Higher education has long been a public good, a vital tool for the betterment of society. Now it is being used to serve the ...

State of the University is a multi-author series examining Memorial University’s ‘special obligation’ to the people of ...

The Independent is Newfoundland and Labrador’s premiere outlet for progressive news and ideas — and we do it without the ...

No Going Back” was a fitting theme for St. John’s Pride Week this summer, given the ongoing social and political backslide to ...

The news also means DFO is now renagging on its commitment to update its Northern cod rebuilding plan – one of the first to be released under 2019 Fisheries Act revisions meant to strengthen ...

Nasca’s month-long artistic residency with Eastern Edge Gallery in St. John’s will focus on the Mistaken Point fossil formation and what it contributes to the growing field of queer ecology.

Fishing fatalities are preventable and the workforce is shrinking. So why aren’t there fewer deaths in Canadian commercial fisheries?

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 ...

Olivia Ball speaks with residents and community leaders in Bonne Bay and the Bonavista Peninsula about the housing shortages in their communities.

Sheshatshiu resident Anniette Sillitt fears her home is dangerous and contributing to poor health in her family. Heidi Atter. For a family in Sheshatshiu, the beginning of 2025 marks another year of ...

Waterford Valley MHA Jamie Korab is the Minister of Families and Affordability. GovNL. The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has announced the second phase of its three-year poverty reduction ...

Loren M. DeVito, PhD is a neuroscientist and science journalist based out of Toronto. Loren covers research news and provides medical education for consumers and clinicians, with expertise in ...