Newfoundland & Labrador News

ST. JOHN'S — John Hogan has been officially sworn in as Newfoundland and Labrador’s 15th premier. The Liberal premier announced the members of his new cabinet, who were also sworn in today during a ceremony at Government House in St. John’s.

SMALL POINT-ADAM'S COVE-BLACKHEAD-BROAD COVE — Residents of two small communities in eastern Newfoundland fled their homes Thursday as a wildfire raged along the shore of Conception Bay, burning houses and other buildings about 45 kilometres northwes

ST. JOHN'S — A community in Newfoundland and Labrador has declared a state of emergency and ordered some residents to evacuate because of a wildfire that has already destroyed some homes.

ST. JOHN'S — A provincial Supreme Court judge will determine the fate of a rural Newfoundland church after lawyers argued Tuesday that its parishioners must hand it over to be sold to compensate survivors of abuse at a former orphanage in St. John's.

ST. JOHN'S — Liberals in Newfoundland and Labrador elected John Hogan as leader and the province’s new premier designate on Saturday.

ST. JOHN'S — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is installing a bronze plaque to commemorate the safe return of seven fishermen who survived days at sea in a life-raft after their vessel went down in flames last year.

ST. JOHN'S — The RCMP have taken over the search for a pilot reported missing after his small aircraft crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of Newfoundland on Tuesday morning.

ST. JOHN'S — The search for a pilot whose small aircraft crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of Newfoundland continued for a second day on Wednesday.

ST. JOHN'S — A Liberal candidate won by just 12 votes in a rural Newfoundland riding that was among three white-knuckle Atlantic Canadian races in Monday's federal election.

ST. JOHN'S — Crews are searching for a pilot missing in the waters off the east coast of Newfoundland after a pontoon plane crashed this morning while en route to Portugal.