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Bike Business Booming During Pandemic
Public health restrictions have had a positive impact on at least one local business. With organized sport on the back burner, active Newfoundlanders are looking for alternatives. That's good news for...
May 16, 2020 Courtesy Google maps.
Price of Fuel in Parts of Labrador Returning to Floating Price
Woodward's oil has announced that the first oil tanker of the season will arrive in Goose Bay this weekend. The company has advised the Public Utilities Board that the price of fuel in the region will...
May 16, 2020
Campus Beautification Projects on Mind of New MUN President
The opening of the new core science building at MUN will be delayed thanks to COVID-19. Memorial University President Vianne Timmons says although work continues, construction delays caused by the vir...
May 16, 2020
Messages of Hope, Happiness and Thanks Shared on Social Media for Long Weekend
Over a week with no new cases of COVID-19 in the province is something to be happy about. Many people and organizations are sharing those sentiments on social media on what is usually a weekend for ga...
May 16, 2020
Local Farm Notes Increased Demand for Beef as Market Moves Online
A local meat producer is pivoting to address increased demand and challenges in getting product to market. Bill Gregory of Haricot Farms produces beef and lamb, and says with the shutdown of the St. J...
May 16, 2020
It's The 24th of May But Don't Go Far Away: Stay Near Home and in Bubble, says Government
The last live COVID-19 update before the start of the long weekend began on a high note: eight days straight with no new cases. The province's first big holiday hurdle was the Easter weekend, and with...
May 16, 2020
Well Respected Archaeologist and Heritage Consultant, Gerald Penney, Passes Away
Archaeologist and heritage consultant Gerald Penney, whose career took him from the south coast of Newfoundland to Northern Labrador, has passed away. He was 69. Penney's work led him to find or revis...
May 16, 2020
NL Author Tom Moore to Read from Novel on "Canada Performs"
A local writer has been chosen to appear on a nationally sponsored show this afternoon. Newfoundland writer, Tom Moore, will be on "Canada Performs" at around 3:30 p.m. The show is sponsored by the Na...
May 16, 2020 Tim Moore, via Tom Moore Books on Facebook.
RCMP Educating Public on Illegal Lotteries
The RCMP is warning the public of illegal lotteries taking place within the province. Police are ensuring that those who are participating are educated to curb unlawful activity. A lottery is any game...
May 16, 2020
NL Man Serving Life Sentence Dies in Dorchester Penitentiary
A 54-year-old man, originally from Newfoundland and Labrador, has died while serving a life sentence in Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick. In a statement, acting deputy warden Ken LeBlanc says ...
May 15, 2020
