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WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Residential school survivor Emma Reelis is standing in a St. John’s garden that is overgrown with weeds as she recounts the pain of what happened at schools in Newfoundland and Labrador. There was physical, sexual and psychological abuse. Children lost their languages and cultures. “I can only speak …
Read More »Facing blackouts and long waits, this St. John’s man is thanking virtual care for saving his life
Dylan Harris of St. John’s is crediting a virtual emergency room with saving his life after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. (Martin Jones/CBC) After waiting hours in an emergency room without finding an explanation for his condition, a St. John’s man is thanking a virtual clinic for saving his …
Read More »Different country, same scissors: Ukrainian barber ‘crushing it’ in St. John’s
Serhii Firsikov flew to St. John’s on May 9 aboard a plane that the Newfoundland and Labrador government chartered for Ukrainian refugees. (Caroline Hillier/CBC) The hairdryer and hair clippers that Serhii Firsikov brought from Ukraine don’t plug in to the sockets at his new chair at Fogtown Barber Shop in downtown …
Read More »Meet the Ukrainian refugee pets — and their humans — who arrived in St. John’s
Olga and Ivan Antoniuk and their two cats, Bella and Simba, arrived in St. John’s after fleeing from Ukraine. (Caroline Hillier/CBC) It turns out that Bella — a 13-year-old fluffy, skittish cat with kidney disease that, before last week, had never left her apartment in Ukraine — is a bit of …
Read More »How Charles and Camilla will face a colonial past during their St. John’s visit
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, visit Canada House in London on Thursday, ahead of a royal tour that starts Tuesday in St. John’s. (AP) Prince Charles and Camilla will be in St. John’s for only a few hours on Tuesday, but their short stay — the first leg of …
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