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FFAW Makes 'Final Attempt' to Protect Crab Grounds from Oil and Gas Development
Fish harvesters are submitting a bid to the C-NLOPB this morning on what they're calling a final attempt to protect crab grounds. Harvesters are frustrated by the expansion of oil and gas in a part of...
Nov 04, 2019 (File photo.)
Already Record-Breaking Heat in First Days of November
The days are now colder and shorter, but November 1 was still a recording-breaking day for temperatures in the St. John's area. PAL Airlines and Aerospace Meteorologist, Brian Walsh says St. John's Ai...
Nov 04, 2019
House Reopens Today, Electing New Speaker on Top of Agenda
The number of voting Liberal members in the House of Assembly will be reduced by one today after an election for Speaker. It will be the first order of business as as politicians will be heckling each...
Nov 04, 2019
Whitehorse Man Completes Cross-Canada Walk at Cape Spear
A man who walked across the country says the most memorable part of his journey is the people. Richard Zier-Vogel of Whitehorse, left the Alaskan-Yukon border March 31, 2018, and walked 500 km. He sta...
Nov 04, 2019
Former Premier Joins Crosbie, Kenney with Calls to Revisit Equalization Formula
A former premier is in support of a referendum on equalization. Opposition Leader Ches Crosbie raised the matter last week in the wake of a divisive federal election. Crosbie was echoing the concerns ...
Nov 04, 2019 Brian Peckford (File photo.)
RNC Officer Arrested for Impaired Driving
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary confirms one of its own was arrested for impaired driving over the weekend. RNC Media Relations Officer James Cadigan says an officer was charged with impaired and ...
Nov 04, 2019
Hunters Condemn Wasting Wildlife After Pile of Dead Rabbits Left Next to Road
The owner of a website dedicated to the hunters and anglers of Newfoundland and Labrador is voicing his displeasure after a large pile of dead rabbits was found off Robert E. Howlett Memorial Drive. I...
Nov 04, 2019
Twitter Comes Together to Wish Corner Brook Kid a Happy Birthday
We often hear of the negative stories surrounding social media and how it can knock people down, but sometimes it can help pick people up. An 11-year-old boy from Corner Brook had his birthday turned ...
Nov 03, 2019 Photo courtesy of @NLWildlife Twitter.
2019 Growing Season Stellar for Some, Near Disastrous for Others: Federation of Agriculture
The growing season in the local agriculture industry is drawing to a close, and according to the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Agriculture it has been a mixed bag for farmers. Federation Pre...
Nov 03, 2019
Cleanup of Massive Fish Die-Off Continuing in Fortune Bay
Northern Harvest Sea Farms says the clean up continues in Fortune Bay. 2.6 million salmon died this summer due to what company officials say was a rare extended warm water event. While it was suggeste...
Nov 03, 2019 (Photo courtesy Atlantic Salmon Federation.)
