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Dunne Group Takes Over Day-to-Day Operations of Atlantic Canada Airports Association
The Atlantic Canada Airports Association has hired Charlottetown-based Dunne Group to manage its day-to-day operations. The ACAA is a not-for-profit organization with a board of directors that represe...
Feb 22, 2023
CRA Encourages Filing on Time as Tax Season Begins
It's tax season, and the local branch of the CRA is making sure people are as prepared as possible before filing. Local CRA representative, Melanie Maynard, says the official deadline to file is April...
Feb 22, 2023 (Photo: Flickr @Obert Madondo)
Messy Weather to Continue for Eastern Newfoundland as Snow Tapers Off
The storm system affecting the Avalon Peninsula is expected to result in about 15 cm of accumulation by the time it eases off early this evening. While the snowfall will taper off, Environment Canada ...
Feb 22, 2023
Numerous Injectable Medications Stolen From Medicine Shoppe in Deer Lake
RCMP are investigating a recent break in at the Medicine Shoppe in Deer Lake. Three people, wearing masks, broke into the building in the early morning hours of February 6th. They made their way to a ...
Feb 22, 2023
Upper Churchill: Furey Says Quebec Needs NL More Than NL Needs Them
The premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec are going to attempt to accomplish what none of their predecessors have been able to do since 1969 regarding hydro development. The Upper Churchill...
Feb 22, 2023
Ukrainian Community to Mark Anniversary of Russian Invasion of Ukraine
The Ukrainian community in Newfoundland and Labrador will gather at Confederation Building in St. John's on Friday to mark the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. President of Ukrainian NL...
Feb 22, 2023 (Photo via Andrew Furey Twitter page.)
Supreme Court Orders Musgrave Harbour to Reinstate Town Councillor
The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador has ordered that a Musgrave Harbour town councillor be reinstated after finding that the town unjustly declared his seat vacant. Grant Abbott, who was no...
Feb 22, 2023
Lotto Max Ticket Worth $100,000 Sold in Mount Pearl
If you bought a lotto ticket in the metro region, you may wish to check the numbers. The $40 million jackpot in last night's Lotto Max didn't go, but the top TAG prize of $100,000 went to somebody who...
Feb 22, 2023
Province Will Soon Release Fiscal Framework for Hydrogen, Wind Sector
Energy Minister Andrew Parsons says government is hoping to have a fiscal framework in place in the very near future to accommodate the province's burgeoning wind and hydrogen energy sector. Parsons s...
Feb 22, 2023
Fugro Opens Remote Operation Centre in St. John's
Fugro, a company that provides marine geoscience, surveying and mapping services around the world, has a new remote operations centre in St. John's in partnership with the provincial government. Local...
Feb 22, 2023
