brake has taken on a new part-time role as Atlantic Canada investigative journalist for The Independent and Ricochet Media. This innovative collaboration between a regional and ...

Daze Jefferies. Photo courtesy B.G-Osborne. International Sex Worker Pride Day is a global celebration of sex workers, created to highlight the diversity of their stories and experiences, and the ...

Residents of the island’s west coast are calling for public hearings before the province makes a final decision on a controversial proposed wind-to-hydrogen megaproject that would be the first of its ...

You don’t have to go far in coastal Newfoundland and Labrador to see it: Traps piled high on wharves, setting day a buzz, once more breathing life, promise and money into fishing communities.