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Interim Supply and the Offshore Dominate During Lively Day at HoA
A raucous session in the House of Assembly yesterday over interim supply and the three months being allotted for budget debate and estimates. Opposition Finance Critic Tony Wakeham grilled Finance Min...
Sep 16, 2020
Weekly COVID-19 Briefing Delayed by a Day Due to House of Assembly
The province's weekly COVID update is moving this week. The update is normally held on Wednesdays at 2 p.m., but this week is being moved to Thursday from 3:00 to 3:30. That's to accommodate the House...
Sep 16, 2020
All Fuel Prices Expected to Take a Dip this Week
There could be another week of lower gas prices in our future this week. The Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices is forecasting a drop in the price of gasoline by 2.2 cents per litre. Diesel could see ...
Sep 16, 2020
Smoke from Western Wildfires Visible in Parts of NL
Wildfires raging on the west coast of North America may seem far away, but traces of the natural disaster could be seen today in Newfoundland and Labrador. Smoke from the western fires has been carryi...
Sep 15, 2020 (Satellite imagery courtesy CIRA / RAMMB.)
St. John's Man Charged Following Paradise Stabbing
A 22-year-old St. John's man is facing charges in connection with a stabbing in Paradise early this morning that sent a 35-year-old to hospital with injuries. RNC were called to a home in Paradise aro...
Sep 15, 2020
Man with Parkinson's Recreates Cross-Island Bike Trip in Virtual Ride for Charity
A local man is recreating his 1974 bicycle trip across the island from the safety of his garage as a fundraiser for the Parkinson Society's Shake, Rattle and Stroll walk this weekend. In the summer of...
Sep 15, 2020
Four Candidates Running in Humber-Gros Morne as Nominations Close
Four candidates are officially in the running for the Humber-Gros Morne byelection as the nomination period came to a close this afternoon. Earlier this month, former premier Dwight Ball announced he ...
Sep 15, 2020 (Left to right: Andrew Furey, Liberal; Mike Goosney, PC; Graham Downey-Sutton, NDP; Graydon Pelley, NL Alliance.)
Debate Flares in House of Assembly Over Interim Supply
Finance Minister Siobhan Coady was grilled in the House of Assembly on Interim Supply and why the new bill being tabled in this session requires three months for debate and estimates on the budget due...
Sep 15, 2020
Arrest Made in Series of Downtown Break and Enters
The RNC has made an arrest in connection with multiple break and enters in the capital city's downtown. Police say between late August and September 14 they responded to "multiple" incidents of break ...
Sep 15, 2020
Another Day with No New Cases of COVID-19 in NL
Again today, there are no new reported cases of COVID-19 in the province. There remain two active cases in Newfoundland and Labrador. To date, 35,791 people have been tested. The province's weekly COV...
Sep 15, 2020
