The Latest Breaking News from Newfoundland

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.

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

Canadian comedy ‘Son of a Critch’ premieres on The CW, and creator Mark Critch explains the quirky show

People use humor for all kinds of reasons. For comedian Mark Critch it was a defense against bullying. He grew up in St. John’s, Newfoundland, the most eastern point in North America.

Newfoundland’s northern cod was once thought to be an inexhaustible resource. In fact, much of the province’s history and culture continues to be linked with this iconic species. But in the 1990s, the northern cod population here collapsed by more than 99 per cent along with other groundfish species.

The deep-sea vessel was on an expedition to the Titanic wreckage around 435 miles south of St John’s, Newfoundland, when it imploded last month, killing the five people onboard

‘Although it seems counterintuitive, large objects do not normally split apart into smithereens in an implosion or explosion’

‘Although it seems counterintuitive, large objects do not normally split apart into smithereens in an implosion or explosion’

Five crew members are presumed to be dead after the Titan submarine suffered a ‘catastrophic explosion’ - this is how it all unfolded

The nose and a large panel of the Titanic expedition submarine the Titan, appearing to be from the submersible's tail end, were unloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St John's, Newfoundland on Wednesday

The news came hours after the announcement that debris from the Titan, collected from the seafloor more than 12,000 feet below the surface of the North Atlantic, had arrived in Newfoundland.