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Public deserves details surrounding Newfoundland prison deaths: mother
Natasha Martin says a report released Wednesday confirms much of what she had come to learn in the 10 months since her daughter died at the Newfoundland and Labrador Correctional Centre for Women in Clarenville. And that is that her daughter ...
Interruption to Newfoundland food banks not as severe as feared
The fire that heavily damaged the Community Food Sharing Association’s (CFSA) warehouse in Mount Pearl last week came as a huge blow to many in the province. The main supplier of food donations to several food banks in the region saw up to ...
Ches Crosbie’s Tories narrow gap in Newfoundland and Labrador political poll
Another week closer to the 2019 provincial election and another pre-election poll. In the latest, released by MQO Research, support for the Dwight Ball’s governing Liberal Party has dropped 3 per cent to 44 per cent among leaning and decided ...
Newfoundland human rights case enters 15th year
A human rights case stemming from the first days of the province granting same-sex couples the right to marry is still making its way through the province’s justice system even though the person who launched the complaint has since died. The ...
Corner Brook man resumes conditional sentence
After owning up to breaching a conditional sentence, a Corner Brook man was given the opportunity to complete that sentence as originally ordered on Tuesday. Brendon Adams, 34, has been under house arrest since September 2018. The 15-month ...
Consultant says Corner Brook and area’s new tourism strategy must generate real results
The plan to develop a new regional marketing strategy for Corner Brook and the surrounding area took another step forward Tuesday evening. The recently formed Strategic Tourism or Areas and Regions (STAR) committee held the third of its three ...
Major shakeup in Newfoundland and Labrador government structures, personnel
A major shakeup at three departments of the provincial government aims for more efficiency within departments. On Jan. 18, a number of cabinet orders rearranged departments and duties within the Human Resource Secretariat (HRS), the Department of ...
Sheriffs take to St. John's streets to replace jury members for Potter murder trial
When court adjourned in St. John's Monday afternoon, a jury had been assembled and was set to begin hearing evidence in the murder trial of Allan Potter the next morning. By the time Tuesday morning rolled around, however, two of the jurors ...
Atlantic Lottery Corp. VLT vouchers are problematic, says Musgrave Harbour man
When Fred Small heard the Atlantic Lottery Corp. was passing out $5 vouchers for video lottery terminal (VLT) credit, he was floored. A family member who works in retail mentioned the vouchers to him last month, knowing the trouble Small had gone ...
St. John’s Tool Library expands enterprise through partnership with Metro Business Opportunities
Getting one of those little personal projects done around the home received a boost on Monday. The St. John’s-based Tool Library and Metro Business Opportunities (MBO) are building “support” that will provide a loan to the ...