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WATCH: This Newfoundland Video Will Make You Laugh

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada

Quick, what’s the word to describe that feeling when food, however unappealing, is all you crave at the end of the day? Time is up. The answer (i...

Absurd Vancouver Property: What $1.6 Million Can Buy

Melissa Carr | Posted 06.05.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Melissa Carr

Over the next few weeks in my Absurd Vancouver Property series I'm going to take you across Canada from east to west. Today, what $1.6 million can buy in Newfoundland versus in Vancouver.

Newfoundland And Labrador Budget Axes Jobs, Costs

CP | Sue Bailey, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.26.2013 | Canada Politics

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The good times aren't over for oil-rich Newfoundland and Labrador but a spending hangover has forced the government to sober up wit...

WATCH: Newfoundland Like You've Never Seen It Before

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada Travel

Newfoundland may not have the oil sands of Alberta, or British Columbia's year-round temperate weather, but the province more than makes up for such "...

Look Out, Newfoundland

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.11.2013 | Canada Politics

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A winter storm that hammered the Maritimes was swirling east across Newfoundland on Sunday bringing high winds and heaps of snow.En...

Province Imposes Visitor Restrictions As Flu-Like Virus Spreads

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.14.2013 | Canada Living

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland's largest health authority has imposed visitor restrictions on a nursing home, adding to a growing list of health faci...

Thousands Without Power Following Newfoundland Snow Storm

CBC | Posted 03.14.2013 | Canada

Thousands of people in Newfoundland are still without power due to Friday's blizzard. Newfoundland Power's Michelle Coughlan said that 2,7...

A Boat Tour of Newfoundland's Controversial Resettlement

Adrian Brijbassi | Posted 02.05.2013 | Canada Travel
Adrian Brijbassi

Bruce Miller is Bayman to the core, with a lilt in his brogue and a ready wink to go with his easy smile. He makes a meagre living as a fisherman and labourer and augments his income operating one of the most unique and riveting tours in Canada, taking visitors to communities affected by Newfoundland's controversial resettlement.

Leslie's Centre To Hit Newfoundland Tuesday

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.09.2012 | Canada Politics

HALIFAX - The likelihood of tropical storm Leslie's centre making landfall in Newfoundland this week is high and its effects will be far-reaching, the...

Energy Company Explores Potentially Huge Shale Oil Find

CP | Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.09.2012 | Canada Politics

CALGARY - A long, narrow stretch of shale rock that runs along western Newfoundland's coastline might be home to North America's next big oil find.So ...

It's Sinking!: Expert

CBC | Posted 10.29.2012 | Canada

An expert in coastline erosion says the island of Newfoundland is sinking by a rate of about 3.5 millimetres a year. Norm Catto, a Memoria...

Enbridge's Northern Gateway Becoming The National Nightmare

Robin Rowland | Posted 10.20.2012 | Canada British Columbia
Robin Rowland

The Northern Gateway is now becoming the National Nightmare. Canada has a new Two Solitudes in the 21st century. The dividing line is not the Ottawa River but the Rockies. It appears that in Alberta -- not just columnists but bloggers and tweeters as well -- seem to believe that if they just yell loud enough, that the people of B.C. will eventually realize their thought errors and join in supporting Alberta's manifest destiny.

Muskrat Falls Deal Reached: Report

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada Business

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Sources say a deal to finalize a term sheet to develop the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador has been reached.The dea...

Inseparable Whales Mutt And Jeff Delight Locals And Tourists Off Newfoundland

CP | Sue Bailey, The Canadian Press | Posted 09.30.2012 | Canada Travel

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Whale watchers off Newfoundland call them Mutt and Jeff. For two seasons now, this rare pair of humpback whales of remarkably simil...

Look Out, Peter MacKay

CBC | Posted 07.26.2012 | Canada Politics

The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is growing increasingly frustrated with Conservative MP Peter MacKay, whose responsibilities ...

Dump Cats To Be Euthanized -- The Humane Thing To Do?

CBC | Posted 07.19.2012 | Canada

A Central Newfoundland pilot project aims to kill some of the more than 1800 feral cats that are estimated to be close to starving - but ...

Newfoundland's Newfound Pride Outweighs that of Ontario

Andreas Souvaliotis | Posted 07.07.2012 | Canada
Andreas Souvaliotis

Tightly shared heritage, values, and pride can obviously drive a solid sense of alignment, and common identity in a community. And those types of cohesive civic societies can be dynamic, creative, and very powerful sources of leadership, and innovation for our world.

March Going Out Like A Lion In Newfoundland

CBC | Posted 05.31.2012 | Canada

March is going out like a lion, with a winter storm warning in effect for the Avalon and Bonavista Peninsulas. About 10 centi...

Value Of Newfoundland Industry Surges

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.09.2012 | Canada

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's Fisheries Department says seafood production in the province was worth more than $1 billion in 2011.The...

Newfoundland and Labrador Slammed By Snowstorm

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.05.2012 | Canada

GANDER, N.L. - The worst is over, but Environment Canada says parts of Newfoundland can still expect high winds overnight and Sunday morning after an ...

Special Forces Turn To Private Help For Terror On The Seas

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.10.2012 | Canada

KINGSTON, Ont. - Canada's special forces are turning to the private sector for help in early warning of possible terror threats coming from the sea.Th...

HIV Testing Urged For Newfoundlanders

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.03.2012 | Canada

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador are urging people to get tested for HIV following a number of new cases in the provin...

106-Year-Old's Junk Food Diet

CBC | Posted 01.07.2012 | Canada

A southern Newfoundland woman who celebrated her 106th birthday this weekend with family and friends is not shy about food choices that ar...

EnRoute Magazine's Top 10 Canadian Restaurants For 2011

The Huffington Post Canada | Meredith Gillies | Posted 02.26.2013 | Canada Living

Whether you're looking for somewhere to eat on your next Canadian holiday or trying to find a new favourite restaurant in your hometown, enRoute Magaz...

Newfoundland's Premier Downsizes Cabinet

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.28.2011 | Canada Politics

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Premier Kathy Dunderdale has trimmed the size of Newfoundland and Labrador's cabinet to 16 members from 19, saying the move is in l...