Jessica Singer

Newfoundland and Labrador has the highest percentage of seniors using food banks in the country. One man who relies on them says he’s doing his best to not let that dampen his spirits.

The Newfoundland and Labrador government announced Monday that it’s partnering with the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security in a new three-year project that will provide eligible families with grocery store gift cards, store credit, or gift cards to non-profit food programs.

Their spouses have died, their children have grown up and moved away, and they have no close friends around. For some seniors, loneliness is a way of life, one that has them marking endless hours and days by themselves — and wondering what went wrong.

With one of the most rapidly expanding senior populations in the country, Susan Walsh says structural change is needed to address loneliness.

Stacey Button says she felt so unsupported and overworked as a licensed practical nurse in Springdale that she left her home and a full-time job to become a travel nurse.

Kim and Todd Churchill say no systemic changes have been made to deaf education in the province, even after they won a human rights case last year.

If you ask any parent, they’ll tell you raising a child is a constant juggling act. It’s a whole other story for parents whose children have complex medical needs. Meet people for whom parenting is a never-ending fight for help.

According to the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association, the number of people in the province who don't have a family doctor has increased to 175,000 from 136,000 last year.

When an Ontario collector discovered a cache of stereoscope photos taken more than a century ago in rural Newfoundland, a bit of an adventure ensued. Jessica Singer digs into the photos, what they represent and their connections to modern-day Canadians.

Crombie REIT, the real estate investment company that owns the Avalon Mall, says it is no longer partnering with any organizations affiliated with religion. That means the Salvation Army will not be allowed to operate in the St. John's mall after this holiday season.