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Smoke filled the air in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on June 6, 2025. The town does not have an active air quality sensor despite ...
Pijogge. Heidi Atter. When Journalists for Human Rights reached out to The Independent to see if we would be interested in ...
As industry leaders gathered to promote Newfoundland and Labrador’s role in the global green energy race, protestors stood ...
Instead of looking to the private sector for answers, the provincial government should be investing in our public healthcare ...
In Newfoundland and Labrador, music plays a key role in preserving history and expressing the province’s identity and ...
Beverly Glenn-Copeland is looking forward to his first-ever visit to Newfoundland. By that point Glenn-Copeland (who goes by Glenn) and his wife Elizabeth (a writer, theatre artist and artist educator ...
In Newfoundland and Labrador, music plays a key role in preserving history and expressing the province’s identity and cultural heritage. Through their work, these musicians are helping newcomers ...
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 ...
At a time when immigration policies are changing rapidly and impacting Canadians’ perceptions of newcomers, Coming to Newfoundland & Labrador explores the lives and experiences of “New Canadians” in ...
On Wednesday the Liberal government announced “the historic return of the commercial Northern cod fishery.” “Ending the Northern cod moratorium is a historic milestone for Newfoundlanders and ...
In Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador has the highest rate of deaths from cancer, the second-highest from cardiac disease and the third highest for stroke. We have the highest level of complex health ...