Newfoundland & Labrador News
Parks Canada issues warning after video captures woman hit by wave at N.L. landmark
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Parks Canada has issued a safety warning after a video surfaced on social media showing a woman get knocked over by a huge wave at a popular tourist site in Newfoundland.
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Newfoundland and Labrador crab fishery grinds to a halt as harvesters protest prices
ST. JOHN'S, N.L.
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Several kids taken to hospital after chlorine gas leak at St. John's hotel: officials
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Hundreds of people were temporarily emptied out of a downtown St. John's hotel Friday afternoon after a chlorine gas leak in the facility's pool area, officials said.
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In Newfoundland, 'commissioning' of troubled hydro dam met with skepticism, unease
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Though Muskrat Falls has weighed heavily on Newfoundland and Labrador's finances and residents' morale, reaction was surprisingly muted to an announcement this week that the project is finally considered to be in working order.
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Newfoundland men accused of sexual violence against youth face more charges
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland police have laid more charges against two men accused of sexually assaulting multiple teenagers in St. John's.
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Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in N.L. considered commissioned: CEO
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project is considered commissioned after years of delays and billions of dollars in cost overruns.
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N.L. police lay sexual violence charges against two men in case from 2019
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland police have charged two men with sex crimes that allegedly occurred in 2019 in a residential area of St. John's. Bruce Escott, 80, is charged with single counts of sexual assault and sexual interference.
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Early Easter hampers Newfoundland tradition of eating seal flippers on Good Friday
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — This year’s early Easter has put a damper on a Newfoundland tradition of eating fresh seal flipper on Good Friday -- or at least it has for the man most widely known for selling them in the provincial capital.
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As resettlement vote ends in Gaultois, N.L., one resident hopes the town will remain
GAULTOIS, N.L. — Residents of a remote former fishing village along the south coast of Newfoundland had until Thursday to vote on whether to abandon their community. The provincial government will pay homeowners in Gaultois, N.L.
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Memorial University president removed after scrutiny of Indigenous claims
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The president of Memorial University was removed from her role Thursday after she faced weeks of scrutiny about her claims of Indigenous heritage.
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