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Her son needed help with addiction. Instead, he's has been spending Christmas in an N.L. jail
Instead of spending the holidays with family, James Perry is spending it locked up inside Newfoundland and Labrador's largest corrections facility. His mother Gwen Perry says people need access to support, not incarceration.
A massive and menacing Steller's sea eagle is dazzling birders in a Newfoundland park
A national park in eastern Newfoundland has reopened in the winter so people can spot a rare site: a Steller's sea eagle that has taken up residence on the park's grounds.
Newfoundland retired nurse washed sick patients' hair every Saturday for more than 20 years
Retired nurse Mary Keiley was awarded a Confederation Medal this week in recognition of her volunteering at a St. John's hospital, washing the hair for those who couldn't do it themselves.
Tobin, Grimes celebrate 'long-awaited breaking of a gridlock' over Churchill Falls
Two former premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador say a draft energy agreement signed Thursday with Quebec shattered a political standoff that leaders had been trying to end for decades.
Northern stores 'absolutely not' hiking food costs when federal funding arrives, says CEO
The chief executive of the North West Co. Inc. is rejecting accusations that its stores in remote Indigenous communities hiked food prices as funding flowed in this year from federal programs aimed at making necessities more affordable.
The bright lights in Port de Grave mean more than Christmas. They're also about memory and loss
For the 26th year the eastern Newfoundland town of Port de Grave lit up dozens of boats in its harbour, an event that draws people in from all over Newfoundland and Labrador. An organizer says it helps remember those lost at sea.
More women with disabilities unhoused due to abuse, violence, data shows
Sixty-three per cent of women with disabilities who experienced homelessness said it was because of violence, compared with 54 per cent of women without disabilities, said a joint statement from The Canadian Human Rights Commission and the federal housing advocate.
'Who profits on hunger?' Inuit send pleading emails to minister about food costs
People in Nunavut and Labrador communities are voicing their concerns over the high cost of food, with some accusing retailers of hiking prices and that federal subsidies aren't going to consumers.
As N.L. firm pivots, scientists say Canada's green hydrogen dreams are far-fetched
A Newfoundland energy company's embrace of data centres is raising doubts about eastern Canadian hopes of harnessing the region's howling winds to supply Germany with power from green hydrogen.
Newfoundland wind-to-hydrogen company eyes data centre as international market lags
A company hoping to build a multi-billion-dollar wind-to-hydrogen project in western Newfoundland is eyeing other options as Canada's plans to supply Europe with green energy have not yet materialized.