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The province of Newfoundland and Labrador (typically referred to solely as Newfoundland) did not become a part of Canada until almost halfway through the 20th century. This youngest of all the nation's provinces was a colony of Great Britain for 250 years prior to uniting with the Canadian Federation in 1949.

Geographically speaking, Newfoundland and Labrador together encompass an area greater in size than every state in the U.S. except Alaska, Texas and California. Located between the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic Ocean, Newfoundland is a breathtaking, ruggedly beautiful island of jagged mountains, wooded river valleys and windswept tundra. Few people live in the forbidding interior. Much of the population is concentrated in a few cities and towns, and the rest spread among the hundreds of small "outport" villages situated around the small bay, and inlets dotting the coast.

More than one-fifth of the population lives in St John's, the provincial capital, which is 1 cited on a peninsula extending from Newfoundland's southeast coast. Corner Brook in far western Newfoundland is the second largest city, followed in size by the towns of Gander and Grand Falls.

Largely uninhabited except for a sprinkling isolated coastal cities, Labrador is located at the far eastern edge of the Canadian mainland. Jacques Cartier called it "cam's land," certainly a fitting description for an explorer in search of the Promised Land, perhaps. Separated from Newfoundland by the narrow Strait of Belle Isle, it is bordered by the province of Quebec to the west and south and the Atlantic Ocean on its east coast.

While Labrador has mountains with altitudes up to 5500 feet (1800 m) and some imposingly steep and high cliffs along the coast, much of its interior is a vast plateau of barren, treeless tundra. Extending as far north as the Arctic, this denuded landscape has been worn away over the centuries by the relentless grinding of retreating glaciers. It's precisely this kind of wild landscape that makes it most attractive to outdoors types.

The inhabitants of both Newfoundland and Labrador have relied on fishing since the 1500s as a major source of income. The ocean off Newfoundland's east coast is home to the world's most extensive fish breeding grounds. Known as the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, it extends some 300 miles into the Atlantic and supplies fishermen with huge daily catches of cod and herring There also is an extensive concentration of lakes and rivers that makes up approximately 10 percent of Newfoundland and Labrador's territory.

Since the turn on the century, forestry and mining have become vital contributors to the local economy, outpacing fishing in importance and providing the interior regions of the province with some sustainable income. However, unemployment continues to run high as Newfoundland and Labrador is the poorest of all Canadian provinces. It is hoped that the discovery of oil in the Continental Shelf off the Newfoundland coast may give a significant boost to the province's future economic prospects.

The most homogeneous of all Canadian provinces, approximately 98 percent of Newfoundland's population of nearly 600,000 was born here and almost everyone's mother tongue is English. The only exceptions to this rule are the small pockets of French speaking Acadians and Quebecois and the few scattered communities of native Inuit.

As a result of both physical and cultural isolation from the rest of Canada, assimilation with their fellow Canadians has been minimal and, in some respects, Newfoundlanders seem to still be living in a separate nation. They speak a language of strange-sounding dialects laced with foreign phrases and idioms and tinged with the accents of their British and Irish ancestors. Some of the customs and traditions still practiced in the local villages were handed down by the early settlers from Ireland and the west English country towns of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset.

Probably due to their noticeable differences from the rest of the population, Canadians from the other provinces often like to poke fun at the oddball "Newfies," making them the butt of a range of jokes, snide comments and derogatory references. However, most Newfoundlanders realize that this constant ribbing is the price they must pay for maintaining the distinctive regional identity that sets them apart.

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  • Atlantic Petroleum - Atlantic Canada's "premier information source on the oil and gas industry"
  • Back Home - A monthly magazine about Newfoundland & Labrador.
  • The Downhomer - Magazine for Newfoundlanders living away from "The Rock"
  • The Navigator - Fishing industry news and opinion from Newfoundland (mainly), Atlantic Canada, Maine, and British Columbia.
  • Voisey's Bay News - Newfoundland and Labrador's "complete mining source".
  • The Advertiser - Serves the town of Grand Falls-Windsor and 14 other communities within its central Newfoundland market area. Published twice a week, and reaching 82% of the direct market households, it has an average circulation of 5,242 copies per issue.
  • The Aurora - Serves the towns of Labrador City and Wabush in Western Labrador. Published every Monday, it has an average circulation of 3,638 copies per issue.
  • The Beacon - Serves the town of Gander and 37 other communities in the Bonavista North and Eastport Peninsula. Published every Monday, and reaching 85% of the direct market area, it has an average circulation of 6,896 copies per issue.
  • The Charter - Weekly newspaper serving the town of Placentia and 37 other communities.
  • Coaster - Serves the town of Harbour Breton and 19 other communities within its South Coast market area. Published every Thursday, it has an average circulation of 2,168 copies per issue.
  • The Compass - Serves the towns of Bay Roberts, Carbonear, Harbour Grace, and 35 other communities within its Conception Bay North - Trinity Bay South market area. Published every Tuesday, it has an average circulation of 7,635 copies per issue.
  • The Express - Metropolitan St. John's consumer's source for community news.
  • The Georgian - Serves the town of Stephenville and 27 other communities within its Port au Port peninsula and Bay St. George market area. Published every Tuesday, it has an average circulation of 4,174 copies per issue.
  • The Gulf News - Serves the town of Channel-Port aux Basques and 16 other communities within its southwestern Newfoundland market area. Published every Monday, and reaching 97% of the direct market households, it has an average circulation of 3,899 copies per issue.
  • The Humber Log - The Humber Log serves the city of Corner Brook, the towns of Deer Lake and Pasadena, and 50 other communities in its Bay of Islands market area. Published every Wednesday, it has an average circulation of 4,757 copies per issue.
  • The Labradorian - Serves the towns of Happy Valley-Goose Bay and the surrounding communities in its coastal Labrador marketing area. Published every Monday, it has an average circulation of 2,815 copies per issue.
  • The Muse - The official student newspaper of Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, published weekly.
  • Newspapers in Newfoundland - All the daily and weekly newspapers including contact information and links.
  • Northern Pen - Established in 1980, it serves residents of the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland and the Southern Labrador coast. With a circulation of 6,000 weekly, it is sold in more than 70 communities.
  • Nor'wester - Serves the town of Springdale and 40 other communities within its Green Bay district market area. Published every Wednesday, it has an average circulation of 4,836 per issue.
  • The Packet - Serves the town of Clarenville and 56 other communities within its Bonavista Bay market area. Published every Monday, and reaching 88% of the direct market households, it has an average circulation of 7,658 copies per issue.
  • The Pilot - Serves the town of Lewisporte and 46 other communities within its Notre Dame Bay district market area. Published every Wednesday, it has an average circulation of 5,574 copies per issue.
  • The Southern Gazette - Serves the towns of Marystown, Grand Bank, Burin, and 22 other communities within its Burin Peninsula market area. Published every Tuesday, it has an average circulation of 5,389 copies per issue.
  • The Telegram - Daily newspaper from St. John's.
  • The Western Star - Online edition of a newspaper in Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
  • CFOG - Braodcasting from St. John's, this station provides continous streams of Newfoundland music.
  • OZ FM Online - The Rock of The Rock is Newfoundland's network of stations. Broadcasts from St John's 97.4 FM and other frequencies in the province.
  • The Advertiser - Exploits Valley community paper.
  • The Aurora - Serves the towns of Labrador City and Wabush in Western Labrador.
  • The Charter - Serves the town of Placentia and 37 other communities.
  • The Coaster - Harbour Breton community paper.
  • The Compass - Online newspaper of Trinity and Conception Bays.
  • The Express - Serving the northwest avalon community.
  • The Gander Beacon - Serving the Gander Area.
  • The Georgian - Community newspaper serving the Bay St. George - Burgeo area.
  • The Gulf News - Serving the gateway to Newfoundland.
  • The Humber Log - Serving the Humber Valley area.
  • The Labradorian - Community newspaper for central and coastal Labrador.
  • The Muse - Memorial University's student newspaper.
  • The Newfoundland Herald - Weekly news magazine about Newfoundland events, arts, music and more.
  • The Nor'wester - Green Bay - White Bay community paper.
  • The Packet - Online community nespaper of Bonavista and Trinity Bay.
  • The Pilot - Serves the town of Lewisporte and 46 other communities within its Notre Dame Bay district market area.
  • The Southern Gazette - Serving the residents of the Burin peninsula.

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