Recent News

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure has provided an update on Holy Redeemer Elementary School in Spaniard’s Bay. Last month, a chemical smell was detected at the school and a decision was promptly made to close the facility.  Since the closure, students have been temporarily relocated to nearby schools. This temporary relocation will be in […]

The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture’s Spruce Budworm Early Intervention Control Program will be active along parts of Western Newfoundland and the Northern Peninsula this summer, subject to insect development and weather. Spruce budworm is a destructive forest insect capable of causing widespread defoliation leading to tree mortality and growth losses. Aerial treatments will […]

Agriculture in the Classroom NL is extending a “thumbs up” to Little Green Thumbs and Little Green Sprouts classes on their successful gardens this year. The program, now in its 12th year, aims to help young people value their health the environment, and their communities through active participation in a classroom garden. In May and […]

The Bank of Canada reduced its target for the overnight rate to 4¾ per cent, with the Bank Rate at 5 per cent and the deposit rate at 4¾ per cent. The global economy grew by about 3 per cent in the first quarter of 2024 and economic growth in Canada resumed in the first […]

On June 22, Parks Canada will open the Northwest River in Terra Nova National Park to anglers for a salmon quota of 100 fish. Parks Canada will continue to monitor the number of salmon returning to the Northwest River. In 2001, salmon numbers observed in the Northwest River were alarmingly low with just 153 salmon […]

Crop farmers throughout Newfoundland were able to get to work a little sooner than normal due to the lack of snow in many parts of the island over the winter. NTV’s Don Bradshaw has the story.

A high school student from Grand Falls-Windsor has just received one of the most coveted scholarships in the country. NTV’s Colleen Lewis has the story.