A new incubator program that's mentoring five groups on Newfoundland and Labrador's Avalon Peninsulais now supporting new enterprises with goals that range from helping seniors to increasing local composting programs.

Employment is already changing as Newfoundland and Labrador moves toward non-carbon-based energy production and as the economy transforms, the focus is on the jobs of the future.

Regional food hubs and community gardens can build on traditions of sharing, independence and local resilience to address issues of food security in northern regions of the province, advocates say.

At the Saint Vincent De Paul Carbonear Food Bank, things have been lean. The food bank had been struggling to fill its regular hampers, let alone prepare for special Christmas hampers.

A remote education strategy at Memorial University's faculty of nursing is proving to be a big hit in the Big Land, as students can stay closer to home while they earn their nursing degree.

CBC Radio's The Signal spent a few days in the Big Land speaking with the folks at Mokami Status of Woman in Happy Valley-Goose Bay about how small acts of empathy and kindness are creating big changes in the lives of people that use the organizations services.

As markets go, this one was a bit different.Instead of vegetables, meals or sweet treats, the aisles of the St. John's Farmers' Market were lined with booths focused on other themes: immigration, connectionbelonging.