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Dildo was hoping to cash in on a post-Kimmel boom — then came the pandemic

Sulagna Sanyal, left, and Rajesh Menon opened Yes B’y Indian Restaurant in the Newfoundland community of Dildo this past summer. (Chris O’Neill-Yates/CBC) When...

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What two brothers taught me about drug addiction. And why I need to apologize.

It’s not unusual for any journalist who pushes stories and topics with a degree of zeal to apologize from time to time for...

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Penitentiary staff arrested in killing of Indigenous inmate in St. John’s

Police have arrested an undisclosed number of correctional officers in connection to the death of Jonathan Henoche, an Indigenous man who was housed at...

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A robbery won’t keep this restaurant owner from serving up kindness

When Mithun Mathew opened his SpiceX restaurant in St. John’s, serving delicious Indian food wasn’t the only goal he had in mind. Mathew...

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Nasdaq buying N.L. online security company Verafin in $2.75B US deal

St. John’s-based online security and anti-fraud company Verafin will be sold to global technology giant Nasdaq for $2.75 billion US, the companies announced...

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Saskatchewan staved off bankruptcy in the ’90s. Is there hope for N.L., too?

Roy Romanow says he still loses sleep over decisions he made 27 years ago. The former NDP premier of Saskatchewan came to power amid...

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Justin Trudeau asked to help with Jordan Naterer search during Memorial University town hall

Fresh off surviving a confidence vote on a Conservative motion to look into the government’s ethics and pandemic spending, a relaxed-looking Justin Trudeau held...

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An Innu teen died in care. Now a fired social worker is speaking out

Wally Rich, a 15-year-old from Natuashish, took his own life in a Labrador group home in May. (Submitted by Innu Nation) The system...

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Innu Nation suing for $4B over disruption to land and culture caused by Churchill Falls project

Saying their community’s culture and way of life was devastated by the construction of a hydroelectric project, the Innu Nation of Labrador is taking...

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N.L. travel ban upheld in provincial Supreme Court ruling

A judge has ruled that Newfoundland and Labrador’s controversial COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-residents will remain intact. In a ruling released Thursday, Justice Donald Burrage...

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Sailor sounds alarm after Americans approved to join St. John’s ship without isolating

Four technicians from a Texas-based company will be joining the Maersk Nexus without isolating for 14 days. The Newfoundland and Labrador government says...

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With the pandemic pinching the unregulated market, legal cannabis sales spike in N.L.

With the pandemic pinching off the supply of illicit drugs, the sale of legalized cannabis products in Newfoundland and Labrador appears to be...

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Police investigating suspicious death, maintain heavy presence on St. John’s street

There is a heavy police presence on a residential street in the west end of St. John’s, as officers investigate a suspicious death. A...

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Thought to be extinct, Beothuk DNA is still present in N.L. families, genetics researcher finds

Steve Carr is a biology professor at Memorial University in St. John’s. (Memorial University ) A St. John’s genetics specialist has found DNA...

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‘Christmas miracle’: Zimbabwe student’s lost passport, visas found

‘Christmas miracle’: Zimbabwe student’s lost passport, visas found Leonard Mawora made a public plea for help to find his passport after he accidentally...