N.L. budget has $372M deficit, includes $200M tariff contingency fund
The Newfoundland and Labrador government is forecasting a $372-million deficit in its budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, a jump of about $120 million from the previous year.
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University lifts ban on the singing of Newfoundland and Labrador’s official anthem
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Memorial University has lifted a ban on the singing of the 'Ode to Newfoundland' at convocation ceremonies, saying the prohibition was too divisive.
Massive wandering polar bear visits Labrador and Quebec during spring feeding tour
Walter Bolger had to hit the brakes for an unusual roadblock in southern Labrador this week.
N.L. minister defends care homes after report cites deaths, assaults, feces on walls
N.L. acting minister of health says he would have no qualms about putting a family member in a personal care home after an auditor’s report listed assaults and feces-smeared walls among complaints from facility residents.
Report logs abuse, overdose and feces-strewn walls at private care homes in N.L.
A new report from Newfoundland and Labrador’s auditor general details complaints of abuse, missing residents and feces-strewn walls at personal care homes in the province.
Newfoundland and Labrador's 2021 pandemic election will finally be tried in court
A man who says his right to vote was denied in Newfoundland and Labrador’s 2021 election will finally have his day in court.
Newfoundland destroys textbooks with inaccurate information about Indigenous people
Education officials in Newfoundland and Labrador recently ordered the destruction of thousands of textbooks because they contained inaccurate information about the province’s Indigenous population.
Leaders barricade Labrador Innu community in bid to stop flow of drugs
Leaders in the Innu community of Sheshatshiu in Labrador have authorized barricades at the town’s entrance and evicted some residents in an effort to curb the flow of drugs.
Man charged with attempted murder in strange Newfoundland snowmobile injury
A snowmobiler’s puzzling injury has led police in Newfoundland to charge a 66-year-old man with attempted murder.
Opening interprovincial beer sales would be 'huge blow' to Newfoundland jobs: unions
As Canada vows to knock down internal trade barriers, unions representing workers at two large breweries in Newfoundland say easy beer sales between provinces would put local jobs at risk.
Man in Newfoundland drives to police station where he is accused of drunk driving
A man who drove to a police station in Newfoundland to talk about an investigation was arrested for drunk driving shortly after he arrived.
N.L. fishing crew rescued after days adrift in raft had good safety practices: report
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the crew of an ill-fated Newfoundland fishing vessel who spent days adrift in a life raft last year had solid safety practices in place.
Researchers race to cure 'Newfoundland curse,' which can kill without warning
Terry Rideout says he was loading up his fishing gear the first time a tiny implant in his chest sent bolts of electricity into his heart and shocked it back into its regular rhythm.
Newfoundland history has lessons for ‘imperialist’ Trump regime: Furey
The outgoing premier of Newfoundland and Labrador says he’s drawing on the province’s history as he urges Canadians not to underestimate U.S. President Donald Trump’s 'imperialist' ambitions.
After four years, a Newfoundland man still fighting for his vote in the 2021 election
A hearing today in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court ended exactly how Whymarrh Whitby hoped it wouldn’t: in another delay.