It’s not often that one union goes on strike against another union. The Registered Nurses’ Union’s support staff, represented by NAPE, exercised their right to strike as of 9:00 a.m. this morning. About a dozen workers were picketing on Tuesday morning outside of the Registered Nurses’ Union building on Major’s Path. There are few details […]
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A class action lawsuit launched by Innu Nation more than two years ago will begin its hearing in Supreme Court in St. John’s tomorrow. The Supreme Court will hear a certification motion in the class action lawsuit seeking justice for Innu survivors of day schools in Labrador. The lawsuit, launched in January 2024, is seeking […]
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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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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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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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