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More than 330,000 gallons of rotting fish sauce in a Canadian town are finally being removed after 20 years of unbearable stench

For more than two decades, residents of the small Canadian town of St. Mary's in Newfoundland and Labrador have lived with an overwhelming smell caused by an abandoned fish sauce factory. The site, once operated by the Atlantic Seafood Sauce Company, was left with more than 330,000 gallons (1.25 million…

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Are harp seals responsible for the stalled recovery of Atlantic cod?

In June 2024, the Canadian government lifted the moratorium on northern cod fishing in Newfoundland and Labrador after 32 years. The decision was controversial because cod numbers had not recovered since they collapsed in the early 1990s.

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Canadian cities are unprepared for climate-driven migration — here’s what they can do

This summer, wildfires have caused evacuations across Canada and recently forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Songs of the Rock: Newfoundland & Labrador’s Confederation In 1949

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Why Canada’s decision to lift a ban on cod fishing in Newfoundland after 32 years is so controversial – podcast

For generations, cod fishing was a way of life in Newfoundland and Labrador, the easternmost province in Canada. But in 1992, after cod stocks in the north Atlantic plummeted, the federal government imposed a moratorium on cod fishing. It was to last for 32 years until it was lifted in…

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The federal government has lifted the moratorium on Northern cod fishing after 32 years

After more than 30 years, the federal government has announced it’s lifting the moratorium that shut down commercial cod fishing in Newfoundland and Labrador in the 1990s.

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Canada ends cod moratorium in Newfoundland after more than 30 years

The Canadian government has ended the Newfoundland and Labrador cod moratorium, which gutted the Atlantic-coast province’s economy and transformed its small communities more than 30 years ago

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Implementing a basic income means overcoming myths about the 'undeserving poor'

Newfoundland and Labrador recently announced plans to introduce a basic income for people aged 60-64 receiving social assistance. It is slated to roll out in April 2024 and will match existing federal seniors’ benefits.

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Ocean pout: The fish with antifreeze blood

Ocean pout live in frigid waters from Labrador in Canada to North Carolina and have evolved a blood protein that serves as antifreeze.

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Canada-EU summit: Will Canada push for an end to cultural violence against seal hunters?

Canada is about to host European Union leaders Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen at a summit in Newfoundland and Labrador aimed at emphasizing and strengthening Canadian and EU ties.

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The trauma caused by resettlement in Newfoundland and Labrador must be acknowledged

Between 1954 and 1975, 30,000 Newfoundlanders and Labradorians resettled from hundreds of remote communities to larger towns. The relocations were part of a plan by the provincial and federal governments to move people to areas with better economic opportunities, social amenities and improved educational facilities.

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Giant iceberg drifts towards Newfoundland in eerie video

The area along the east coast of the Newfoundland and Labrador province is famously known as ‘Iceberg Alley’

Evening Standard

Indigenous women in Northern Canada creating sustainable livelihoods through tourism

In summer 2022, the Northern WE in Tourism study invited Indigenous women entrepreneurs from northern Newfoundland and Labrador, northern Québec, Nunavut, the Yukon and Northwest Territories to collaborate on an Indigenous-led and ally-supported research project.

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Man arrested after Gold Coast siege sparks resident evacuations

Police arrest a man who had threatened to ignite a gas bottle during a 15-hour siege at a unit complex at Labrador.

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Fiona was one of Canada's worst natural disasters, but evacuations prevented greater losses in Atlantic Canada

Forty-eight hours after post-tropical cyclone Fiona’s devastating impacts on areas of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Québec’s Magdalen Islands we can now start to reflect on the magnitude of what has just happened.

Reuters

Climate change means the Inuit do what they've always done: Adapt

Rex Holwell has spent his life on the sea ice that forms each winter off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador in eastern Canada. Like other Inuit, he learned to hunt seals and fish from his father and other men. They would skim over the sea ice, first on dog…

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Canadian province declares emergency amid worst wildfires in over 50 years

Blazes have consumed vast tracts of forest in Newfoundland and Labrador and remain out of control

The Walrus

Ecological Grief and the Climate Crisis

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The common eider sea duck contributes to its own conservation by donating its feathers

The common eider is a sea duck that nests in colonies on islands along the North American coast from Maine to Labrador, and in the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence in Québec.

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How Iceberg Alley got its name and why it may be under threat

Iceberg Alley, the stretch of coast ranging from Labrador to Newfoundland, is the southernmost region of the northern hemisphere where one can regularly see icebergs. But hurry up! As the planet continues to warm, Iceberg Alley may soon lose its name.

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Gold Coast cheapest seaside suburbs include Labrador, Southport, Tugun, Bilinga

Those who hold on to the dream of living by the ocean may be in luck as Gold Coast property data shows there are still suburbs where houses can be bought for a reasonable price.

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Charles and Camilla knock back pints in Canadian pub and joke about cooking moose

Prince Charles and Camilla visited Quidi Vidi harbour during a trip to St. John’s island, Newfoundland and Labrador, on a three-day tour of Canada, and met local chef Jeremy Charles

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As mining activity expands in northern Labrador, COVID-19's 'new normal' difficult to accept for Nunatsiavut Inuit communities

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, mining giant Vale shut down its Voisey’s Bay mine for three months to protect the health and well-being of its employees and the nearby Nunatsiavut Inuit communities.

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