ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, March 31 (UPI) -- The province of Newfoundland and Labrador observed the 60th anniversary of joining Canada's confederation Tuesday with little ceremony.

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- A multibillion-dollar oil deal in Canada's eastern province of Newfoundland this week has resulted in a real estate boom, real estate agents said.

ST. JOHN'S , Newfoundland, April 16 (UPI) -- Two eastern Canadian provincial premiers have called for a ban on the use of clubs to kill baby seals in the controversial annual hunts.

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland, has been forced to resign, as the provincial premier won't let him have two full-time government jobs.

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ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The premier of Canada's Newfoundland and Labrador province has refused to comment on accusations he used his cell phone while driving.

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Four oil companies have reached a $4.7 billion oil field deal with Canada's easternmost province, a government official said Wednesday.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, April 9 (UPI) -- Canadian and U.S. officials were meeting Saturday to help decide whether an oil rig off Newfoundland should be evacuated because of a U.S. rocket launch.

TORONTO, April 27 (UPI) -- Canada's easternmost province plans to pass a law aimed at ending a public employee strike while a hospital walkout begins on the west coast.