Take that, townies: N.L. towns reject St. John's focus for conventions
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
Community leaders across Newfoundland and Labrador have rejected their own board's plan to hold conventions only in the province's capital.
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$500M for rural broadband, Harper says
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Conservative government would allocate up to $500 million by 2016 to extend Canada's broadband network into unserved rural and remote areas, leader Stephen Harper said Saturday.
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N.L. government scraps trade mission to Iceland
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The provincial government has cancelled a trade mission to Iceland, but the trade minister said Friday he hasn't given up on the country just yet.
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NDP wants answers from justice minister over changes at prison
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The province's NDP leader wants the justice minister to explain why he is cleaning house at Her Majesty's Penitentiary in St. John's.
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Oil prices plummet below $80 US for 1st time in a year
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Oil prices lost altitute Friday as the cost of a barrel of liquid gold dropped below $80 US for the first time since September 2007.
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Persuading undecided vote seen as critical in St. John's South-Mount Pearl
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The major parties fighting to represent St. John's South-Mount Pearl all admit a large number of undecided voters may determine who gets a job in Ottawa.
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No work at Barachois Brook soil plant until hearing
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
A controversial soil treatment plant in western Newfoundland will remain idle until residents' complaints are addressed by a government-appointed appeals board, a lawyer for the company that runs the plant said.
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Breeder, SPCA settle over dog costs
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
A dispute between a central Newfoundland dog breeder and the SPCA has been settled out of court.
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Credit meltdown putting Newfoundland refinery expansion in doubt: owner
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The global financial crisis means work on a massive expansion at Newfoundland and Labrador's only oil refinery could be delayed until 2010, its Calgary-based owner says.
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Nurses trying to undermine contract, N.L. health boards claim
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The boards managing Newfoundland and Labrador's hospitals say they had no choice but to get tough with nurses, following a union's decision to scale back what work its members would do.
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No immediate fix for cramped St. John's junior high
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Students at a suburban St. John's school that is so overcrowded that classes are being taught in the cafeteria will likely have to deal with cramped conditions for the rest of the school year.
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Airport Heights makeshift dump on our property: St. John's
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Efforts to clean up a recently discovered illegal dump in a residential St. John's neighbourhood could be easier than first thought.
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The dark side of ABC
The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
In " Enough traitor talk ", Geoff Meeker at the Telegram takes issue with the extreme language being used by the ABC campaign in some instances: Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador are heated and vitriolic, but this is something different. Something despicable. It turns my stomach. One group, comfortably ensconced within the majority, has taken to condemning those they oppose as ‘traitors’, a crime...
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Credit meltdown putting refinery expansion in doubt: owner
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The global financial crisis means work on a massive expansion at Newfoundland and Labrador's only oil refinery could be delayed until 2010, its Calgary-based owner says.
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Another top official out at HMP
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
A shakeup in Newfoundland and Labrador's corrections system is continuing, with the departure Thursday of a senior official at the province's largest jail.
