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Eight Officials Under Self-Isolation After Returning from Conference in Toronto
Eight officials from a provincial government department who recently attended a conference in Toronto are in self-isolation. A person from elsewhere, who was at the same conference, has tested positiv...
Mar 11, 2020
Former Nalcor CEO Ed Martin Takes Aim at Muskrat Falls Report
The man who was at the helm of Nalcor when Muskrat Falls was sanctioned has come out swinging following the release yesterday of a damning report by Commissioner Richard LeBlanc. Martin says as the Mu...
Mar 11, 2020
Students, Faculty Against Proposed Tuition Increase at MUN
As Memorial University grapples with reduced funding, a new report is recommending significant tuition increases. The Integrated Planning Committee at MUN says the cost of courses will have to jump fr...
Mar 11, 2020
Nalcor CEO Does Not Expect Any Charges From Muskrat Report
Nalcor CEO Stan Marshall says he saw nothing suggesting criminal activity on the part of Nalcor officials during the course of the Muskrat Falls Inquiry. Justice Richard LeBlanc's report concludes tha...
Mar 11, 2020 Stan Marshall File Photo
Government Criticized for Treatment of Aboriginal Groups in Muskrat Report
The LeBlanc Commission had harsh words for Nalcor and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador on how they treated Indigenous groups during the Muskrat Falls process. The authors of the "misguided ...
Mar 11, 2020
Labrador City Man Arrested for Assault in Churchill Falls
A man from Labrador West is facing a number of charges in connection with an assault in Churchill Falls yesterday. Police say they were called to a home shortly before 3:30 a.m. to reports of a distur...
Mar 11, 2020
Fuel Prices Predicted to Drop this Week
The effects of the steep drop in oil prices are expected to be felt on fuel prices locally this week. That's according to George Murphy of the Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices, who predicts price dr...
Mar 11, 2020
Elimination of Sick Note Requirement Should Extend Across Other Government Departments: NAPE
It's being applauded as a step in the right direction, but other employers have to follow suit. That's the reaction of NAPE President Jerry Earle to a Department of Health decision to eliminate a requ...
Mar 11, 2020
Talks Break Off Between Transit Workers and St. John's Transportation Commission
Talks between the St. John's Transportation Commission and Metrobus workers have broken off. Paul Churchill, the president and business agent of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1462, says the union is...
Mar 10, 2020
MP O'Regan Working from Home While Awaiting COVID-19 Test Results
Federal Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O'Regan is under precautionary self-isolation while awaiting COVID-19 test results. In a tweet, O'Regan states that he went to a doctor for a check up afte...
Mar 10, 2020 (File photo.)
