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Loblaw Profits Soar Despite NL Strike
Grocery and drug store retailer Loblaw is reporting gains in third-quarter profits, revenue and sales. It is raising its dividend after reporting a profit of $342-million, up from $331-million a year ...
Nov 12, 2020
Recreational Food Fishery Popular Pastime This Year
The numbers are in on this year's recreational cod fishery off Newfoundland and Labrador and to nobody's surprise, it was a popular pastime this year. Fishery officers reported seeing about 1600 more ...
Nov 12, 2020
Origin International says it Doesn't Require Government Money to Acquire Refinery
The company interested in buying the Come By Chance oil refinery says it does not require any government money to acquire the refinery but would need support post-transaction. Origin International say...
Nov 12, 2020 (Photo courtesy Origin International.)
New Book Explores Experience of WWI Foresters
A local author is shedding light on the 500 or so foresters who went overseas during the First World War, about whom far less is known than their World War II counterparts. Ursula Kelly says the story...
Nov 12, 2020
NL Man Takes Staycationing to a Whole New Level
A Newfoundland man who took the concept of staycationing to a whole new level says he intends to finish his goal of visiting every community in the province once a vaccine is found. Brian Lynch purcha...
Nov 12, 2020
NLTA Troubled with Expanded Indoor School Sports Plan
The Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association is troubled with the English School District's decision to expand access to schools for what they call non-essential activities. More indoor school ...
Nov 12, 2020
Man with $25,000 in Fines Stopped by RNC
Metro police stopped a man yesterday who owed a whopping $25,000 to the Crown in fines. The RNC pulled over the 52-year-old in the west end of St. John's early in the afternoon. He was given more tick...
Nov 12, 2020
Another Suspicious Fire in Grand Falls-Windsor Area
There has been yet another suspicious fire in the Grand Falls-Windsor area-and this time an outdoor recreational structure was consumed. The Grand Falls-Windsor Fire Department fought the blaze late l...
Nov 12, 2020
Federation of Labour Outraged over Money Being Taken from Injury Fund
The Federation of Labour is "outraged" by a recent Workplace NL announcement that it says takes money from the workers' compensation injury fund to benefit employers. Workplace NL this week announced ...
Nov 12, 2020 (File photo)
Human Error Cause for COVID Case Mix-Up
Human error was the cause of a mix-up at the Provincial Public Health laboratory resulting in a previously reported positive case actually being negative. An extensive investigation led to the discove...
Nov 12, 2020
