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How do you move a village? Residents of France’s last outpost in North America try to outrun the sea ⊕
As rising tides eat away at Canada’s Saint-Pierre and Miquelon archipelago, plans to move the historic village to higher ground have divided friends and families
Franck Detcheverry, Miquelon’s 41-year…
Pen pals meet for the first time after 43 years ○
The two women began exchanging letters in 1983 through a school project and finally met in Newfoundland this week.
5 months ago
It’s another Labour reboot challenge: how many adults do they need ‘in the room’ before they start telling the truth? | Marina Hyde ○
The PM has brought in Darren Jones, whose superpower is ‘relentless delivery’. If that won’t save the world, what will?
“If I hear one more of our people saying that deckchairs are being shuffled on …
Row review – impressive, largely unknown cast keep seagoing horror afloat ○
A woman washes up on the Orkney island of Hoy, the only survivor of a transatlantic sortie in Matthew Losasso’s debut feature, a twisty if murky chiller
Water, like the human psyche, is unpredictable …
6 months ago
The Adversary by Michael Crummey review – dark humour and depravity at the edge of the Earth ○
This prize-winning take on a biblical tale set in 1800s Newfoundland is grim, but has energy, empathy – and a wickedly colourful way with words
Several years have passed since Michael Crummey’s last n…
7 months ago
Canadian couple’s message in a bottle found 13 years later in Irish bay ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Facebook post helps track down Anita and Brad, who had been dating for a year at time of message and wed in 2016
In September 2012, a young couple capped a romantic date in Newfoundland, on Canada’s e…
10 months ago
Looking for the last human place on the internet? Try Google Maps ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The navigation app might be built for function – but dig deeper and you’ll find a trove of inside jokes, neighbourhood quirks and charming errors
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There is a …
Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold review: the real Cora Crippen ○
The author of The Five, about the Ripper murders, turns her attention to another tragically misunderstood victim
In the canon of British true crime, the case of Dr Crippen routinely gets billed as the…
Skygazers marvel at Saturday’s partial solar eclipse ○
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a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English
Partial eclipse dazzled Europe, Africa, and Newfoundland, offering a glimpse of the celestial alignment.