Tag Archives: N.L

Finance Minister Siobhan Coady says there was only one transfer from a $22-million contingency fund set up to cover “unforeseen expenditures” by the Newfoundland and Labrador government in the last fiscal year. Nearly all of that cash — $21 million of the $22 million available — was transferred to again address …

Newfoundland and Labrador’s 2025 provincial budget responds to uncertainties related to United States tariffs. (Jenna Head/CBC) Newfoundland and Labrador has tabled a 2025-26 provincial budget that responds to uncertainty from the United States with record spending and record borrowing, while delaying its return to a balanced budget by another year. …

It’s hard to describe the sheer size of a whale when it washes ashore. That’s why Brendon Gould took to the beach with his drone in River of Ponds, N.L., on the Northern Peninsula. In a social media video that has amassed over 10,000 views, Gould lays on the rocks …

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Education ordered its schools to destroy thousands of books purchased two years ago because they contained “inaccurate information” about the territories, culture and history of the province’s Indigenous peoples.  On Feb. 3, school administrators were told to shred some 8,600 textbooks, purchased for $202,140 in January 2023, …

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey spoke with the media after a news conference announcing his resignation on Tuesday. (The Canadian Press) A political scientist says Premier Andrew Furey’s resignation serves as a bombshell in provincial politics that might be felt across the rest of Canada. “It loosely reminds me …

Shannon Driscoll struggled with painful and heavy periods her whole life.  Like a lot of people, she tried birth control pills to mitigate the pain and regulate her cycle. But nothing worked — until she got an intrauterine device, known as an IUD. That was about eight years ago, and now …

Canadian travellers are boycotting the U.S., and Newfoundland and Labrador tourism advocates are anticipating more visitors this year as a result. (Danny Arsenault/CBC) As the reality of a trade war between Canada and the U.S. continues to loom large, some see an opportunity to lure travellers who’d normally fly south …

Kate Fudge is an artist based in Pasadena. Her products feature popular Newfoundland and Labrador foods like Carnation milk and Cherry Blossom candies. (Submitted by Kate Fudge) First it was mustard pickles. Now, another Canadian convenience store staple is flying off the shelves forever: the Cherry Blossom candy, a fruit-filled chocolate …

A former head of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro says the Crown corporation is being duped by Hydro-Québec, which he believes should pay tens of billions more for Churchill Falls power under a new memorandum of understanding unveiled in December. “They’ve taken us to the cleaners. Most Newfoundlanders are oblivious to it,” …

A Turkish national flew from Paris to the islands of St-Pierre-Miquelon in hopes of sneaking into Canada, but with no idea how.  That is, until he met a Canadian sailboat owner in a bar, who offered to transport him across the 25-kilometre stretch of ocean separating the French archipelago from …