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Liberals inching toward draft legislation for N.L. Disability Advocate

Minister’s update comes weeks ahead of provincial election. PC leader Tony Wakeham has committed to creating the office “immediately” after the election if his party forms government.

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Innu welcome first students into Innu-aimun immersion Kindergarten

After years of work, Innu in Labrador are schooling in their traditional language

Nunatsiavut minister says Labrador Air Access Program ‘risks reinforcing existing inequities’ for Inuit

Travellers can't fly from one Inuit community to another, and prices remain disproportionately high for north coast residents

Son of late Innu leader says Hydro-Québec does not have consent for Gull Island, wants work halted immediately

Innu Nation recently gave the Québec utility a conditional green light to do survey work for the proposed hydroelectric megaproject. Jerome Jack wants Innu leaders to step down and call a general election before Innu vote on the proposed deal.

Liberals’ Air Access Program for Labrador doesn’t provide meaningful help, critics say

The provincial government’s new Air Access Pilot Program falls short for Labradorians, say an Innu advocate, NDP candidate and opposition MHA

Innu open detox centre in Labrador 

Gabriel Rich says detoxing with support is safer than going it alone, and can lead to a better life

Sheshatshiu youth walking to Gull Island to join Innu land defenders

Gull Island is the site of a proposed hydroelectric project that would be operated by Hydro-Quebec after a Memorandum of Understanding between N.L., Quebec and Innu Nation

Hydro-Québec halts work at Gull Island in wake of Innu blockade

Innu land defenders blockaded the site of a potential hydroelectric megaproject Wednesday, saying preliminary work needs to stop while their communities grapple with what some are calling a lack of consultations and unknown impacts to the land

Hogan still silent on agency nurse healthcare scandal

Registered Nurses' Union President Yvette Coffey says the premier needs to respond if he hopes to restore trust in his government

Happy Valley-Goose Bay launches first public transit bus 

Residents can now travel throughout the community on a loop that takes about an hour and 20 minutes