One-on-one with Hayden
In the lead-up to his second-ever Island visit, Canadian folk songwriter Hayden Desser is interviewed by Newfoundland musician Jon Janes.
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More questions loom as Labrador votes in controversial by-election
Unresolved concerns over Peter Penashue's 2011 campaign financing may undermine the integrity of the federal democratic process in Labrador as voters go to the polls.
Annual independent music and arts festival underway in St. John’s
Now in its third year, Lawnya Vawnya celebrates independent and do-it-yourself music and art.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
Amidst mounting tension on Confederation Hill and throughout the province, the Dunderdale administration is seeing the backlash to its own austerity program. Current efforts to manage dissent are being met with growing resistance. In whose hands does the future of Newfoundland and Labrador reside?
Popular documentary film series to launch in St. John’s
With a growing need for constructive dialogue about important social, political, cultural and economic issues, a group of St. John's residents are working together to bring Cinema Politica to Newfoundland.
It takes all kinds of people to make a record
St. John's band The Burning Hell are back with a new album, one songwriter and lead singer Mathias Kom calls the group's "rockingest" but "darkest" record to date.
Province-wide demonstrations oppose cuts to public college programs
Concerned students and staff of the College of the North Atlantic say the province's move toward privatizing Newfoundland and Labrador's public college programs will make education inaccessible to many and disproportionately affect those in rural areas.
Hunger striking NunatuKavut elder calls for a unified Labrador
As discontent over Muskrat Falls mounts in Labrador, 74-year-old Jim Learning is being detained in solitary confinement and is on day five of a hunger strike that began with his April 5 arrest. He is calling for unity among Labrador's aboriginal groups and non-aboriginal residents.
“The greatest love story ever told”
A new documentary on the Occupy movement puts a decade of work by an acclaimed Canadian filmmaker into perspective. Occupy NL organizer Tom Clarke, Indy editor Justin Brake and Velcrow Ripper talk about the movie and the Occupy movement.
NunatuKavut launches ‘on-the-ground action plan’ to halt Muskrat Falls
Angry elders and a community of people who've exhausted all other options are strong indicators Labrador's Inuit-Metis have only two choices: lay down or stand up