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Another Newfoundland Hero Dog Senses Trouble and Saves the Day
A Roseville, Minnesota pooch has once again proven that dogs just may have a sixth sense after all -- and this particular breed, an...
Tiny Town in Newfoundland Hosts 10,000 Stranded Airline Passengers on 9-11
On September 11, thousands of Good Samaritans were inspired to generosity, kindness and helpfulness. In turn, we were inspired by them.
When all North American...
Good News in History, April 12
467 years ago, Cuenca was founded in Ecuador, a city of such beauty that it has become known as the "Athens" of South America....
Good News in History, December 11
4 years ago today, the residents of Bougainville, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea, voted in a 98% majority for independence of their...
Pristine Coral Reefs Discovered Are Thousands of Years Old And Teeming With Life
Everyone knows of the Galapagos Islands' biodiversity and scientific value on land, but a recent deep-water expedition has revealed that this biodiversity carries on...
Good News in History, August 2
11 years ago today, Michael Phelps won an unprecedented third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 200-meter individual medley, his 16th gold medal in...
Good News in History, July 27
157 years ago, the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable was pulled ashore at Heart's Content, Newfoundland, having been towed 1,600 miles by Isambard Kingdom Brunel's steamship....
Good News in History, July 16
254 years ago, Father Junípero Serra, a Spanish missionary, found the Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the second such mission in The Californias. This...
Good News in History, July 1
127 years ago today, Wilfrid Laurier was sworn in as Canada's first French-speaking prime minister. Recognized as either the greatest leader Canada has ever...
Good News in History, June 15
723 years ago today, the city of Bilbao was founded in northern Spain's Basque Country. It was established by the local lord Diego López...
Good News in History, June 2
70 years ago today, Queen Elizabeth II was coronated in one of the first major international events to be televised. Twenty-seven million people across...
Good News in History, May 20
80 years ago today, the skeleton of the Luttra Woman, or Hallonflickan (Raspberry woman) was discovered in a bog near Luttra, Sweden. Hers are...
Compounds That Can Stop COVID From Infecting Human Cells Discovered in a Sea Sponge
Compounds that could stop coronavirus and flu viruses from infecting human cells have been discovered in sea sponges.
Researchers unearthed 26 such compounds found in...
Sharp-Shooting Farm Robot Can Treat 500,000 Plants Per Hour With 95% Decrease in Chemical Sprays
With 50 spray nozzles and a sophisticated computer system, tractors out in California's central valley are towing artificially-intelligent robots behind them that look set...
Audubon Society Enjoys Huge “Tern-Around” in the Puffin and Tern Populations of Maine
50 years worth of conserving the tern and puffin populations in Maine has created a stable colony of thousands of breeding birds.
Located on Petit...
My Rescue Dog Saved Me By Sniffing Out My Cancer
A woman said she owes her life to a rescue dog who sensed her breast cancer and wouldn't keep its nose out of her...
Daredevil Dad Launches Tiny Boat He Hopes to Sail 1,900 Miles Across the Atlantic – LOOK
These incredible photos show a daredevil dad taking to the water in his three foot (one-meter) long boat for the first time, which he...
Leaving No Molecule Behind: ‘Landfill of the Future’ Turns Farming Waste Into Soaps, Compost, and Candles
Among sparsely populated communities in Newfoundland, a landfill for the future—where every molecule is accounted for and reused—is steadily growing its portfolio of circularly...
Their Dream Home Tipped as They Pulled It Across the Water – Then Neighbors Came to the Rescue
If a place that truly floated your boat was about to be torn down, you could try to move heaven and earth to save...
Bank That Lost 66 Workers on 9/11 has Paid for All Their Kids to Go to College
We’re reposting this on the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. The story—originally published in 2015—is featured in the GNN paperback book—a collection...