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Cabinet Shuffle Creates Need to Elect New House Speaker
The provincial government has revealed its post-election Cabinet, and it means there will be an election for Speaker. Perry Trimper is back in Cabinet after being Speaker for the past couple of years....
Sep 06, 2019
FFAW Warns of Losing Up to 50% of Crab Quota with Proposed Oil and Gas Development
The fisheries union says between 40 and 50 per cent of their crab quotas will disappear if government goes ahead with oil and gas developments that cut into valuable fishing grounds. The C-NLOPB relea...
Sep 06, 2019 (Stock photo.)
PCs Raise Questions As Deal Full of Tax Breaks Goes to Cannabis Company with Liberal Ties
The Opposition is concerned about several aspects of an agreement between the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and the third cannabis grow operation in the province. The deal allows for million...
Sep 06, 2019
Dorian Bringing Rough Weather to the Province Saturday
Hurricane Dorian is predicted to reach the Gulf of St. Lawrence and possibly the west coast of the province by tomorrow. At least thirty people in the Bahamas have been confirmed dead in the wake of t...
Sep 06, 2019
Province Has More Family Doctors But Thousands Still Without Service
The province's health minister says Newfoundland and Labrador has more family physicians than it's ever had but the way they practice is changing. Eastern Health has 54 more family physicians than it ...
Sep 06, 2019
Oil Development or Climate Action? Poll Shows Canadians Split, Even on Individual Level
When it comes to voter priorities this federal election, Canadians are split between action on climate change and investing in oil and gas. But Angus Reid says the divide is not quite that black and w...
Sep 06, 2019
Police Issue Caution About Outlaws MC Members in Central
RCMP are warning the public about an increased presence of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club in central Newfoundland this weekend. Officers say people may see outlaw motorcycle gangs riding in formations at...
Sep 05, 2019
Company Assuming Risks in Kenmount Cannabis Facility, Not Taxpayers: Minister
Government says the company is taking all the risks in the third cannabis production facility in Newfoundland/Labrador-not taxpayers. St. John's-based Atlantic Cultivation, through Toronto-based Auxly...
Sep 05, 2019
Holyrood Loses Family Doctor, Leaving Thousands in the Lurch
Residents of Holyrood are the latest in the province to find themselves with one less family doctor. A local GP closed her practice at the end of August, leaving thousands searching for a new family d...
Sep 05, 2019
Paradise Man Plagued by Problems from Sewage Station says Town Looking Into Purchase of Property
A Paradise homeowner who has been plagued by problems at a sewage lift station next door is delighted that the town council is going to look into moving him out and purchasing his property. The final ...
Sep 05, 2019 (Photo courtesy Wendy Clarke.)
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