Newfoundland Heritage Web Site

Strategies of Diversification

The labour force of Newfoundland and Labrador is now more highly diversified than is usually realized.
Oil Industry and the Newfoundland Economy

Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore oil industry has made significant contributions to the provincial economy in recent decades.
Post-Moratorium Fisheries

Following the 1992 cod moratorium, Newfoundland and Labrador's fishing industry shifted from a groundfishery to a shellfishery.
Slope Instability

Slope-stability or mass-movement problems occur where either sediment and/or rock and/or snow move downslope in response to gravity.
The Tobin Government, 1996-2000

Brian Tobin replaced Clyde Wells as premier and leader of the Newfoundland Liberals on 26 January, 1996.