The arts industry in Newfoundland and Labrador provides the province's people with a heightened quality of life while at the same time contributing to the local economy.

Forest industries contribute much to the Newfoundland and Labrador economy.

Newfoundland and Labrador's forests are a renewable resource, so long as they are harvested in a sustainable way.

The island of Newfoundland contains 15 million acres of forest, of which more than nine million acres are considered productive.

Government officials promoted various land-based industries during the first half of the 20th century.

Logging was difficult and often dangerous work during the first half of the 20th century, yet workers received some of the lowest wages in Newfoundland and Labrador. From sunrise until sunset, loggers felled trees, hauled logs, and helped bring the wood to the mill site.

The gradual mechanization of Newfoundland and Labrador's logging industry changed the way loggers interacted with forest ecosystems.

Advances in technology during the second half of the twentieth century dramatically altered commercial logging in Newfoundland and Labrador.

On Monday, 15 February 1982, the Ocean Ranger sank while drilling at Hibernia during a bad winter storm

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

A major concern surrounding Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore oil industry is that it may do serious damage to the ocean environment.

The first telegraph system in Newfoundland was established as part and parcel of a scheme to land a trans-atlantic telegraph cable in Newfoundland.

Advances in transportation during the late 1800s and the early 1900s affected the development of the forestry and mining industries in Newfoundland and Labrador.