NAPE to Bring Pre-Budget Anti-Privatization Message to Government This Morning
This morning NAPE members are bringing their anti-privatization message to the Confederation Building a day before the provincial budget is tabled. The government has indicated that they intend to use the P3 model to design, build, finance, and maintain new highways. Private contractors will do all maintenance of any new sections of road built under […]
Read moreSt. Anthony and Area Chamber of Commerce Holds AGM
Last Friday the St. Anthony and Area Chamber of Commerce held its Annual General Meeting and presented the annual business awards. There were six recipients at the second Annual Business Awards. Awards include the Big Dreamer Award, Community Impact Award, Outstanding Employee Award, New Business of the Year Award, Business Excellence Award, and Chamber’s Choice […]
Read moreA few snow-covered stretches of highway across the province this morning
Roads are bare on the Avalon Peninsula, Burin Peninsula, and most of central. There are a few snow-covered sections on the northeast coast and west coast. On the Great Northern Peninsula, roads are snow-covered with icy and slushy patches. In Labrador, roads are snow-covered with icy patches and good visibility. Marine Atlantic and provincial ferries […]
Read moreInuit and Innu To Stand United Against False Claims of Indigenous Identity
Today the Innu Nation, the Nunatsiavut Government and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami will voice concerns about the threat of non-Indigenous groups who wrongly seek to adopt Indigenous identities for themselves. This week the Innu Nation is challenging a memorandum of understanding signed between the federal government and the NunatuKavut Community Council NCC in 2019 in court.
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