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The Forgotten Warriors tells the story of the nine-day hunger strike by Mi’kmaw activists in 1983.

A community group on the Bonavista Peninsula is one step closer to being able to afford its own women's shelter.

Members of Miawpukek First Nation remember how drastic actions 40 years ago sparked change.

Posted: Apr 27, 2021 5:59 PM NT | Last Updated: April 27 Hannah Thorne was 18 when she was killed by two men racing each other on Route 75 near New Harbour, N.L.(Facebook) Its been nearly five years since Hannah Thorne was killed by two men drag racing on a narrow highway, and her mother is still being dominated by the grief in her chest on a daily basis. Gail Thorne has watched her daughters friends grow from teenage girls into young adults, and often imagines Hannah standing alongside them...

The time spent at home away from her band proved to be plentiful for Colleen Power, who wrote her newest EP, Tales from Downtown West, in the first two weeks of February.

Posted: Dec 29, 2020 7:00 AM NT | Last Updated: December 29, 2020 Young members of Shanneyganock play in Marg Maynard’s kitchen in 2007.(Shanneyganock/Facebok) Thirteen years ago, a crowd of singers and musicians, young and old, gathered around the kitchen of Marg Maynards 100-year-old home in Flatrock, N.L. There they sang and played instruments, reciting old stories and dancing familiar jigs. That night, like the many that had come before it, could well have been lost in time forever, were ...