Local Journalism Initiative

PCs call on DFO to expand food fishery

Party leader Tony Wakeham asks Premier John Hogan to join him in pushing for the expansion, and on federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson to listen to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians

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Innu youth join calls for action on Sheshatshiu drug crisis

Angel Jourdain McKay is one of three youth seeing drugs kill people in her community

Northern Labrador in ‘crisis’ as people ration food, toilet paper, baby supplies

The Kamutik W ferry hasn’t been able to sail to all north coast locations due to ice 

Marking Pride month amid ‘emboldened’ rise in prejudice, bigotry 

MHA Lela Evans has received a number of bigoted messages so far this month

Labrador still without air quality sensors well into 2025 wildfire season

Province cites same issues it faced installing federally-funded sensors in 2024

Crews battling Churchill Falls fire with water bombers, helicopters 

One mother in the Labrador community says the outpouring of support last summer helps her family feel better about the current fire situation 

Innu-aimun Kindergarten ready to launch in Sheshatshiu, Natuashish

After years of work and preparation, students will soon be fully immersed in Innu-aimun when they begin school

Bell Canada scraps Labrador high-speed internet project, plans to invest in U.S.

The telecom giant’s decision to abandon project leaves Indigenous communities without necessary high-speed internet and cell services indefinitely

Patient leaves Labrador Health Centre to recover at home after false promise of hospital bed

Ann Marie Tobin was recovering from surgery at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s when she was told a bed awaited her in Labrador. When she arrived, the Happy Valley-Goose Bay resident says she was left on a stretcher in a hallway.

Airport CEO says province’s new ‘air travel loop’ for the Island drawing ‘ire’ and ‘anger’ in Labrador

The Liberals’ air service agreement with PAL Airlines to develop an ‘intraprovincial’ air travel loop via St. John’s, Gander and Deer Lake comes as Labradorians face unaffordable airfares for necessary travel