Newfoundland & Labrador News

52-year-old man from Switzerland dead after plane crash near Labrador airport

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — A 52-year-old man from Switzerland is dead after a small plane crashed Wednesday near the airport in the Labrador town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay. The man died in hospital late Wednesday afternoon, RCMP confirmed Friday.

Dec 16, 2022 8:32 AM Read more >

Two sent to hospital with serious injuries after plane crash near Labrador airport

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Two people with serious injuries were airlifted to hospital Wednesday after their small plane crashed near the airport in the Labrador town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

Dec 14, 2022 2:30 PM Read more >

The man who oversaw Newfoundland and Labrador's rocky election has been replaced

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The man who oversaw Newfoundland and Labrador's unusual 2021 provincial election has been replaced.

Dec 13, 2022 9:35 AM Read more >

Retired Newfoundland and Labrador RCMP corporal charged with assault, confinement

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's police oversight agency has charged a retired RCMP officer with forcible confinement and assault. The Serious Incident Response Team of Newfoundland and Labrador says Cpl.

Dec 13, 2022 8:42 AM Read more >

Privacy of nearly 58,500 people breached in 2021 cyberattack on N.L. health care

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — More than 58,000 people in Newfoundland and Labrador had their private data exposed by the hackers behind a cyberattack on the province's health-care system last year.

Dec 8, 2022 3:28 PM Read more >

Community jumps in to replace skates stolen from Ukrainian girl in Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A community effort is underway in St. John’s to replace a pair of figure skates stolen from an 11-year-old Ukrainian girl who arrived in Newfoundland this summer after fleeing the war in her country.

Dec 8, 2022 2:35 PM Read more >

N.L. paying telehealth company more than twice what it pays doctors for consultations

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The association representing doctors in Newfoundland and Labrador is looking for answers after it discovered the province agreed to pay a private telemedicine company more than double what it pays family doctors for consultations.

Dec 8, 2022 11:26 AM Read more >

A bologna mascot upstages Santa every year in the St. John's, N.L., Christmas parade

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Kids and adults alike waved, cheered and scrambled to get selfies with the star of the annual Christmas parade in downtown St. John's, N.L., on Sunday morning.

Dec 4, 2022 1:42 PM Read more >

N.L. children's hospital cancels some surgeries amid surge in respiratory illness

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A children's hospital in the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador's says it has had to cancel some surgeries and appointments due to a high level of respiratory illness.

Dec 3, 2022 10:58 AM Read more >

N.L. mayor, councillors flew on jet owned by billionaire with local energy interests

STEPHENVILLE, N.L. — A Newfoundland mayor says he and three council members did nothing wrong when they flew home from Germany aboard a private jet owned by a billionaire vying to build a major energy project in their town.

Nov 30, 2022 4:29 PM Read more >