The Energy NL Conference gets underway tomorrow. It’s a chance to hear from business and government leaders about what’s happening in the energy sector. One of the people speaking is federal finance minister Francois-Philippe Champagne.
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Members of the FFAW Snow Crab Negotiating Committee met with Premier Tony Wakeham, Minister Loyola O’Driscoll, and Minister Mike Goosney to hear the province’s response to last week’s meeting on the fish pricing crisis. “The Premier understands the value of the formula that was in place this year when it comes to starting the fishery […]
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As some European countries move to ban the boiling of live lobsters, the debate is drawing increased attention here in Atlantic Canada, home to a lobster industry worth nearly $3 billion a year. The live boil ban has already been enacted in the UK, Switzerland, Norway and New Aealand, largely driven by concerns over studies […]
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A 20-year-old driver is without his vehicle and his driver’s licence after he was stopped on Monday by RCMP Traffic Services East for excessive speed on the Trans-Canada Highway outside of Holyrood. Just after 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 13, an officer with RCMP Traffic Services East conducting enforcement on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Holyrood […]
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Over 1,000 are still without power Wednesday morning, as Newfoundland Power continues to bring customers back online from outages caused by Monday’s wind storm. Hurricane force winds battered the island to start the week, causing widespread power outages that affected 24,000 at its peak. Since then, Newfoundland Power has been hard at work to repair […]
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