2 years ago
10th Annual Downhome Expo on Friday, May 3rd
The largest tradeshow and marketplace in Newfoundland and Labrador, the Downhome Expo descends on the Mount Pearl Glacier next weekend, with more than 100 different vendors, games, contests and more. Doors open at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, May 3rd, 2024 and the show runs until 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 5th, 2024.
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2 years ago
Husky fined $2.5-million for province’s biggest oil spill
Husky Energy has been fined 2.5 million dollars for its roll in causing the largest oil spill in this province’s history. The sentence was handed down today in provincial court in St. John’s and was in keeping with a joint recommendation made by lawyers earlier this year. Husky pleaded guilty to three charges — resuming […]
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2 years ago
Workers Across Province Commemorate National Day of Mourning
The Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour and workers across the province will gather on Sunday to mark the National Day of Mourning. On the Day of Mourning, the labour movement remembers the workers who have lost their lives and advocates for strong and enforceable laws, and safe and healthy workplaces. Events will take place in St. John’s, […]
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2 years ago
Canada announces a mackerel bait fishery
On Thursday, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Diane Lebouthillier, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Mike Kelloway, announced the opening of a 470-tonne Atlantic mackerel personal-use bait fishery this spring. This is along with the continued closure of the Atlantic mackerel commercial fishery […]
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