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Woman Completes Cross-Island Bike Ride for Charity
After a week of trials on the trails, a woman biking across the island for charity has arrived in Port aux Basques. A little after 4:00 on Friday afternoon, Jenn Wicks posted a photo of herself, stand...
Jul 13, 2019
Recreational Salmon Fishery Opens on Northwest River
The recreational salmon fishery opens today on Northwest River in Terra Nova National Park. The total quota is 75 fish. Parks Canada requires that you have a Tag 1 Inland Salmon License and a national...
Jul 13, 2019
Local Artists to Take Stage at Salmon Festival
Local musical acts are the big feature as the Exploits Valley Salmon Festival in Grand Falls-Windor partners with Music NL. Mayor Barry Manuel says a list of 20 well-known local artists are being feat...
Jul 13, 2019
Supreme Court Decision Allows Class Action Against Government for Mud Lake Victims
The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador has ruled that a person whose home was damaged by the flooding of Mud Lake two years ago can begin the process of a Class Action against both Nalcor and ...
Jul 13, 2019 (File photo, courtesy Claudine Broomfield.)
Memories Rekindled with Opening of Holyrood Time Capsule
Evelyn Deveraux was the first town clerk in Holyrood in 1969. She recalls the first council meeting. The town opened a 30-year-old time capsule yesterday to kick-off Holyrood 50 Come Home Year celebra...
Jul 13, 2019
Cannabis Production Facility proposed for Kenmount Road
A new cannabis production facility is being proposed for the Kenmount Crossing Industrial Park in St. John's. The project, by Atlantic Cultivation Limited, will include the construction of a 10,200 sq...
Jul 13, 2019 Site of the proposed facility at 736-760 Kenmount Road. (Photo courtesy of Google Maps)
Proposal to Increase Electricity Rates Mainly Due to Oil Prices, says NL Hydro
Higher oil prices are being touted by Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro as the main reason for a proposal to increase electricity rates this fall. Hydro has applied to the Public Utilities Board for an ...
Jul 13, 2019
Former Premier Roger Grimes Appointed as Chair of C-NLOPB
Former Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Roger Grimes is officially taking on a new role in the province's oil and gas industry. Yesterday, Minister Siobhan Coady and Federal Minister Amarjeet Sohi an...
Jul 12, 2019
Local Cricket Player to Captain Provincial Team at Nationals
A Newfoundland cricket player has been invited by Cricket Canada to captain the provincial team at the National T20 tournament next week in Toronto. Rahul Vashishtha, 25, has been a dominant player in...
Jul 12, 2019
Tapping Into the Past: Holyrood Unveils Contents of 30-Year Time Capsule
The Town of Holyrood has kicked off its Come Home Year celebrations by unearthing a time capsule buried in the community 30 years ago. The time capsule, buried near the library and sealed with a concr...
Jul 12, 2019
