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Price of Fuels Predicted to Decrease This Week
The price of fuels is expected to decrease this week. George Murphy of the Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices predicts gas to go down by 1.6 cents and 1.5 for diesel, while heating and stove oils are ...
Oct 28, 2020
Opposition Calls Premiers Lack of Media Availability a Disgrace
Opposition Leader Ches Crosbie took the premier to task yesterday for failing to address questions from the media on two pressing issues facing the government. Premier Andrew Furey was in the House of...
Oct 28, 2020 (File photo.)
NL Wants Ottawa to Change Current Ferry Passenger Rule
The province isn't having much luck getting Transport Canada to change a recent rule implemented for provincial ferries. Yesterday in the House of Assembly, Conception Bay East-Bell Island MHA David B...
Oct 28, 2020
School Flu Vaccine Information Coming Soon
The regional health authorities are starting to distribute information on free flu shots for students in the school system. The provincial government announced earlier this month that it would be prov...
Oct 28, 2020
Tourism Operator Proposing Fall Marketing Campaign to Help Industry
An operator says the local tourism industry is in crisis due to the pandemic and one local operator has come up with a plan to help encourage more visitors from the Atlantic Bubble next season. John F...
Oct 28, 2020 (Fisher's Loft in Port Rexton, Trinity Bay.)
June Public Exams Still Up In the Air says Osborne
Government says it's too early to decide if next June's public exams should be cancelled. Education Minister Tom Osborne was responding to questions yesterday from St. John's Centre MHA Jim Dinn, who ...
Oct 28, 2020
Government to Unlock Some Types of Pensions Before Christmas
The province appears to have had a change of heart on the issue of unlocking some types of pensions this fall. On Monday, Service NL Minister Sarah Stoodley said it was unlikely legislation to free up...
Oct 28, 2020 (Minister of Digital Government and Service NL, Sarah Stoodley.)
Dominion Workers Threatened with Arrest at Picket Line
Unifor says striking Dominion workers were threatened with arrest at their picket line in Donovans last night. Lead negotiator Chris Macdonald says they had been picketing at Weston Foods for the past...
Oct 27, 2020
City Approves Georgestown Inn for Heritage Status
St. John's City Council has approved a proposal to turn the Georgestown Inn into a recognized heritage building. The owners of 50 Bonaventure Avenue are hoping the designation can help them with renov...
Oct 27, 2020 (Georgestown Inn on Bonaventure Avenue.)
Man, 37, Dead Following Single-Vehicle Crash in Trout River
RCMP have confirmed the death of a man in a single-vehicle crash in Trout River, Sunday morning. Police say the victim, a 37-year-old man, was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene. The secon...
Oct 27, 2020
