Newfoundland & Labrador News

Joan Marie Aylward appointed Newfoundland and Labrador's new lieutenant-governor

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of a new lieutenant-governor to serve Newfoundland and Labrador.

Oct 12, 2023 7:42 AM Read more >

Newfoundland jail death renews calls for accountability in provincial corrections

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — It was shortly after another death was confirmed at a notoriously harsh Newfoundland jail that Bob Buckingham wrote to his fellow defence lawyers to ask what they could do to better advocate for inmates.

Oct 9, 2023 4:00 AM Read more >

Mould halts in-person visits at Newfoundland's notorious, rodent-infested jail

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — In-person visits have been cancelled at Newfoundland's crumbling, Dickens-era jail because of what inmates describe as an extensive spread of black mould.

Oct 4, 2023 8:48 AM Read more >

Newfoundland RCMP say phone service resumed for 911 service, detachments

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — RCMP in Newfoundland say phone service has been restored for police detachments and the province's 911 service.

Oct 4, 2023 12:37 AM Read more >

'We are sorry': Newfoundland and Labrador makes first apology for residential schools

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's premier delivered a solemn apology Friday to residential school survivors in southern Labrador, nearly six years after it was first promised.

Sep 29, 2023 1:48 PM Read more >

Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan host duelling health-care recruiting events

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador and Saskatchewan are locked in a battle for health-care workers, as the two provinces set up recruiting efforts on each other's turf.

Sep 28, 2023 1:08 PM Read more >

N.L. government to apologize to residential school survivors from southern Labrador

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government will begin apologizing to residential school survivors in the province, nearly six years after the apologies were first promised.

Sep 27, 2023 2:13 PM Read more >

A year after Fiona, a traumatized Newfoundland town backs away from the sea

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — One year after a wave driven by post-tropical storm Fiona slammed into the back of her house and twisted it like a corkscrew, Lori Dicks now lives up on a hill, far from the water.

Sep 24, 2023 4:00 AM Read more >

Small plane in fatal Labrador crash was overweight, but investigation inconclusive

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Investigators have been unable to establish what caused the fatal crash of a small plane near a Labrador airport last year because data from the aircraft's final minute in the air was destroyed on impact.

Sep 21, 2023 9:42 AM Read more >

Newfoundland university threw open its doors to Titanic dive operator, emails show

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.

Sep 20, 2023 9:09 AM Read more >