Tony Humby, a man already facing more than 70 charges related to the alleged abuse and exploitation of youths, has been charged with seven counts of trafficking persons under the age of 18.
Tony Humby, the alleged rapist at the centre of a widening St. John's sexual exploitation scandal, was stopped in 2007 with three teens in his car. Two of them now say police knew Humby was a danger, but failed to warn them.
Ken Barter — one of Newfoundland and Labrador's leading experts on child protection — says the child advocate should have rejected the premier's request for a review related to a high-profile sexual exploitation case.
A lawyer representing six people who allege they were sexually abused by Tony Humby and Bruce Escott is calling for a public inquiry to get to the bottom of the allegations, and how both men escaped consequences for years.
Tony Humby and Bruce Escott, two men accused of being central figures in a widening sexual exploitation case in St. John's, were suspected of using youth to recruit others to go to a trailer park to perform sexual acts for money and drugs.
Linda Clemens Spurrell says she won't be in direct receipt of any files from the province's child welfare department until it's determined whether or not she has a conflict of interest in the investigation.
PC Leader Tony Wakeham says the investigation that Premier Andrew Furey has ordered doesn't go far enough, since it doesn't encompass how the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary handled complaints.
It's been decades in the making, but survivors of systemic abuse at the hands of Christian Brothers and Catholic priests will soon learn how much they'll be paid for their suffering.
American authorities were advised in 2018 that a fugitive from Arizona was in Newfoundland, but it doesn’t appear U.S. officials took any action at the time to have Robert Andrew Land returned south of the border.
One year after an experimental submersible imploded off the coast of Canada, investigators say they still don’t know if the Canadian government or any other regulatory body provided any oversight of the mission.