Premier Tony Wakeham was in Prince Edward Island this week for the annual Council of the Federation meeting, where Canada’s premiers gathered before meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. NTV’s Marykate O’Neill has more on what came out of those meetings.
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The Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour (NLFL) is calling on the province to increase the income replacement benefits for injured workers, following the release of WorkplaceNL’s 2025 Annual Report showing the Injury Fund is now funded at 139.5 per cent. “WorkplaceNL is not just meeting its funding target, it is now well past it,” said NLFL President […]
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One of Newfoundland and Labrador’s brightest soccer stars is making a name for herself on the national stage. Earlier this week, Mark Dwyer featured Conception Bay South’s Lauren Rowe in his weekly ‘On the Mark’ segment. Since then, the 22-year-old striker has added another major milestone to her growing list of accomplishments, earning the Northern […]
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A man from this province, who was serving a life sentence for murder, has died while in federal custody. Al Potter, 63, died Wednesday at a correctional institution in Quebec, according to Correctional Service Canada. Potter was convicted of first-degree murder in 2019 in the death of 39-year-old Dale Porter. Porter was killed in 2014, […]
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A fire ban has been declared for the provcince in accordance with Section 99 of the Forestry Act due to elevated Fire Weather Index ratings and extensive wildfire activity in Labrador. The ban is effective immediately for the entire province. Permits to burn grass, brush or other materials are cancelled and fireworks and sky lanterns are banned. Wood-fueled fires are not permitted on forest land, within […]
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