Newfoundland is building a huge new cultural complex in St. John’s that eventually will house the archives, museum and art gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador. But in a strange move, the province has ousted the “well-regarded” director of the museum who’s had the job 20 years. She was told she could reapply for her job when a national search got underway, but in the meantime the government appointed the provincial archivist to run the place. “The institution has no real Crown corporation or arms-length status, and its day-to-day administration is being handled by someone without experience in the visual arts…”