Local Journalism Initiative

What will it take for the N.L. NDP to gain voter support?

Party leader Jim Dinn says it’s ‘mystifying’ the labour-oriented party can’t attract more support from workers in one of Canada’s most unionized provinces

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Arson suspected following series of fires in Happy Valley-Goose Bay overnight Friday

Four fires spanning just over six hours resulted in what the community’s fire chief called the ‘busiest night’ of his career

Labrador MP calls for urgent review following Wabush Airport fiasco

Flights in and out of the Lab West airport were suspended earlier this week, then restored, without explanation from authorities

If PCs ignore climate science, residents are going to have to speak up, says researcher

Political Scientist Angela Carter says Premier-designate Tony Wakeham’s recent comments on climate change are ‘worrisome,’ but that the PCs have an opportunity to align themselves with the science

Labrador priorities in the 2025 N.L. election

Labrador candidates talk Indigenous rights, food insecurity, climate change, and establishing a Search and Rescue station in the region

Will gender parity and a comparatively diverse slate of candidates pay off for the provincial NDP?

Political scientist Amanda Bittner says research shows more diverse legislatures lead to better policy-making

Workers’ issues sidelined by parties, say labour groups

As election day approaches, labour leaders say provincial candidates aren’t addressing people's “everyday troubles”

UPDATED: Liberal cabinet ministers, PC MHA have not filed public disclosures: Commissioner

N.L. Commissioner for Legislative Commissioner Ann Chafe says Liberal MHAs Elvis Loveless and Lisa Dempster and PC MHA Lloyd Parrott are non-compliant with their public disclosure statements, which were due in April

Natuashish band council office, cultural stage burn down hours after election 

Mushuau Innu elected Chief Patricia Andrew, who won a close race against incumbent Chief John Nui

Where N.L. parties stand on migrant workers

People coming to the province as Temporary Foreign Workers must be treated as human beings first, says researcher