Newfoundland & Labrador News

Memorial University sought $13,800 in PR help as president's Indigenous claim probed

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador agreed to spend $13,800 on outside public relations help as questions arose about its former president's claims of Indigenous heritage.

May 15, 2023 12:05 PM Read more >

Hopes dashed for a new deal in Newfoundland and Labrador's stalled crab fishery

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Crab fishers and processors have once again locked horns in Newfoundland and Labrador, prolonging a bitter standoff in the province's lucrative snow crab fishery.

May 11, 2023 2:40 PM Read more >

Politicians stage protest over university's decision to ban the 'Ode to Newfoundland'

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Politicians across Newfoundland and Labrador have registered their dismay with a decision by Memorial University to extend a ban on the singing of the provincial anthem at convocation ceremonies.

May 11, 2023 11:53 AM Read more >

A year later, Ukrainian hopes to stay in rural Newfoundland but work is hard to find

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.

May 9, 2023 2:00 AM Read more >

N.L. crab fishers reject latest price offer from processors, as fleet stays at wharf

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Crab fishers in Newfoundland and Labrador are keeping their boats at the wharf after rejecting the latest price offer from the association that represents processors.

May 7, 2023 12:10 PM Read more >

Former John Howard Society worker in N.L. accused of demanding sex for urine test

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A former employee of a national non-profit organization for incarcerated men has been accused of demanding a sexual favour in exchange for a clean urine test.

May 5, 2023 2:00 AM Read more >

As crab fishery protest enters fourth week, N.L. minister asks union for secret vote

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's fisheries minister has waded into a standoff in the province's snow crab fishery by asking the harvesters union to hold a secret vote about whether a work stoppage should continue.

May 4, 2023 11:47 AM Read more >

'Only in Newfoundland': Dildo, N.L., man captures phallic iceberg in Conception Bay

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A Dildo, N.L., man's photo of a phallic iceberg in Newfoundland's Conception Bay was getting laughs across the globe on Saturday.

Apr 29, 2023 2:28 PM Read more >

Newfoundland and Labrador blames Ottawa for ferry price hikes to mainland Canada

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's energy minister says a move by Marine Atlantic to hike ferry ticket costs to mainland Canada "falls squarely on the shoulders of the federal government.

Apr 27, 2023 2:25 PM Read more >

Newfoundland's Terra Nova oilfield faces more delays, uncertainty

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — An oilfield off the southeast coast of Newfoundland that hasn't produced crude since 2019 is facing more setbacks.

Apr 27, 2023 11:52 AM Read more >