How Cape Race, N.L., helped North America get its news — by fishing it out of the sea | Unpublished
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Publication Date: July 12, 2026 - 04:30

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How Cape Race, N.L., helped North America get its news — by fishing it out of the sea

July 12, 2026

Before there was internet, television and radio, Cape Race, N.L., was at the centre of how North America got its news. Theresa O'Leary's book Race to the Cape tells us how, and why it started here.



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