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• Average hourly wage in province approaches Canadian...
  Newfoundland and Labrador's average hourly wage will soon surpass the Canadian average, says a Memorial University economist.
• The laws of attraction
  Is Newfoundland and Labrador an attractive place to live? The economic importance of answering yes to that question lies in the years ahead as ...
• Long Harbour plant needs more workers
  Vale’s new nickel-processing plant is just over halfway finished. Speaking at the Mineral Resources Review conference, Don Stevens, general ...
• NunatuKavut urges companies to negotiate
  NunatuKavut wants a spot at the negotiating table. Friday morning’s panel discussion at the Mineral Resources Review on mining and mineral ...
• 100 million tonnes in iron ore production possible...
  Three lines creeped up the right-hand side of David Liverman’s graph, projected at the front of Salon B at the Delta Hotel. The blue line showed ...
• Shelter from the storm
  Scotiabank’s chief economist says in the midst of global economic turmoil, Newfoundland and Labrador “is about as good a place as you can ...
• Executive finds lots of fellow Newfoundlanders on...
  Adam Tucker was just a teenager when the Joseph and Clara Smallwood made its inaugural voyage, but his tour of the vessel when it docked in ...
• Dealing with bullies
  When Barbara Coloroso speaks, teachers listen. The author and bullying expert — with nearly 40 years of speaking about parenting, teaching, ...
• Restraint vs. spending argued at debate
  Muskrat Falls criticism and pledges to curb government spending went largely un-heard at the St. John’s Board of Trade debate Tuesday night, ...
• Candidates spar on fiscal issues
  But those who were there — about 50 people — saw Liberal candidate Danny Dumaresque repeatedly slam the government’s planned hydro megaproject in ...
• Local vodka briefly pulled from restaurants
  A local spirit-maker is frustrated with Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corp. rules that saw his vodka pulled briefly from local restaurants. ...
• Man pulled from Quidi Vidi lake dies
  A man who was pulled from Quidi Vidi Lake in St. John’s has died.On Thursday afternoon, bystanders pulled an 84-year-old man from the lake, who ...
• Progress continues on Ronald McDonald House
  When ground was broken in June on St. John’s Ronald McDonald House, board member Cathy Bennett knew — despite having already raised $6.5 million ...
• Rebuilding fish chains key to NL food security, says...
  Rebuilding fish chains from ocean to plate is crucial if fisheries are to keep contributing to Newfoundland’s food security, says an organization ...
• Finance minister hints at new payroll tax policy
  Just a few days before the provincial election writ drops, the province’s finance minister dangled a hint of a payroll tax promise to come in ...
• Scotsburn union rep says layoffs are just temporary
  The union representative for laid-off workers at the Scotsburn Dairy plant in St. John’s says the job losses are temporary.The Telegram reported ...
• Helicopter company going after executive market
  Mark Dobbin’s new executive helicopter service has a special guest to help launch the new business: the Stanley Cup. The St. John’s businessman’s ...
• Government pitches in $320,000 for NLOWE program
  The provincial government ann-ounced new funding Tuesday to help female-led companies get a bigger piece of new business, especially in growth ...
• Provincial oil production forecast jumps almost 19M...
  Finance Minister Tom Marshall announced this afternoon that the province’s predicted oil production for 2011 has jumped almost 19 million ...
• Terra Nova workers ratify contract offer
  Terra Nova offshore workers have ratified a new collective agreement, but they're not particularly happy about it. Brian Murphy, vice-president ...
• N.S. company snaps up Crosbie Industrial
  Newfoundland industrial waste management company Crosbie Industrial Services has been bought by Envirosystems Incorporated of Nova Scotia. ...
• Businesses welcome AHL’s return to Mile One
  Mile One Centre’s neighbouring businesses are looking forward to the return of AHL hockey — although some of the residents are concerned about ...
• Supermarket wants to continue promoting Canadian food
  A federal pilot project that prominently identified Canadian food in three Newfoundland grocery stores was so successful that Powell’s ...
• St. Lawrence residents cautiously optimistic
  Rick Rennie has four brothers in the mining industry, but when he graduated from high school he didn’t follow their lead — or the lead of many of ...
• Learning the ropes abroad
  For Samantha Phelan and Tyler Power a trade mission to Indonesia and Malaysia is too good an opportunity to pass up. The two Memorial ...
• Carville caps off NOIA conference
  U.S. political consultant James Carville took to the stage Thursday afternoon to speak about the Arab Spring, but couldn't resist taking ...
• 'Mother and father of all energy crunches' coming,...
  A panel on sustainability told the Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas conference Wednesday morning that Canada needs to prepare better for ...
• Japan aftershocks felt in local vehicle supply
  Ripples from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in early March are being felt in St. John's as auto dealerships find their supplies getting ...
• Students win big at Skills Canada competition
  Newfoundland and Labrador’s success at the national Skills Canada competition comes down to two things, said the team’s marketing and ...
• Employers’ Council wants better control of EI
  The Newfoundland and Labrador Employers’ Council is calling for tighter control of Employment Insurance, on the back of a new survey they say ...