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N.L. faces ‘serious liability questions’ over Ithaca Energy’s entry into province’s oil sector, legal expert warns

Premier Tony Wakeham won’t comment on Ithaca’s ‘political things’ but law professor says Newfoundland and Labrador could face ...
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N.L.’s offshore oil could help bankroll a company linked to Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine

Prime Minister Mark Carney (left) has committed to banning trade in goods with Israel’s illegal settlements in the Palestinian territories. Israeli billionnaire Yitzhak Tshuva (centre) is a majority ...
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Meet The Independent’s new publisher!

With a background in the non-profit sector and a deep desire to see independent journalism thrive in Newfoundland and Labrador, Michelle Bush has found a home at The Indy ...
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Watchdog says it can’t investigate Deloitte over use of AI in $1.6M government report

Deloitte’s offices in Newfoundland and Labrador are located in Fortis Place, St. John’s. Nezazor/Wikimedia Commons. A provincial accounting watchdog says it will not be investigating Deloitte ...
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Mother of incarcerated youth calls for dedicated addiction care at new St. John’s prison

Michelle Fowler holds a sign during a July 20 demonstration outside Her Majesty’s Penitentiary in St. John’s. Fowler’s 20-year-old son is currently inside awaiting trial for manslaughter. Kenny Sharpe ...
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Residents confront St. John’s mayor, who says city is ‘in pretty good shape’

Concerned resident Jackie Rees stands in the crowd and tells Mayor Danny Breen she fears for her safety, attributing it to increased and constant drug use in her neighbourhood. Kenny Sharpe. A town ...
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Inside the Provincial Archaeology Office’s theory that Europeans inhabited Labrador before Innu

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 ...
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Veteran journalist Kenny Sharpe joins Indy as a reporter/editor in St. John’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 ...
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The Independent honoured with 4 Atlantic Journalism Awards

Reporters [L-R] Derek Montague, Heidi Atter, Rhea Rollmann, Yumna Iftikhar and Justin Brake were recognized for their work. Background photo: Atlantic Journalism Awards/Facebook.
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Province shocks Innu, disputes their history in Labrador

Etetish Gregoire and Marie Anne Rich carry spruce boughs near Davis Inlet in the 1960s. Submitted. The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is contradicting accepted historical knowledge and oral ...
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Family leaves Labrador, goes into debt to pay for son’s eyesight-saving surgery

Micah Powell (right) and his family. Submitted. A Labrador family was forced to move to Newfoundland after they say the provincial government refused to cover the cost of sight-saving eye surgery for ...