World’s largest solar-powered boat anchors in St. John’s
The MS Tûranor PlanetSolar will be in St. John's until Aug. 5.
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On the 'N-word' a long way from the Rock
Media watchdog says CBC at risk of being turned into a ‘state broadcaster’
With its back to the wall, will Canada's public broadcaster stand up to a government that is tightening its grip on the network's freedom? Or should 'friends' intervene?
Help us ask St. John’s municipal election candidates the right questions
Share the questions you want to ask city council candidates and be a part of The Independent's St. John's Municipal Election 2013 coverage.
Chris Velan bares all in ‘The Long Goodbye’
Montreal musician to launch new album in Newfoundland...
Cheep thrills
Recent headlines regarding abandoned chickens blame urban 'hipster farmers', but there's more to the story...
PHOTO ESSAY: St. John’s Pride Parade 2013
People turned out in record numbers to march in Sunday's Pride Parade in St. John's and celebrate the end of Pride Week 2013.
Fruithead will leave you laughing, blushing…and maybe scratching
Writer/actor Sara Tilley challenges personal beliefs and social norms as she explores creation, life, the environment, relationships and mortality through the movement, facial expression and sounds of her dynamic, animated, impossible-not-to-laugh-at character, 'Fruithead'.
“The timing is right for all this to happen”
Exploding onto the North American and global music scene with a powerful, innovative sound, Aboriginal DJ collective 'A Tribe Called Red' is creating a soundtrack for the "urban Aboriginal experience" and providing inspiration for Turtle Island's civil rights movement.
Celebrating sexual and gender diversity
On Tuesday St. John's became the first Canadian city to raise the Trans Pride flag as part of its Pride Week celebrations, but the question remains: Are there enough colours in the spectrum to represent all the ways people identify in terms of sexual and gender orientation?
So a Newfie goes to [New Zealand]…
On the 'N-word' a long way from the Rock
Media watchdog says CBC at risk of being turned into a ‘state broadcaster’
With its back to the wall, will Canada's public broadcaster stand up to a government that is tightening its grip on the network's freedom? Or should 'friends' intervene?
Help us ask St. John’s municipal election candidates the right questions
Share the questions you want to ask city council candidates and be a part of The Independent's St. John's Municipal Election 2013 coverage.
Chris Velan bares all in ‘The Long Goodbye’
Montreal musician to launch new album in Newfoundland...
Cheep thrills
Recent headlines regarding abandoned chickens blame urban 'hipster farmers', but there's more to the story...
PHOTO ESSAY: St. John’s Pride Parade 2013
People turned out in record numbers to march in Sunday's Pride Parade in St. John's and celebrate the end of Pride Week 2013.
Fruithead will leave you laughing, blushing…and maybe scratching
Writer/actor Sara Tilley challenges personal beliefs and social norms as she explores creation, life, the environment, relationships and mortality through the movement, facial expression and sounds of her dynamic, animated, impossible-not-to-laugh-at character, 'Fruithead'.
“The timing is right for all this to happen”
Exploding onto the North American and global music scene with a powerful, innovative sound, Aboriginal DJ collective 'A Tribe Called Red' is creating a soundtrack for the "urban Aboriginal experience" and providing inspiration for Turtle Island's civil rights movement.
Celebrating sexual and gender diversity
On Tuesday St. John's became the first Canadian city to raise the Trans Pride flag as part of its Pride Week celebrations, but the question remains: Are there enough colours in the spectrum to represent all the ways people identify in terms of sexual and gender orientation?