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4 N.L. women named among most powerful in Atlantic Canadian business
For the fourth year in a row, Atlantic Business Magazine has named their Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business, and four women from Newfoundland and Labrador have made the list.
When there was no inclusive fitness space available, this MUN student pioneered her own
A Memorial University student’s coursework has helped to pioneer an inclusive space for women in fitness.
A change of heart — literally — moved this couple to renew their wedding vows
If Dex Pelley made it through his heart transplant, he told his wife Bonita, he wanted to marry her again. One year after the surgery, the couple has many reasons to celebrate this Christmas.
Lights, food, and community: Sikhs in St. John's gear up for Guru Nanak Gurpurab
Guru Nanak Gurpurab celebrates the birthday of Sikhism's first guru, and five teachings he brought to the religion. The St. John's Sikh community is getting ready to mark the holiday this weekend.
See a music video written, performed and produced by these Sheshatshiu youths
N'we Jinan, a non-profit organization that helps Indigenous youths make music, has teamed up with a group of teenagers in Sheshatshiu to produce and release a music video, called Free to Be.
RNC says text alert about armed standoff wasn't needed because there was no immediate danger
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says it didn't use a mass text alert to warn the public about an armed standoff in downtown St. John's — at the time the annual Christmas parade was scheduled — because there wasn't an immediate danger to the public.
Despite dip during pandemic, N.L.'s reliance on antibiotics back up to worrying rates, says doctor
Dr. Peter Daley says the World Health Organization considers antimicrobial resistance one of the top 10 threats to global public health, and Newfoundland and Labrador prescribes more of them per capita than any other province.
All hands on deck! Students learn the ropes at Marine Institute's 10th annual model boat races
Marine Institute held its 10th annual model boat race Saturday, with students from around the province racing their own handmade vessels.
After fire destroyed his home, St. John's man wonders how he'll pick up the pieces
A fire that destroyed two buildings in downtown St. John's on Monday has displaced Maurice Doyle, his girlfriend and their pets. The Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation has provided them an emergency housing unit for now, but he wonders what's next.
The feds have moved the EI goalposts. In rural N.L., that's quite the pinch for seasonal workers
The qualifying criteria for employment insurance in rural Newfoundland and Labrador changed earlier this month. Many people say the criteria do not account for a unique economic landscape.