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 failed an Innu teen who…
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 Hydro-Québec and Churchill…
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 wrote that the…
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 it isn't keeping a…
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 filling some of the…
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 body was visible…
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 connections that link the Beothuk…
‘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 left it in a…
N.L. family heartbroken over ‘missing’ ashes
N.L. family heartbroken over 'missing' ashes A Newfoundland woman has filed a complaint against a local funeral home after what are supposedly her late husband's ashes were…
Online name-calling between Alberta, N.L. an unexpected post-election fallout
Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador have a lot in common, including a shared economic reliance on oil, but the comments of social media users took on a…
What N.L. could learn from the worst offshore oil disaster in U.S. history
Marine scientist Donald Boesch says the controversy fuelled by recent oil spills off Canada's East Coast has some "fairly interesting and striking comparisons" to his past work…