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Segregation In Corrections Still A Problem That Needs Correction
The province's justice minister says you don't need case law to understand the negative effects of segregation on those in the corrections system. Andrew Parsons was responding to a recent Supreme Cou...
Jun 21, 2019 (File photo, Her Majesty's Penitentiary.)
A Century Of NL History From A Doctor Who Lived It Published Online
The digitized observations and musings of a man who personally saw the history of medicine unfold in this province have been officially launched at Memorial University. Dr. Nigel Rusted was a member o...
Jun 21, 2019
Provinces Getting Millions From Cannabis Tax Revenue, But Balance Is ‘Tricky’ Says Analyst
New numbers from Statistics Canada show the federal and provincial governments made $186-million in revenue from cannabis taxes in just over five months since legalization. Stats Can says Ottawa earne...
Jun 21, 2019
MP Draws Ire After Address To Noia Oil And Gas Conference
A long-time consultant in the oil and gas industry says the audience was shocked and he was embarrassed to hear the words of federal cabinet minister Seamus O'Regan at the Oil and Gas Conference in St...
Jun 21, 2019
Mount Pearl Man Details Disturbing Duck Dragging Incident
A man out for a walk on the trails in Mount Pearl last night is sickened after what he saw some kids on bicycles do with a helpless animal. In a post to Facebook, the man says he was walking on the Po...
Jun 21, 2019 (Photo by Amy Fitzpatrick.)
Coady Says Government Committed To Ensuring Atlantic Accord Upheld Under C-69
The province's Natural Resources Minister kicked off the last day of the 2019 Noia Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition by looking at progress made under the province's Advance 2030. Siobhan Coady ...
Jun 21, 2019
June 20, 2019 – The province wants to know why Newfoundlanders and Labradorians leave, and what it would take to bring them back. What are your suggestions?
Jun 20, 2019
Two Injured Following Head-On Collision In Foxtrap
A driver is lucky to be alive after a head on collision on Incinerator Road near Foxtrap. Traffic was at a standstill both ways after a head-on collision between a car and a dump truck near the Highwa...
Jun 20, 2019
Gas Up, Heating Oil Down, But All Only A Little
It's only slight changes in both directions for fuel prices this week. Gas increases by 1.6 cents per litre; diesel, heating and stove oils are down by a fraction of a cent each and there is no change...
Jun 20, 2019
Beachy Cove Students Make The Case To Protect Species Under Threat From Climate Change
Students in Laun Shoemaker's Grade 4 French Immersion class at Beachy Cove Elementary in Portugal Cove-St. Philips have put together a music video all about climate change and species at risk. "Vivre ...
Jun 20, 2019
