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21 Articles
Mount Cashel orphanage,

Judge rules Roman Catholic corporation not liable for abuse at Mount Cashel

The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. John's, N.L., is not liable for abuse in the 1950s at the notorious Mount Cashel orphanage because a senior priest likely didn't believe boys who reported it, a judge ruled on Tuesday, March 20, 2018.
News, Politics | March 21st 2018
The construction site of the hydroelectric facility at Muskrat Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador is seen on Tuesday, July 14, 2015.

Landslide near $13B Muskrat Falls project raises fresh 'anguish' downstream

Roberta Frampton Benefiel lives downstream from the massive Muskrat Falls hydro project in Labrador. And, she's among many in the area taking no comfort from official assurances that a recent landslide nearby poses no risk of a major dam failure.
News, Politics | February 14th 2018
Justin Trudeau, residential survivor, Toby Obed, apology, Govt. of Canada, former students, Residential Schools, Happy Valley-Goose Bay,

A long wait ends: Trudeau apologizes to N.L. residential school students

Once frightened, lonely children who lost their culture and innocence rose in a standing ovation on Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, as the prime minister at last said it for all Canadians: It was wrong, and we are sorry.
News, Politics, Culture | November 26th 2017
Jimmy Tuttauk, residential school student, Hopedale,

Long Inuit wait for residential-school apology from prime minister ends Friday

Jimmy Tuttauk was working on the remote coast of northern Labrador when he first heard that Ottawa was settling with former students of residential schools.
News, Politics | November 22nd 2017

Women and children first: How an elusive maritime custom evolved - and waned

There were outraged headlines around the world when about 80 women and children were left to die in the freezing North Atlantic off Newfoundland as crew members raced to save themselves.
News, Politics | November 5th 2017
Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Canada, Francis Forbes law lecture, Memorial University, Newfoundland,

Lack of legal aid leaves too many defendants to represent themselves: top judge

The old adage goes something like this: a man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client.
News, Politics | October 20th 2017
Mary March, Indigenous name, Demasduit, last Beothuk, Lady Hamilton

Multiple distinct groups historically populated Newfoundland, DNA study suggests

About 5,000 years ago, after massive ice sheets from the Last Glacial Maximum retreated, the Maritime Archaic peoples carved a living from the sea and woodlands on Newfoundland's west coast.
News, Politics, Culture | October 12th 2017
Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Headquarters, New York City,

PM to apologize Nov. 24 for residential schools in Newfoundland and Labrador

It was described as a "double dagger to the heart" when former residential school students from Newfoundland and Labrador were shut out of a national apology in 2008.
News, Politics | October 7th 2017
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, Liberal cabinet meet, St. John's, N.L.,

Ottawa 'anxious' to meet 2018 deadline for marijuana legalization: Goodale

Canada's public safety minister says the federal government is anxious to legalize marijuana by next summer despite police services saying there's zero chance they'll be ready.
News, Politics | September 13th 2017
water, Nestle, Ontario, bottles, environment

Clean your water bottle: study finds bacteria in water storage containers

Researchers studying higher rates of gastrointestinal illness in Inuit communities have a message for all Canadians: wash your water bottles and storage containers.
News, Politics | August 7th 2017
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