The Latest Breaking News from Newfoundland

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 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.

Pieces of mangled craft brought ashore in Newfoundland, Canada, after five killed on voyage to Titanic wreck

A ship that had been searching for the ill-fated Titan submersible is back in port in St. John’s, Newfoundland, with debris from the destroyed vessel

The wreck’s location is approximately 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic Ocean

Five crew members died when the Titan submarine suffered a ‘catastrophic explosion’ - this is how it all unfolded

The wreck’s location is approximately 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic Ocean