Christopher Fifield News Today

From entering a competition as a bet, Kathleen Ferrier became one of Britain’s foremost singers in the mid-20th century. Fiona Clampin takes a look at her life and asks why, since Ferrier's death, have contraltos fallen out of fashion?

On average, 26 people in Newfoundland and Labrador die each year from occupational accidents and diseases, according to the province's labour federation — something the group thinks could be prevented by harsher penalties.

The employers of a man who died after falling 11 storeys from the Hilton Garden Inn were convicted of multiple workplace safety charges Wednesday.