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Public Health Issues Flight Advisories as NL Reports 7 New Cases of COVID-19
There are seven new cases of COVID-19 reported in the province today. Six are related to domestic travel and one is a close contact of a previous case. Five are in the Eastern Health region and two ar...
May 07, 2021
CN Correcting Pension Policies Following Plight of Harbour Grace Man
CN confirms that a "regrettable lag" in updating the rules of its pension policies is being "corrected immediately" after it was brought to light by a Harbour Grace senior who faced hardship after the...
May 07, 2021
Canada Reports Heavy Job Losses in April Under Pressure of Third Wave
Statistics Canada says the economy lost 207,000 jobs in April as a new rise in COVID-19 cases led to renewed public health restrictions that closed businesses. The national unemployment rate rose to 8...
May 07, 2021
NLTA to Address Significant Concerns with Education Recommendations in Economic Recovery Report
The Newfoundland and Labrador Teacher's Association says they have significant concerns with the recommendations in the Premier's Economic Recovery Team report for the provincial public K-12 education...
May 07, 2021 (File photo: Dean Ingram, former President of the NLTA.)
PERT Report Once Again Highlights Province's Spending Problem says Short
A senior investment advisor says there is little new in the Greene Report released yesterday. Larry Short says the report is largely a summary of previous reports dating back to at least 2015, if not ...
May 07, 2021
Government Tax Credits for Film and Television Production Costs Taxpayers Over $48,000 for Each Position Created
The Greene report recommends Newfoundland and Labrador increase support to arts and culture but the figures show that it already costs a lot to be in the movies and television. The provincial governme...
May 07, 2021
Economic Recovery Report Recommends Trimming the Excess Fat from Agencies, Boards, and Commissions
The Greene Report recommends many changes in the operation of agencies, boards, and commissions not the least of which is a 30 per cent cut in executive positions. The Auditor General has frequently f...
May 07, 2021
C-PAWS Pleased with Public Consultation into Province's Protected Areas Plan for Newfoundland
An urban-rural divide appears to have emerged as the result of public consultations into the province's Protected Areas Plan for the Island of Newfoundland. WERAC, or the Wilderness and Ecological Res...
May 07, 2021 (Photo: Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council - WERAC NL)
Disturbance at Home in Meadows Leads to Arrest of Suspected Drunk Driver
A disturbance at a home in the Bay of Islands late last night has led to the arrest of a suspected drunk driver. The RNC in Corner Brook were called out to a home in Meadows but the man left before th...
May 07, 2021
Greene Report Suggests Dismantling Nalcor as its Size and Complexity Do Not Reflect Size of Province
Among the recommendations made by Moya Greene in the Economic Recovery Report is abolishing Nalcor Energy and the Oil and Gas Corp. Nalcor, which is responsible for the Muskrat Falls project, came und...
May 07, 2021
