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Business Owner Fears Loblaw Could Still Pull Out of NL
A local business owner fears there is a risk that Loblaw may choose to pull out of Newfoundland and Labrador rather than yield to the demands of its workers. Terry Hussey of Vigilant Management has be...
Oct 27, 2020 (File photo)
Husky, Cenovus Merger Leads Discussions in House of Assembly
The merger of Husky Energy with former rival Cenovus topped the agenda in the House of Assembly this afternoon. Premier Andrew Furey says he learned of the deal around the same time as everyone else o...
Oct 26, 2020
Province Permits Studded Tires Due to Snow in the Forecast
With some snow on the way for parts of the island tonight, the provincial government is permitting the use of studded tires effective immediately. The first snow of the season is in the forecast for p...
Oct 26, 2020
Husky Halts West White Rose Construction for 2021
Husky says it is continuing to work with the provincial government to discuss how new federal funding can support the long-term success of the White Rose project and the offshore, but admits, the poss...
Oct 26, 2020
NL Reports Another Case of COVID-19 Related to Work in Alberta
There's another travel-related case of COVID-19 in the province. A woman in her 50s, returning to the Eastern region from work in Alberta is the latest case. She has been isolating since her arrival i...
Oct 26, 2020
RCMP Looking for Suspect in Garnish Town Hall Break-In
RCMP on the Burin Peninsula have released surveillance images of a man believed responsible for a break-in at the Garnish town council building. RCMP received a complaint on October 21. Someone broke ...
Oct 26, 2020
MHA Perry Trimper Withdrawing Nomination for Next Election
Embattled MHA Perry Trimper is not going to run in the next election. Trimper, a former cabinet minister and speaker of the House, won the Liberal nomination in Upper Lake Melville district for the ne...
Oct 26, 2020
New Pay Station Plan Unveiled for Downtown St. John's
The capital city has unveiled its plans for the reinstatement of parking pay stations in the downtown starting next month. The city had to abandon the use of parking meters after they were regularly t...
Oct 26, 2020 (Photo: City of St. John's)
Conservationist Believes Caribou Decline Behind Migration of Wolves to Newfoundland
A US conservationist who has concentrated his efforts on wolves believes a recent decline in woodland caribou in Labrador is causing wolves to look to the island for a food source. John Glowa, preside...
Oct 26, 2020 (Joe Flemming shows the size of a wolf paw after it was shot in Bonavista in 2012.)
City Ponders Scope of Pedestrian Mall for Next Year
It's a safe bet that the Downtown Pedestrian Mall will be part of the landscape next year but just what it will look like is still up in the air. The city has finished compiling information, ideas and...
Oct 26, 2020
