Recent Newfoundland & Labrador News

3 years ago

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Nunatsiavut Government launches campaign to fight false Indigenous claims

The Nunatsiavut Government has launched an awareness campaign to educate the public and the provincial and federal governments about false Indigenous claims from the NunatuKavut Community Council. Representatives from the council are in Ottawa this week to support the Innu Nation in its challenge to a Memorandum of Understanding between the federal government and the […]

3 years ago

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Federal minimum wage increasing on April 1

On April 1, the federal minimum wage will increase from $16.65 to $17.30 per hour. This adjustment reflects the 3.9 per cent increase in Canada’s annual average Consumer Price Index for 2023 and is aligned with inflation. There are approximately 30,000 employees in the federally regulated private sector who will benefit from this raise. Employers […]