Rotting houses with no one to care for them, or even tear them down. It’s a common sight all over Newfoundland. A bleak look into a way of life that is fading away. St. John’s photographer Steve Campbell has created the Facebook page “Lost Newfoundland” – to document this very phenomenon.
Kyle Greenham Kicker
Editors note: This story is part of a countinuing series by student journalists Abigail Chippett and Kyle Greenham on aging communities in rural Newfoundland.
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Many seniors living in rural Newfoundland are going to local stores to get their groceries because the latest lockdown is hampering their access to larger food retailers in the metro St. John’s region.