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Today: April 17, 2026
Jonathan Patten is led away in handcuffs by a sheriff after bieng convicted of impaired driving in provincial court at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, April 14, 2026. Photo by Greg Locke © 2026

An Impaired Driver Killed Eli’s Dad

April 16, 2026
HARBOUR GRACE, NL – On New Years Eve in 2024 Nicholas Fong and his partner Maggie Ghaney announced to family and friends that their first child was going to be a boy. In the photo they posted on Maggie’s Facebook page Nicholas holds a copy of the Maggie’s ultrasound image confirming the gender of their baby, Eli. Eli arrived early, but Nicholas Fong

Newfoundland’s aging population leave young people in political shadows

March 20, 2026
ST JOHN’S, NL – Newfoundland and Labrador is a province shaped by a stark demographic imbalance. Older residents make up a clear majority of the population, outnumbering younger people by a wide margin and shifting the political landscape in the process. More than half (66 per cent) of the population is 35 or older, leaving young people accounting for only one-third of residents — a gap with deep implications for

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Dangerously Close to Contempt

December 3, 2025
Dangerously Close to Contempt.The Restless Life of Roger Bill. Journalism’s Unrepentant Agitator by Alex Bill A book review by Ted Blades. ST JOHN’S, NL – I’m told that Roger Bill tried to talk his son, Alex, out of writing this biography, saying there

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