If there was an official start to Newfoundland’s summer music season, Lawnya Vawnya would be it. Now in its 16th year, the ...

Cultural Guardian Jodie Ashini hopes the archival photographs will help strengthen youth’s connection to Innu culture, and ...

Journalist Justin Brake recently sat down with N.L. Finance Minister Craig Pardy to talk about the provincial budget, including the province’s reliance on oil and gas. David Downton. Newfoundland and ...

The Independent is thrilled to announce we’ve hired Newfoundland journalist Anasophie Vallée as a research assistant for the summer. You might recognize Anasophie’s name from her time at The Telegram, ...

Provincial Housing Minister Joedy Wall recently spoke at the annual National Congress on Housing and Homelessness in St. John’s, where he told delegates about his government’s “commitment to ...

Five Indy journalists have been nominated in four categories [L-R]: Heidi Atter, Yumna Iftikhar, Derek Montague, Justin Brake and Rhea Rollmann. Background image: AJAs/Facebook. Illustration: The ...

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For the second time in as many weeks, The Independent has been named a finalist in a national journalism awards program. On Tuesday the National Media Awards Foundation announced the finalists for the ...

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Avi Lewis visited St. John’s March 16-17 as part of his cross-country tour ahead of the NDP leadership vote later this week. Rhea Rollmann. Avi Lewis wants to fight fascists, create a national ...

Nicholas Flowers cleans a seal skin in Inotsiavik’s tupik in Hopedale. Frey Blake-Pijogge. In a tupik (tent) next to the Inotsiavik Centre shed in Hopedale, Nicholas Flowers is preparing a sealskin.

This story was originally reported by The Narwhal, here. About an hour’s drive from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, the little fishing village of Fermeuse sits on the shores of a deep harbour, ...