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The Climate Change Mitigation Plan mentions that the provincial government has given some money to Metrobus, and to a bus ...

Innu land defenders blockaded the site of a potential hydroelectric megaproject Wednesday, saying preliminary work needs to ...

Registered Nurses' Union President Yvette Coffey says the premier needs to respond if he hopes to restore trust in his ...

The Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay launched its first public transit bus on June 23, offering free bus fares during the first ...

Party leader Tony Wakeham asks Premier John Hogan to join him in pushing for the expansion, and on federal Fisheries Minister ...

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When science meets queer theory Queer ecology is a burgeoning field, located at the intersection of scientific disciplines with gender studies and queer theory. The field is hard to sum up in a few ...

On Jan. 16 Keith Russell announced his bid for the Conservative Party of Canada’s nomination in Labrador. But just over a week later the former provincial cabinet minister backed out, citing issues ...

Coreen Turourout (left) and Sandra Woolridge (right) protest outside the Energy NL conference in St. John’s on June 3, 2025. Yumna Iftikhar. Residents from communities on the Port au Port Peninsula, ...

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Yumna Iftikhar is a Pakistani Canadian journalist covering the impact of federal and provincial policies on minority communities. She also writes about climate change and Canada’s energy transition ...