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Newfoundland and Labradorian
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Etymology
From en Newfoundland and Labrador ian.
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en rare en Newfoundland and Labrador.
en Proceedings of the Special Committee of the Senate on the Subject-matter of Bill C-22 28 May 1987 8 : 46 https://archive.org/details/31761117014746/page/n433/mode/1up Newfoundland and Labradorians stand to gain little from their increased taxes and higher drug costs in the light of the fact that the vast majority of research facilities are located in Québec and Ontario.
en Nicola Luksic Canadian seal slaughter unsustainable, warn scientists The Varsity 119 46 29 March 1999 8 https://archive.org/details/thevarsity119/page/n831/mode/1up 3 “But not all Newfoundland and Labradorians are in favour of a large call.”
en Délibérations du Comité Sénatorial Permanent des Affaires Sociales, des Sciences et de la Technologie numbers 40–43 2001 41-15 We think of Newfoundland and Labradorians as people that are outdoors and enjoying the outdoors, and yet, when we look at our physical activity rates, we see that is no longer the case.
en Lawrence Felt A Tale of Two Towns: Municipal Agency and Socio-economic Development in Akureyri, Iceland, and Corner Brook, Newfoundland w:Godfrey Baldacchino; Rob Greenwood; Lawrence Felt Remote Control: Governance Lessons for and from Small, Insular, and Remote Regions Institute of Social and Economic Research 2009 part II (Reviewing Municipal Government in Small, Insular, and Remote Regions) 163 https://archive.org/details/toemployupliftth0000hunt/page/163/mode/1up 978-1-894725-08-8 Newfoundland and Labradorians by and large do not rate political activity highly.
en Patrizia Albanese Child Poverty in Canada Issues in Canada w:Oxford University Press 2010 69 https://archive.org/details/childpovertyinca0000alba/page/69/mode/1up 978-0-19-543205-3 Workers in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador also experienced increases in real hourly wages of about 3 percent, but their average hourly wages of $17.35 and $17.46 respectively remained below the national average. Having said that, Newfoundland and Labradorians had the smallest rise in the cost of living (1.5 percent), resulting in an increase in their purchasing power (Statistics Canada 2009a)—a value undoubtedly reflected in their dropping child poverty rates.
en Helen Forsey Jack Harris Eugene Forsey: Canada’s Maverick Sage https://archive.org/details/eugeneforseycana0000fors/page/n4/mode/1up Toronto, Ont. Dundurn 2012 978-1-926577-15-9 His character and courage over a long and interesting life have made Newfoundland and Labradorians proud to claim him as a native son.
en Don McKay Paradoxides w:McClelland & Stewart 2012 64 978-0-7710-5509-6 That’s me, feasting on cliché, cultivating ennui and a thirst so fine I make a beeline for the next boat’s lounge and drink my way to Ilfracombe and back with Dylan Thomas, to and fro to Staten Island drink for drink with Lowell on a bender – or, better – head for Port-aux-Basques or Blanc-Sablon with manic homebound Newfoundland-and-Labradorians, jigs and reels unscrolling like a casually opened vein.
en Geoff Stirling brought the world to Newfoundland and Labrador w:The Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/geoff-stirling-brought-the-world-to-newfoundland-and-labrador/article16095013/ 30 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20170102065740/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/geoff-stirling-brought-the-world-to-newfoundland-and-labrador/article16095013/ 2 January 2017 “He wasn’t afraid to go out and explore the world and bring it back to [Newfoundland and Labrador],” said Mr. Steele, adding that Mr. Stirling was also the first to introduce 24-hour television in North America. “He was a guy that instilled confidence in Newfoundland and Labradorians.”
en w:Russell Wangersky Same Ground: Chasing Family Down the California Gold Rush Trail w:ECW Press 2022 978-1-77041-654-3 I lived in the tightly knit province of Newfoundland and Labrador 35 years but was still identified as a “come-from-away,” clearly recognized as being not from the province, most often because of my last name. Often, it was more curiosity than malice. For Newfoundland and Labradorians, the question “Who are you from?” is about establishing who your parents are and fitting you into your spot in the relatively small provincial firmament.