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Province, Young Entrepreneur Working on Developing Tech in Music Industry
The provincial government is in discussions with a young entrepreneur thanks to a story that aired on VOCM. Industry Minister Andrew Parsons announced in mid-December that it was putting money towards...
Dec 30, 2023 (Andrew Parsons)
New Report Suggests Canadians to Adjust Grocery Lists to Save in 2024
A new report suggests Canadians will be making some changes to their grocery shopping habits in the new year. The report released by Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab predicts that many C...
Dec 30, 2023
Year in Review 2023 - November: At Home and Across the Pond
As the first snow of the season threatened to fall over the metro region, the spotlight was on the most vulnerable living in tents in Bannerman Park. On November 29 with snow in the forecast, the City...
Dec 30, 2023
New Season of Son of a Critch Airs in January
New episodes of Son of a Critch will be hitting the screen in the new year. The show, based on the life of a young Mark Critch, returns for a third season on January 9. It's filmed here in this provin...
Dec 30, 2023 Photo via Son of a Critch on X
Conception Bay East-Bell Island By-Election Taking Place on January 29
The date has been set for the by-election in the district of Conception Bay East-Bell Island. Residents will head to the polls on Monday, January 29, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Advance polling will t...
Dec 30, 2023
Increased Interest Rates Impacting NL's Cost of Borrowing
Increased interest rates are having an impact on the province's cost of borrowing. Finance Minister Siobhan Coady says borrowing is up and at higher interest rates. She says the province has tried to ...
Dec 30, 2023
Central Newfoundland Seeing Economic Benefits of Gold Mining
There's gold in them thar hills-and two regions of central Newfoundland are starting to see the economic benefits. Marathon Gold is in the process of developing a gold mining operation at its Valentin...
Dec 30, 2023
Government Should Offer Employment to Health Care Students Sooner: Wakeham
One of the ways in which government should be addressing health care challenges into the new year is to offer health care students full time employment. That's according to PC leader Tony Wakeham, who...
Dec 30, 2023 Tony Wakeham
40-Year-Old Man Arrested Following Theft from St. John's Business
A 40-year-old man was arrested in the capital city yesterday for theft. Metro police responded to a report of an ongoing theft at a centre city business shortly before 4 p.m. Following an investigatio...
Dec 30, 2023
FFAW Bidding "Good Riddance" to 2023
The President of the FFAW is bidding "good riddance" to 2023. The year saw a catastrophic collapse in snow crab markets that led to a prolonged tie-up, followed by changes to EI qualifying criteria th...
Dec 30, 2023 FFAW President Greg Pretty
