11 months ago
NDP promises to raise minimum wage if elected
Although there has been no election call yet, the NDP continued to roll out their platform this morning, this time promising to raise the minimum wage to $22 an hour, if elected.
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11 months ago
Inside Story: N.L. projects not on Ottawa’s first five nation-building projects list
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced has the first five major projects on Ottawa’s nation-building projects list, but none of them were in Newfoundland and Labrador. Premier John Hogan responded to questions about that Thursday.
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11 months ago
Braya Renewable Fuels gets $25-million loan from provincial government
The provincial government is giving the owners of the former Come by Chance oil refinery a $25-million repayable loan. Braya’s commercial operations have been impacted by changes to tax credit programs in the U.S. market. On January 6, 2025, Braya initiated a temporary shutdown at the refinery which lasted until June 2025, when the company resumed operations. Braya advised […]
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11 months ago
Tories accuse Liberals of misleading public on size of deficit with tobacco settlement
The PC Party is crying foul over the province’s use of a large tobacco settlement as a windfall against this year’s deficit. Newfoundland and Labrador is expected to receive more than half a billion dollars from a tobacco companies for the impacts they have had on our health care system.
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