If there was an official start to Newfoundland’s summer music season, Lawnya Vawnya would be it. Now in its 16th year, the ...

If built, rare earth minerals from Torngat Metals’ open pit mine would be transported by road to the coast near Nain (pictured above), then shipped by sea to Sept-Iles, Que. Photo: Justin Brake. A ...

Ron Webb says he and other community members don’t have a choice when it comes to dealing with Labrador’s rapidly changing climate, but they must adapt. “Years ago, we would get ice of the normal five ...

Five Indy journalists have been nominated in four categories [L-R]: Heidi Atter, Yumna Iftikhar, Derek Montague, Justin Brake and Rhea Rollmann. Background image: AJAs/Facebook. Illustration: The ...

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This story was originally reported by The Narwhal, here. About an hour’s drive from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, the little fishing village of Fermeuse sits on the shores of a deep harbour, ...

Inuit in Labrador have been bearing the brunt of climate change for years now, forcing those in Nunatsiavut to adapt to conditions that are changing their way of life and impacting their health. In ...

Selling underused university buildings is not, in itself, a bad idea. Signal Hill was never a campus. No classes were taught there, and no research that I know of was conducted there. Faculty who ...

Universal, accessible, free healthcare is a part of Canada’s national identity and a source of pride for Canadians. Most developed countries offer universal health coverage, and while some public ...

Provincial Housing Minister Joedy Wall recently spoke at the annual National Congress on Housing and Homelessness in St. John’s, where he told delegates about his government’s “commitment to ...

Margot Anne, a tribute boat, was brought to Confederation Building this week by Protect NL, a grassroots group protesting World Energy GH2’s planned wind-to-hydrogen project on the island’s west coast ...

Hundreds attended the 2023 May Day march and rally in St. John’s last spring. They called for, among other things, a living wage for workers in Newfoundland and Labrador. Photo: Tania Heath. In a new ...