The NLC is reporting increased earnings over the last financial year, as it takes stock of the full impacts of the pandemic on business.

Over the last year, the NLC reported an 8.3 per cent increase in total net earnings, for a total of $200.6-million dollars.

The corporation says that equals a $195-million dollar dividend for the province, which is the second largest in the NLC’s history.

Alcohol sales increased 3.8 per cent last year to reach just under $280-million.

Cannabis sales, meanwhile, grew 34.1 per cent for a total of $52.1-million.