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A 200 year old traditional Innu caribou hunter’s coat unwrapped for elders at workshop at The Rooms in St John’s as a consultation for a traveling exhibition. The coat is made from caribou hide. A Innu elder explained decorations were meant to please Kanipinikuassikueu, the Caribou Master. #innu

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The murder of Seamus Secord by Robert Belbin marks a new normal for drugs, guns and violence in crime in St John's, Newfoundland. A place where murders used to be years apart. Story by Roger Bill. Photo by Greg Locke #crime #newfoundland #news #journalism #photojournalism

The Murder of Seamus Secord. Drugs, Guns and a New Normal

The murder of Seamus Secord by Robert Belbin is the new normal of drugs, guns extreme violence in crime in St John's, Newfoundland where once murder was...

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If you into photography and reality....here is a geeky article for you. FYI: Other camera makers have been working with the major news agencies like Reuters, AFP, AP for years on photo authentication technology. #photography #journalism

Is that photo real or fake? Digital ‘birth certificates’ are a new way to get answers

Sony technology, tested by The Globe over months, seeks to create a virtual paper trail that AI-generated imagery can never match

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Newfoundland Election: October 14 as election day. Failing provincial ferry's should be an election issue but the Quebec / Newfoundland hydro agreement is cued up to be the ballot box question. The ferry Grace Sparks on drydock in St John's #canada #newfoundland #news #journalism

2025 NL Election set of October 14

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier John Hogan waits it down to the wire to call a provincial election on the mandatory day of October 14 with a 28 day campaign.

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