Fortune favours the brave
Fortune is worth visiting for many reasons. Not least of which is that this is where animal life officially began on Earth
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Where an epoch lies
Gallipoli is perhaps the most infamous battle of the First World War. It is also the first place the Newfoundland Regiment saw action in that war. Why then was it such a key location, and why were the Newfoundlanders there?
Trouble on the high seas
Newfoundland's connection to the eastern Mediterranean might not be immediately obvious, but it has actually played an important role in a century of political, geographical and geological conflicts there.
Green bay hackers
For thousands of years, the Baie Verte Peninsula has proven very rich in mineral pickings. Such a concentration of strange and valuable commodities in a small area invites the inevitable question: why?
No mink left to sea
The remarkable story of a now-extinct resident of the island
A pitcher worth a thousand words
With contrary feeding habits and an ability to eke out a living on unforgiving terrain, the purple pitcher plant is surely a true Newfoundlander.
Burrowing in the Rock
There's plenty of reasons to love Newfoundland and Labrador. For Liam, it's because the province is an ichnological paradise...
How to seduce Newfoundlanders into liking cricket
Start by shooting a Hollywood movie about the game here
Northern uproar
How Newfoundland and Labrador is shaking up the national cricket scene
Gros Morne’s Old Lost Sea
The extraordinary, ancient, oceanic landscape that made Gros Morne National Park a UNESCO World Heritage site.