6 months ago
Funding announced for 16 Indigenous violence prevention projects
Helen Conway Ottenheimer, Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Minister of Justice and Public Safety, recenty announced funding for 16 projects through the Province’s Indigenous Violence Prevention Grants Program. The program supports Newfoundland and Labrador’s Indigenous Governments and Organizations in their efforts to prevent violence against Indigenous women, children and gender-diverse people. Projects receiving a […]
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6 months ago
NDP leader demands action on Auditor General Recommendations
Provincial NDP leader Jim Dinn is calling on the new PC government to take immediate action on long-standing Auditor General (AG) recommendations from 2018–2022, and to commit to implementing future recommendations without the years-long delays that have become the norm. This call follows the Auditor General’s latest monitoring report on outstanding performance audit recommendations, which revealed […]
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6 months ago
Justice Minister announces working group to tackle issues in provincial courts
It’s been an issue of growing concern in the legal system for the past week as provincial courts have adjourned certain cases indefinitely. It’s all because of what they’re calling “challenging times.” Today the province’s justice minister announced new measures to tackle the problem. NTV’s Ben Cleary reports.
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6 months ago
NDP calls for intimate partner violence to be labeled epidemic
The provincial NDP is calling for answers, asking questions they would be raising directly if the House of Assembly were currently in session. MHA for St. John’s East-Quidi Vidi, Sheilagh O’Leary says Premier Tony Wakeham has refused to open the House of Assembly for the fall sitting. While the NL NDP understands the current administration […]
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