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• Section of ‘fog forest,’ East Coast Trail now...
  Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove is now home to the easternmost property under the protection of the Nature Conservancy of Canada, the organization ...
• Full speed ahead
  For just a moment, when the net-wrapped bottle smashed against the hull, the air smelled of wine. It was champagne, “the finest,” said a ...
• Dollars down the drain
  From the point where water flows into the treatment facility at Bay Bulls Big Pond, it takes a total of four hours for it to work its way through ...
• Rovers to set up shop in Paradise
  The Rovers Search and Rescue Team of Northeast Avalon will soon have a home to call their own. A $600,000 contribution from Hibernia Management ...
• Fortis pursuing compensation from Belize
  At its annual general meeting in St. John's Friday, Fortis cited record profits, a deal on the horizon to break new ground in the United States ...
• Ministers out in force for apprenticeship forums
  With 70,000 job openings expected in Newfoundland and Labrador in the next 10 years, the Dunderdale government is buckling down in its efforts to ...
• Lack of cameras does not green-light lawbreaking
  In an hour-and-a-half driving lesson, instructor Tony Cumby says, he typically sees a half-dozen people driving while texting or talking on a ...
• One year anniversary for George Street CCTV
  It has been one year since closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras first began recording the minute-by-minute actions on George Street. May 1 ...
• Former environment minister applauds premier
  The Lower Churchill is "a game-changing regional energy play" and Premier Kathy Dunderdale has been taking reasonable, appropriate steps to see ...
• Ties continue to develop between N.L. and Greenland:...
  A consultant with a specialization in fostering relationships bet-ween companies in Greenland and those in this province said Thursday there will ...
• Newfoundland and Labrador mining sector grows with...
  The need for mineral products to feed developing economies, particularly China, has prompted growth in the mining sector in Newfoundland and ...
• Province introducing apprentice tracking, mentorship...
  Construction jobs are a direct benefit of large mining and oil developments. In 2012, with more investment in large projects and more jobs coming ...
• Transportation focus for Labrador spending
  Improvements in transportation will be central to provincial government spending in Labrador this year, with the Trans-Labrador Highway Phase 1 ...
• No movement in sight on HMP replacement
  When federal Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Senator Jean-Guy Dagenais announced the closure of two federal, mainland prisons due to their ...
• Nalcor laying road to Muskrat Falls
  Nalcor Energy will begin building roads to the site of the proposed Muskrat Falls hydro dam as early as next week. A contract for road ...
• Province weighing options as feds vow no new prisons
  Statements made by federal Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Senator Jean-Guy Dagenais in announcing the closure of two federal, mainland ...
• For oil in the Gulf, all the neighbours want a say
  It’s a fair question. Even if Newfoundland and Labrador is willing to take on the risks associated with drilling for oil and gas in the Gulf of ...
• Waters being tested for prospectors association
  There is gold in them hills … or iron, copper, nickel or rare earth minerals. Major mining projects can equal hundreds of millions of dollars of ...
• Immigration office in St. John’s will not close
  While doing its part in the federal government’s cost cutting strategy, Citizenship and Immigration Canada will not be closing an office in St. ...
• Road to prosperity
  Residents from Whitbourne to Chapel Arm to Placentia refer to it lovingly as the F-150 parade. It is the train of pickup trucks running twice a ...
• Apollo fights through pack ice to St. Barbe
  The ferry MV Apollo made its way to Blanc Sablon Wednesday, according to Labrador Marine’s vessel update, after the boat spent almost a week off ...
• Nalcor submits impact statement for transmission line
  The damming of the Lower Churchill has been released from environmental assessment. However, assessment of the Labrador-Island Link — including ...
• Race to develop the Labrador Trough
  In mining, infrastructure is king. Along with the value of your commodity, access to railways, ports and power determines how costly a project ...
• Humane Society to N.L. sealers: ‘Let’s talk’
  They flew in Monday night and, on Tuesday, three representatives of Humane Society International Canada were meeting with community groups and ...
• NAPE says Placentia depot has reason to stay open
  The Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE) has jumped into discussions on the state of infrastructure in ...
• Feds not off the hook on Lower Churchill assessment:...
  The federal government is working towards changes to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act but, according to a lawyer with Ecojustice, those ...
• Season hanging in limbo
  Not only is there no opening set for the seal hunt at The Front, but according to a spokesman for the sealers there hasn’t been a meeting yet to ...
• Legislative changes could affect major projects
  The minister responsible for the provincial Labour Relations Agency, Terry Frenc
• Cougar replacing helicopter gearbox
  Cougar Helicopters will "proactively replace the gearbox" on the helicopter that had a cockp
• Opposition grows to possible Fisheries Act changes
  The Newfoundland and Lab-rador Environmental Network (NLEN) — a collective of about 40 groups operating across the province under ...