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Advocate Questions Feasibility of $25 a Day Daycare Under Current System
More questions are being raised about Premier Andrew Furey's plans to implement $25 a day daycare in the province. Robyn LeGrow is the executive director of the Jimmy Pratt Foundation, which is dedica...
Aug 26, 2020
Gas Prices Predicted to Jump this Week
The Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices is predicting the price of gas to go up this week. According to spokesperson George Murphy, the price of gasoline will increase by 2.4 cents. Heating and stove o...
Aug 26, 2020
Trio Stunned After Hooking Big Tuna in Conception Bay
Three men hauling cod nets in Conception Bay got much more than they bargained for. The trio was anchored off Freshwater when they hooked something considerably larger than the cod they were out for; ...
Aug 25, 2020
Petition Aims to Save 'The Lump' in Logy Bay from Development
A petition against the re-zoning of the former Logy Bay ski hill for residential development is gaining traction online. Steve Walsh, chairman of the development association in Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Ou...
Aug 25, 2020
Gander Minor Baseball Hits Home Run with $25K Grant for Field
There are some excited young athletes in Gander after the local minor baseball program received a $25,000 grant for field improvements as part of the Art Walker Field Redevelopment Plan. Gander Minor ...
Aug 25, 2020
Falling Leaves in August More Fungal Than Seasonal
Recent social media posts might have some people thinking fall is coming a bit early, but a local arborist says it's more likely that weather conditions this summer are causing certain leaf pests to f...
Aug 25, 2020
Ferry Captain Strike to Affect Tourism Traffic on Fogo Island, says Mayor
The mayor of Fogo Island says the strike by ferry captains will be devastating to them and Change Islands. Their service is being reduced to one trip per day, but Mayor Wayne Collins wonders if trucke...
Aug 25, 2020
Rainfall Warnings in Effect for Parts of Province
Provincial government officials are on the ready, monitoring an approaching weather system that could result in flash flooding in some parts of the province. Rainfall warnings are in place for most of...
Aug 25, 2020
NLTA President Honoured for Saving Lives of Mother and Son
The President of the NLTA was recently honoured at Government House for helping to save the lives of a mother and son five years ago. Dean Ingram came upon an accident scene in April of 2015 before em...
Aug 25, 2020
No New Cases of COVID-19 in NL; PCs Call for More Testing
There are no new cases of COVID-19 being reported in Newfoundland and Labrador again today and there are no active cases. Meanwhile, Opposition leader Ches Crosbie is reiterating his call for a point ...
Aug 25, 2020
