Newfoundland & Labrador News

CHANCE HARBOUR — A wildfire near Chance Harbour on the Bonavista Peninsula has destroyed an unknown number of cabins in the area, says Newfoundland and Labrador's forest fire duty officer.

ST. JOHN'S — The federal Fisheries Department says it found no evidence that fish-farming waste along Newfoundland's south coast was harming fish or their habitat.

ST. JOHN'S — Protesters have blockaded a Hydro-Québec work site at a proposed hydroelectric project in traditional Innu territory in Labrador, prompting the utility to suspend its operations in the area.

ST. JOHN'S — A romantic message in a bottle thrown from the cliffs of an island off Newfoundland nearly 13 years ago was found on a beach in Ireland this week — and the couple behind it are still in love.

ST. JOHN'S — An eastern Canadian conservation group is calling for a moratorium on aquaculture expansion in Newfoundland and Labrador, alleging fish-farming companies are stashing plastic garbage along the province's remote southern coastline.

ST. JOHN'S — The LGBTQ+ community in central Newfoundland is united and strong, despite recent vandalism appearing to target a rainbow crosswalk and Pride flag, a local advocate says.

ST. JOHN'S — Police say someone has vandalized a Pride crosswalk in the rural Newfoundland community of Botwood.

ST. JOHN'S — Students and staff at Newfoundland and Labrador's only university have offered the administration suggestions to reduce costs, increase revenue, and boost morale as the school looks to cut millions of dollars in spending.

ST. JOHN'S — Former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Andrew Furey has stepped down from his seat in the legislature.

ST. JOHN'S — Despite a lagging market for green hydrogen, the Newfoundland and Labrador government says it still plans to collect royalties from the province's nascent renewable energy industry.