Newfoundland & Labrador News

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Concerns over a lack of parking that led councillors in St. John's, N.L., to axe a proposal for affordable housing last week are part of a larger trend that is halting much-needed development across the country, experts say.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Police in Newfoundland are investigating possible weapons offences after a wayward seal was reportedly shot and killed in a coastal community near St. John’s.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — About two dozen people chanted and waved signs outside Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest jail Wednesday, demanding better care for inmates with addictions and mental health problems.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Data belonging to hundreds of thousands of Newfoundland and Labrador students was breached in a cyberattack targeting an information system used by schools across the country.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's government has appointed a team for the next round of negotiations with Hydro-Québec, as the provinces' public utilities work to hammer out a sweeping energy deal.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Norwegian energy giant Equinor has contracted two companies to do preliminary work for the stalled Bay du Nord offshore oil project in Newfoundland and Labrador.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — As the hunt for Newfoundland's so-called "backhoe bandits" continues, some contractors are taking umbrage at calls from officials to better secure heavy equipment on job sites.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The search for a woman who was swept into the ocean on Wednesday at a popular eastern Newfoundland tourist destination has been declared a recovery mission after intensive rescue efforts proved unsuccessful.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Comments from Quebec's hydro utility have some critics in Newfoundland and Labrador, including a former premier, worried that Canada's easternmost province has once again signed an unfavourable energy deal.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Police in eastern Newfoundland say that for the second time in less than a month thieves have used heavy equipment to smash into a bank and steal an ATM.