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Unifor Accuses Loblaw Of Exploiting Workers Through Cuts To Full-Time Positions
Unifor is raising the alarm after learning that Loblaw is cutting 44 full-time jobs in this province and offering part-time positions. The company-which operates Dominion stores in this province-is re...
Jun 20, 2019
Judicial Recount Underway After Five-Vote Split In Labrador West
The judicial recount for the district of Labrador West is underway in St. John's Supreme Court. One by one, each ballot is passed down a long table, through the hands of each lawyer, and examined. Thi...
Jun 20, 2019
Veteran Rod Deon Receives Standing Ovation In House Of Assembly
A standing ovation in the House of Assembly today for Rod Deon, a decorated veteran of WWII who recently came back from Normandy where he participated in ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of D-D...
Jun 20, 2019
New Canadians Celebrate Culture At Refugee Week Open House
A boisterous display of culture and fashion is happening in St. John's today, made all the more special as the bearers of those traditions have come from all around the world, but have all chosen to m...
Jun 20, 2019
Thirty-Six Workplace Fatalities In NL In 2018
There were 36 work-related fatalities in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2018. That's according to statistics released today by Workplace NL. Of the 36 people who died last year, four of those fatalities...
Jun 20, 2019 (Photo by Earl Noble.)
Local Company Denied Retail Cannabis License Despite Better Proposal
The provincial Opposition wants to know why a local company was denied a retail cannabis license despite the fact that its proposal was ranked better by NLC than the winning proposal which went to Lob...
Jun 20, 2019
Bad Behavior At Paradise Business An Ongoing Issue In The Area
A woman who made a recent Facebook plea after observing some disturbing behaviour at a Paradise business says she hopes the awareness raised will do some good. Jill, who asked not to have her last nam...
Jun 19, 2019
Questions Of Cost And Location Remain For New Francophone School
The Minister of Transportation and Works says the possibility of buying land for a new Francophone school in the metro region is not off the table. Steve Crocker was responding to questions surroundin...
Jun 19, 2019
Harbour Grace Police Stop Driver At Twice The Limit
Harbour Grace RCMP nabbed an impaired driver over the weekend at more than twice the legal limit. Around 6:30 Sunday evening, police received a tip about an impaired driver in Victoria. Police located...
Jun 19, 2019 (Stock photo.)
Pippy Park Rejects Three Pond Barrens Off-Leash Proposal
The Pippy Park Commission has shot down a request to set aside an off-leash area near Three Pond Barrens. Chair of the Pippy Park Commission Sean Kelly says they considered a recent request from the C...
Jun 19, 2019 (Stock photo.)
