Cultural Guardian Jodie Ashini hopes the archival photographs will help strengthen youth’s connection to Innu culture, and ...

New public housing unites under construction on Army Street in the Buckmaster’s Circle neighbourhood of St. John’s. May 22, 2026. David Downton. In the wake of the party’s first budget since coming to ...

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Ron Webb says he and other community members don’t have a choice when it comes to dealing with Labrador’s rapidly changing climate, but they must adapt. “Years ago, we would get ice of the normal five ...

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, ...

A note from the authors: Dear readers, we have wanted to cover this story for a long time. Given the fishing tragedies this province has endured, we acknowledge this is a difficult subject. This ...

If built, rare earth minerals from Torngat Metals’ open pit mine would be transported by road to the coast near Nain (pictured above), then shipped by sea to Sept-Iles, Que. Photo: Justin Brake. A ...

Five Indy journalists have been nominated in four categories [L-R]: Heidi Atter, Yumna Iftikhar, Derek Montague, Justin Brake and Rhea Rollmann. Background image: AJAs/Facebook. Illustration: The ...

Selling underused university buildings is not, in itself, a bad idea. Signal Hill was never a campus. No classes were taught there, and no research that I know of was conducted there. Faculty who ...

Deloitte Canada headquarters in Toronto. Rayshono/Wikimedia Commons. Deloitte Canada says it “firmly stands behind the recommendations put forward” in a healthcare report it produced for the ...

The ocean and fisheries remain fundamental to Newfoundland and Labrador’s identity and economy. Seasplainer asked party leaders how they would navigate federal jurisdiction to advocate for the ...

Universal, accessible, free healthcare is a part of Canada’s national identity and a source of pride for Canadians. Most developed countries offer universal health coverage, and while some public ...