Newfoundland and Labrador's natural resources minister was taking a tough approach Thursday to wildlife officers said to be frustrated over an incident involving hunting in a closed area this week.

Well-known Newfoundland and Labrador businessman Harold Lundrigan died Friday at 81.

A civil case against a tour boat operator who sexually assaulted two boys has been settled out of court.

The Newfoundland Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of a man who argued a sawed-off shotgun was not a firearm.

The olive-sided flycatcher, a medium-sized migratory songbird, was listed Friday as a threatened species under Newfoundland and Labrador's Endangered Species Act.

More than 500 litres of contraband alcohol were seized Friday by police on the Burin Peninsula, southern Newfoundland.

The RCMP say a man faces a criminal charge following an incident Thursday that resulted in a lock-down at a high school in western Newfoundland.