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Understanding the Labrador: Why This Breed Is Every Indian Family's First Choice

Walk into almost any apartment complex in Bengaluru, Noida, or Pune on a Sunday morning and you will find a Labrador, usually pulling its owner toward the nearest dog it can greet. India's most-kept pedigree dog did not earn that position by accident. The Lab is genuinely good at living…

Times Pets · 7h ago

After 9/11, Gander sheltered 7,000 Americans as 38 planes landed after attack

Long before the tariffs, trade barriers and diplomatic tensions between the US and Canada, there was a time when thousands of Americans found unexpected refuge in a tiny Canadian town after 9/11. On September 11, 2001, residents of a small Canadian town thousands of miles from New York suddenly found…

The Times of India · Sep 11

More than 330,000 gallons of rotting fish sauce in a Canadian town are finally being removed after 20 years of unbearable stench

For more than two decades, residents of the small Canadian town of St. Mary's in Newfoundland and Labrador have lived with an overwhelming smell caused by an abandoned fish sauce factory. The site, once operated by the Atlantic Seafood Sauce Company, was left with more than 330,000 gallons (1.25 million…

The Times of India · Aug 4

The federal government has lifted the moratorium on Northern cod fishing after 32 years

After more than 30 years, the federal government has announced it’s lifting the moratorium that shut down commercial cod fishing in Newfoundland and Labrador in the 1990s.

The Conversation · Jul 3, 2024

Canada ends cod moratorium in Newfoundland after more than 30 years

The Canadian government has ended the Newfoundland and Labrador cod moratorium, which gutted the Atlantic-coast province’s economy and transformed its small communities more than 30 years ago

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024

Implementing a basic income means overcoming myths about the 'undeserving poor'

Newfoundland and Labrador recently announced plans to introduce a basic income for people aged 60-64 receiving social assistance. It is slated to roll out in April 2024 and will match existing federal seniors’ benefits.

The Conversation · Dec 4, 2023

Ocean pout: The fish with antifreeze blood

Ocean pout live in frigid waters from Labrador in Canada to North Carolina and have evolved a blood protein that serves as antifreeze.

LiveScience · Dec 2, 2023

Canada-EU summit: Will Canada push for an end to cultural violence against seal hunters?

Canada is about to host European Union leaders Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen at a summit in Newfoundland and Labrador aimed at emphasizing and strengthening Canadian and EU ties.

The Conversation · Nov 21, 2023

The trauma caused by resettlement in Newfoundland and Labrador must be acknowledged

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 Conversation · Aug 10, 2023

Giant iceberg drifts towards Newfoundland in eerie video

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

Evening Standard · Aug 4, 2023