Newfoundland & Labrador News

Protest averted as Newfoundland and Labrador premier helps reach pricing deal on crab

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A potentially volatile dispute over Newfoundland and Labrador's crab fishery has been averted with the help of Premier Andrew Furey.

Apr 15, 2024 11:17 AM Read more >

Striking crab fishers vow to resume protests at Newfoundland and Labrador legislature

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The man who led a fish harvesters protest that shut down the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature building last month says he and his colleagues plan to return on Monday to keep up their fight for what he calls "free enterprise.

Apr 12, 2024 1:59 PM Read more >

Companies selected to replace crumbling, rodent-infested Newfoundland jail — again

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government has selected a corporate entity to replace a Victorian-era jail home to rampant rodent and mould infestations.

Apr 11, 2024 8:33 AM Read more >

In megaproject-weary Newfoundland, a massive hydrogen operation has some on edge

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.

Apr 10, 2024 2:33 PM Read more >

Controversial wind-powered hydrogen project gets final approval in Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A controversial wind-powered hydrogen development proposed for the west coast of Newfoundland has cleared its last hurdle with the provincial government.

Apr 9, 2024 12:30 PM Read more >

Dentist who let officer extract teeth from N.L. inmate granted absolute discharge

GANDER, N.L. — A dental surgeon who allowed a correctional officer to extract four teeth from a sedated inmate in central Newfoundland was granted an absolute discharge by a Supreme Court judge on Tuesday.

Apr 9, 2024 10:36 AM Read more >

Harvesters refusing to fish crab in Newfoundland and Labrador, saying price too low

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Crab fishing season has opened in most of Newfoundland and Labrador, but the union representing inshore harvesters says its members have left their boats tied up at the wharf.

Apr 8, 2024 3:53 PM Read more >

In path of totality, Atlantic Canada marvels at 'magic' of solar eclipse

GANDER, N.L. — An emotional astrophysicist struggled for words on Monday afternoon in Gander, N.L., after a total solar eclipse plunged the central Newfoundland community into darkness for more than two minutes.

Apr 8, 2024 3:50 PM Read more >

Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — There are many reasons a dozen people gathered two evenings a week this year in St. John's to build a traditional Newfoundland boat, bending and clamping long planks of wood and handling high-strength industrial glue.

Apr 7, 2024 4:00 AM Read more >

Anger and anxiety in Newfoundland after abrupt end to Growlers hockey team

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The sudden end of the Newfoundland Growlers has left sports fans crushed and business owners anxious in a capital city spurned before by professional hockey teams.

Apr 3, 2024 2:38 PM Read more >