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Two Dead After Toronto Shooting
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (154+ words) VOCM Two men are dead and several people are injured following a shooting at one of Toronto’s biggest summer parties Saturday night. Toronto Salsa on St. Clair, an event that’s part of the wider Salsa in Toronto festival celebrating Latin…...
Premier Defends Tourism Minister as Veterans Call for Apology Following Speech at Beaumont Hamel
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (203+ words) Tourism Minister Andrea Barbour and St. John's East MP Joanne Thompson at the unveiling of the UNESCO plaque at Beaumont Hamel (VOCM News) A retired veteran is demanding an apology from the premier in response to Minister Andrea Barbour’s speeches…...
Finance Minister Optimistic About Province’s Economic Future
3+ week, 6+ day ago (129+ words) VOCM Finance Minister Craig Pardy (VOCM News) The provincial government is bullish about Newfoundland and Labrador’s resource-based development potential, and presented that optimism to investors in Ontario and Quebec last week. Finance Minister Craig Pardy says while nothing is a…...
Quebec Media Questioning if Working with NL is Beneficial
3+ week, 6+ day ago (186+ words) Negotiations between this province and Quebec have resumed on reaching a memorandum of understanding on Churchill Falls and future hydro development, however questions are being asked in Quebec about whether partnering with NL on hydro development is beneficial to that…...
Talks Resume Between NL and Quebec on Churchill Falls MOU
1+ mon, 21+ hour ago (142+ words) Negotiations have resumed with Quebec on reaching a Memorandum of Understanding on Churchill Falls. Premier Tony Wakeham says talks between the province’s negotiating team and Hydro Quebec formally began on Tuesday. Wakeham says he spoke with Quebec Premier Christine Frechette…...
Expert Group Cautions Government Against Jumping Back into Negotiations with Quebec
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (159+ words) A group consisting of high-level executives, mostly from the public sector, is urging the provincial government to “do its homework” and not rush back into negotiations with Quebec on the MOU. The group consists of former NL Hydro President and…...
Quebec Premier Eager to Reach New Hydro MOU with NL by End of July
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (171+ words) Reports out of Quebec indicate that Quebec Premier Christine Frechette is eager to reach a new MOU with this province by the end of July. Energy Minister Lloyd Parrott told reporters last week that negotiations to reach a new MOU…...
NDP Calling for All-Party Committee on Grocery Industry
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (89+ words) NDP Leader Jim Dinn (VOCM News) The NDP says government should establish an all-party committee to examine the province’s grocery industry. The party says the committee would look at ways to strengthen food supply, support local producers and businesses, and…...
Negotiations with Quebec on Churchill Falls to Resume ‘Really Soon’ says Minister
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (110+ words) Energy and Mines Minister Lloyd Parrott (VOCM News) The province’s energy minister says negotiations with Quebec on the Churchill Falls MOU will soon resume. The negotiation process ground to a halt last year after the PCs took power and undertook…...
Nelson Hart, Accused of Sexual Assault, has Case Set Over for Election and Plea
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (172+ words) Nelson Hart in provincial court in 2015 (VOCM News) A man from Gander Bay, accused of sexual assault, has had his case set over to August for election and plea. The accused is someone who is known to many because of…...