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travel
On Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula, history and beauty collide
Gros Morne National Park Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism
how we eat
Chewy, fudge-like Newfoundland Snowballs are an East Coast delight
Julie Van Rosendaal
opinion
Solitary confinement doesn’t work
Lisa Moore
canada
Regional groups expelled from national Indigenous women’s association ahead of AGM
Native Women's Association of Canada chief executive Lynne Groulx takes her seat after speaking during an event launching a graphic guide to genocide, Monday, June 19, 2023 in Ottawa. The association says it has been forced to lay off roughly half its workforce due to a major federal funding shortfall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
energy and resources
Federal $500-million bailout for Muskrat Falls power delays to keep N.S. rate hikes in check
Ottawa is negotiating a bailout of $500 million to help avoid a jolting power hike in Nova Scotia related to delivery delays of Muskrat Falls hydroelectricity over the past five years. Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson speaks during a press conference in Halifax, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Tutton
canada
Newfoundland and Labrador monitoring rise in whooping cough cases, medical officer says
Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, Newfoundland and Labrador's chief medical officer, says she is monitoring the rise of whooping cough infections across the province as cases of the highly contagious disease continue to rise across Canada. Fitzgerald attends a media availability in St. John's, Thursday, November 25, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
opinion
Canada’s school food program is taking shape, slowly
André Picard
canada
Newfoundland joins Ottawa’s national food program, to receive $9.1-million over three years
Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador Andrew Furey joins Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds, second from left, and members of his cabinet to makes an announcement in Rocky Harbour, Nfld., on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
report on business
Pitching in: Cycling across Canada to support Canadian Cancer Society
all 3 of us James Deer (left) Tyler Olston (Middle) Aaron James (right) in front of the light house at cape spear NFL (most eastern point of Canada)
canada
Postmedia CEO says layoffs at SaltWire, Herald are necessary to stabilize papers
The CEO of Toronto-based Postmedia is defending recent job cuts at Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain as necessary because of the bankruptcy of SaltWire Network Inc. The St. John's Telegram Printing Press, along with a display of some of the other publications, owned by Saltwire is shown on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
canada
Dispute over unrecognized Inuit group halts major conference for Canadian North
A 16-year-old biennial event aimed at fostering business in the country's Eastern Arctic and northern regions has been cancelled indefinitely as a dispute unfolds between Inuit in Canada and a Labrador group claiming to share their heritage. President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Natan Obed, joins Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as they co-chair the meeting of Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee in Ottawa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Newly reinstated Newfoundland cod fishery temporarily paused as landings hit limit
The federal government has temporarily paused parts of the newly reinstated commercial northern cod fishery off the east coast of Newfoundland as landings approach the seasonal limit. Fishing boats are shown in St.John's, Friday, Apr.16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie
report on business
As Newfoundlanders say goodbye to a daily print paper, some worry culture will suffer
Today is the last day for anyone to pick up the major daily newspaper in Newfoundland and Labrador in print. The St. John's Telegram Printing Press, owned by Saltwire is shown on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
canada
Judge dismisses charge for N.L. officer accused of assaulting volatile air passenger
A Newfoundland and Labrador judge dismissed an assault charge today against an RCMP officer accused of using excessive force against a man whose volatile behaviour grounded an international flight last year. The RCMP logo is seen on the background for a news conference, in St. John's on June 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
report on business
Postmedia cuts 30 per cent of newsroom jobs at St. John’s Telegram paper after takeover
Copies of the St. John's Telegram are seen at a local store, in St. John's, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. The 145-year-old newspaper is cutting its print run to once a week after a court approved Postmedia's purchase of the insolvent SaltWire Network earlier this month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
culture
Sixty years of Toyota in Canada: We start with a 1979 Cressida in St. John’s
The Cressida at Signal Hill.
report on business
Newfoundland newspaper The Telegram reducing print run after Postmedia purchase
Postmedia signage is pictured at the head office in Toronto, on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. A 145-year-old newspaper in St. John's, N.L., is cutting its print run to once a week after a court approved Postmedia's purchase of the insolvent SaltWire Network earlier this month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Lahodynskyj
canada
Myrle Vokey, educator who created Newfoundland’s famed Screech-in ceremony, dies at 85
Myrle Vokey created the famed Newfoundland Screech-in ceremony as a way to celebrate the island's unique humour and culture, and to make everyone feel welcome. Vokey is seen with his daughter's dog, Jersey, in an undated handout photo. He died Aug. 17, 2024, at the age of 85. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
world
Ernesto retains strength as a hurricane over the open Atlantic
An Environment Canada meteorologist says Newfoundland is expected to see major wave activity and possible downpours Monday into Tuesday as Hurricane Ernesto makes it way through the region. Waves pound the shore at Peggy's Cove, N.S. on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
canada
Ernesto to swing south of Newfoundland, but it will bring heavy rain and high seas
FILE PHOTO: Waves crash along the South Shore as the eye of Hurricane Ernesto passes Devonshire Parish, Bermuda August 17, 2024. REUTERS/Nicola Muirhead/File Photo