News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador

There are two new cases of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador on Tuesday as a slow but steady influx of new infections continues to flow into the province. 

A combination of missed deadlines, change orders and settlements has pushed the cost of completing the transmission system on the Labrador-Island Link beyond the half-billion-dollar mark.

The federal government’s first budget in two years has pleased many — including Newfoundland and Labrador’s finance minister, business and labour leaders, as well as a child care advocate.

In a year that has seen life turned upside down by the COVID-19 global pandemic, Kyle White made a 180-degree turn in his own life by dropping some bad habits and more than 150 pounds.

The province announced four new cases over the weekend as the virus rips through hotspots across the country.

The PCs and NDP kicked off regular business in the House of Assembly on Monday by pushing the Liberals to embrace an independent examination of the election.

To no one’s surprise, statistics reveal that collisions in areas patrolled by the RNC plummeted last year as drivers stayed home because of the pandemic. But it’s not yet clear whether that will mean lower insurance costs in the future.

There are piles of personal protective equipment that don’t meet provincial standards lying around occupying space — lots of space — in Newfoundland and Labrador’s pandemic warehouse.

The Department of Health announced four new cases of COVID-19 this weekend — all in the Eastern Health region — as Newfoundland and Labrador’s total case count crept up to 22.

“Newfoundland and Labrador is a small province, but we recognize the significant impact this is having on Canadians living in Ontario. And we want to be able to help,” Premier Andrew Furey said.

“Newfoundland and Labrador is a small province, but we recognize the significant impact this is having on Canadians living in Ontario. And we want to be able to help,” Premier Andrew Furey said.

The call from Eugene Nippard, chair of Air Ambulance Medical Transport Advocacy Group, comes after 73-year-old Clifford Russell spent nearly 30 lying on an exam table at a community nursing station waiting for a medivac.

Like most teens, Parker Matchim spends hours of his free time online. But instead of TikTok or Twitch, you’ll find him searching through historical archives and genealogical sites for his family lineage.

Steve Doiron is a fixture on Water Street in downtown St. John’s, playing songs for people stopping nearby for a coffee or a tank of gas. “I drifted my whole life away from here,” he says. “And now after all these years, it feels like home.”

What were once rare sightings on Newfoundland’s rivers appear to be more common, as cormorants — better known as “shags” to seabird hunters — are being spotted in Bowring Park and around the Waterford River.

Shawn Bath switched his underwater focus after experiencing an epiphany about the state of Newfoundland and Labrador’s shorelines. As Andie Bulman writes, his work is the subject of a new documentary.

Alex Newhook’s debut was a welcome surprise for his family, who had been waiting for almost two weeks to see him lace up his skates for the Colorado Eagles.

Pandemic border restrictions have severed ties — and left families stranded — between the two communities.

Famed folk musician Ray Johnson spent 12 years patiently building a huge replica of the world’s most famous ship. Now he’s launching it at a special show on the anniversary of the luxury liner’s sinking.

Governments need to base their policy on evidence, not on the wishes of big business and the donor class, writes Lori Lee Oates.

Pre-election polls suggested the Liberals might win by a landslide. That didn’t happen. As John Gushue writes, the party now is in a position to reinvent itself with a new leader.

Newfoundland and Labrador added three new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, all in the Eastern Health region, according to the Department of Health.

In June 2017, Jared Moffat of Prince Albert, Sask., and Tim McLean of Nipigon, Ont., were killed when the transmission tower they were putting up between Bay d’Espoir and the western Avalon were killed.

It took six years and a million-dollar deal between France and Canada, but passenger vehicles from the archipelago can now roll right into Newfoundland.

While news of a bailout package for Air Canada is being greeted with relief in some parts of Labrador, others aren’t so jovial.

Geoff Newman was hesitant to buy an electric car, but now his family has two and he hopes his youngest child will never set foot on the gas pedal of a fuel-powered vehicle.

Corner Brook will have its first roundabout in June, but not everyone in the city is convinced it’s needed.

PC candidate Sheila Fitzgerald is the latest to turn to the courts to challenge the results of last month’s general election.

Dentists in Newfoundland and Labrador say they’ve been making their case to the provincial government to be prioritized for immunization, but haven’t made any headway.

Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, both related to travel. 

The Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal has ruled that the federal government is not liable for sexual abuse suffered by a then-teenage cadet at CFB Greenwood five decades ago.

The Queen’s representative in Newfoundland and Labrador uttered ominous words from the House of Assembly Thursday, outlining an era the lieutenant governor framed as both an impending disaster and an opportunity.

Mitigations and adaptations to climate change within Nunatsiavut are multiplying, but all share one element: they’re being led locally.