Newfoundland & Labrador News

At-risk Newfoundlanders and Labradorians can now get details on partner's history

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador has become the third Canadian province to enact a law allowing those at risk of domestic violence to get information from police about their partner's history, officials announced Thursday.

Nov 2, 2023 1:44 PM Read more >

N.L. wants details on environmental impact before hydrogen project can move forward

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government has asked the company vying to build one of the country's first large-scale green hydrogen plants to provide more information about the project's effects on the environment.

Nov 1, 2023 4:28 PM Read more >

Budget update: Newfoundland and Labrador projects $154-million deficit

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is inching closer to balancing its books, according to a fiscal update on Tuesday.

Oct 31, 2023 12:54 PM Read more >

N.L. government to offer apology for residential schools to Nunatsiavut Inuit

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government will offer an apology to residential school survivors and their families in Nunatsiavut and Happy Valley-Goose Bay next week. Premier Andrew Furey will make apologies from Nov. 1 to Nov.

Oct 27, 2023 2:00 PM Read more >

Gas and power utility Fortis reports $394M Q3 profit, up from $326M a year earlier

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Fortis Inc. reported a third-quarter profit of $394 million, up from $326 million a year earlier. The gas and power utility says the profit amounted to 81 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Sept.

Oct 27, 2023 6:04 AM Read more >

Inside Newfoundland and Labrador's private, for-profit homeless shelter system

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A homeless woman says she's been placed back in the very system she was trying to escape when she began living in a tent across the street from Newfoundland and Labrador's legislature building.

Oct 25, 2023 3:35 PM Read more >

Scotiabank says it will close eight branches across rural Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Scotiabank says it is closing eight branches across rural Newfoundland.

Oct 24, 2023 2:32 PM Read more >

Auditor flags high salaries, lavish spending at Memorial University in Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.

Oct 23, 2023 2:38 PM Read more >

Innu leaders quit meetings with N.L. premier, citing issues with unrecognized group

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Innu leaders say they will no longer be attending Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey's annual meetings with the province's Indigenous groups.

Oct 20, 2023 1:19 PM Read more >

After two weeks, minister hasn't visited tent city outside Newfoundland legislature

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A homeless woman living in a tent city across from Newfoundland and Labrador's legislature says it's "insulting" that the province's housing minister hasn't made his way over to the site to speak with residents.

Oct 19, 2023 1:45 PM Read more >