Congregants gasped in support when they heard the announcement, made during a special queer-inclusive worship at St. Mark’s ...

Some wonder if a land deed potentially issued from the Catholic Church to the people of Signal Hill could carry some weight ...

Federal agency responsible for managing Canada’s national parks, historic sites says it hopes Signal Hill grounds will ...

Kenny Sharpe comes to The Independent with more than 20 years’ experience as a journalist. A philosophy and psychology ...

Aldea Piwas wants action on drugs in Natuashish. Heidi Atter. Innu are losing their lives to drugs and not enough action is being taken, says Aldea Piwas, a mother and grandmother in Natuashish. “The ...

Richard Nuna and Edmund Benuen excavate an old Innu camping site at Amatshuatakan, 1993. Courtesy Stephen Loring. A veteran archaeologist whose work is being disputed by Newfoundland and Labrador’s ...

The Independent is proud to announce veteran journalist Kenny Sharpe has joined our team and will be covering stories in St. John’s and the Avalon Peninsula. Kenny has 20 years’ experience as a ...

Reporters Derek Montague, Heidi Atter, Rhea Rollmann, Yumna Iftikhar and Justin Brake were recognized for their work.

If built, rare earth minerals from Torngat Metals’ open pit mine would be transported by road to the coast near Nain (pictured above), then shipped by sea to Sept-Iles, Que. Photo: Justin Brake. A ...

Inuit in Labrador have been bearing the brunt of climate change for years now, forcing those in Nunatsiavut to adapt to conditions that are changing their way of life and impacting their health. In ...

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A provincial government advertising campaign encouraging local business owners in Newfoundland and Labrador to hire Ukrainians was well-intentioned, but it also hurt immigrants and refugees from other ...