Newfoundland News

If I could locate the home addresses of Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin , I'd immediately send the two journalists-turned-senators a maple syrupy card in recognition of the recent, profound contribution they've made to this country of ours.

A local teenager is in critical condition following a "serious motor vehicle collision" on Friday afternoon, according to the West Milford Police Department.

Here is one of those tales typical of Newfoundland , which would be only borderline believable if you didn't see it yourself.

I've often commented to others that guilt is the most useless of all emotions. It's a lot like worry - you either do something about it or you accept that you can't do anything about it and put it out of your mind.

Daphne Izer holds a fish about to be kissed during the Screeching In ceremony at last year's Newfoundland Day.

The Newfoundland-based, Celtic-folk duo is returning to Folk Night at the Registry on Saturday to draw the curtain on the popular acoustic series' seventh season.

Golf Town, a retailer specializing in sports supplies, officially opens up its first store in Newfoundland today at its St.

It ain't easy being a journalist. We like to believe we're God's gift to humanity, rooting out the rot in government, standing up for the little guy.

In 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 33 1/2 hours.

Very sad to see him go. He was, along with Ted Russell - a pairing with which I am certain he would be pleased to find himself - the finest artist of the genuine Newfoundland idiom that we have produced.

David Allison, the medical officer of health for Eastern Health, says the health authority does not believe the recent case of tuberculosis to be widespread.

Finance Minister Jerome Kennedy is defending the government's decision to commission a $150,000 communications review, saying there is nothing "secretive" about it.

HRH Prince Michael of Kent joins invited guests in a minutes silence at the unveiling of the international sailor statue at Ebrington Square on Saturday.

You've heard of the spy kings of Bletchley Park and the revered Enigma code-breaking machine, but what happened in Derry in World War II may also be counted among the key factors in the ultimate defeat of the Nazi war machine, writes Ian Cullen.

Most Newfoundlanders have heard of the fabled Mi'Kmaq Indian who was known as one of the greatest guides, trappers, and hunters on the island.

Presentation Junior High Grade 9 students Jacob Roche, left, and Matthew Parsons get a close-up look at one of the soldier statues at Remembrance Square Wednesday.

NEWS RELEASE THE OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA ************************** Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Victory in Europe Day Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement to mark the 68th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day : Today Canadians join the international community in celebrating the 68th ... (more)

Delegates to a Canadian Union of Public Employees meeting walked a two-kilometre route that brought them to the Service Canada building in Grand Falls-Windsor. Wayne Lucas, president of CUPE in Newfoundland and Labrador, said workers are furious with the Harper government because of EI changes that force frequent users to commute up to 100 ... (more)

For more than 60 years, the policy from Ottawa was that there were no official aboriginals from the island of Newfoundland.

Graham Way felt that he was unjustly laid off from his job at Muskrat Falls. He has since been called back to work.