5 months ago
Prime Minister wants to see Bay du Nord project move forward
Prime Minister Mark Carney re-affirmed the federal government’s desire to see the Bay du Nord project come to fruition off this provinces shore. The project has made headlines this past month as leaders committed to pushing the project forward with Equinor. NTV’s Jodi Cooke reports.
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Ottawa’s Senate Committee in town to study Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil industry
Members of Ottawa’s Senate Committee on energy, the environment and natural resources will be visiting St. John’s this week as part of their study on the province’s offshore petroleum industry. The committee launched the study in the fall of 2025 with a goal to better understand the unique nature of the province’s industry and its […]
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5 months ago
Inflation numbers released by Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada has published its latest rate of inflation numbers and it has dipped below two per cent in February. The dip comes as the end of last year’s federal “tax holiday”. The reading came in at 1.8 per cent year-over-year, that half a percentage point lower than January’s figures. Inflation on food purchased from […]
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5 months ago
HV-GB to introduce tourism tax
Another municipality has also announced it will introduce a tourist accommodation tax. Beginning April 1, Happy Valley-Goose Bay will implement a four per cent tax on the nightly rate of all tourist accommodations. The decision was made by the town’s council in mid-December but was announced in a public advisory late last week. The town […]
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