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Climate scientists push back on Newfoundland and Labrador’s ‘low-carbon oil’ claim
Siobhan Coady, deputy premier and minister of finance for Newfoundland and Labrador, delivers the 2023 provincial budget in the House of Assembly, in St John's, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Climate scientists across the country say there is no such thing as "low-carbon" oil, despite the Newfoundland and Labrador government's claims that it exists in the province's offshore. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
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Newfoundland and Labrador budget projects $160-million deficit, paints rosy picture
Newfoundland and Labrador Minister of Finance Siobhan Coady presents the 2021 provincial budget in St.John's on Monday, May 31, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
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Trudeau, Furey announce $10-a-day child care implemented in Newfoundland and Labrador
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters before heading into a meeting of the Liberal caucus, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Newfoundland and Labrador looks to London stock exchange to sell debt to Europe
Financial information is displayed on screens and a ticker inside the London Stock Exchange in the City of London on Tuesday, Aug.25, 2015. Newfoundland and Labrador says it is looking to European markets to better finance its debt. The province has listed $1 billion euros in bonds on the London Stock Exchange in hopes of attracting lower interest rates. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Matt Dunham
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Muskrat Falls hydroelectricity project encounters new problems as window for final testing narrows
The construction site of the hydroelectric facility at Muskrat Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador is seen on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. As Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey prepares for energy talks with Quebec Premier Francois Legault, a panel recommends the two strike a new Churchill Falls energy deal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew VaughanPRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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In Newfoundland, a tin of sardines in the premier’s office has something to say
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey and Quebec Premier François Legault pose in the office of the premier, at the Confederation Building in St. John's, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
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Quebec and N.L. premiers hold energy talks, plan to review Churchill Falls deal
L-R: Francois Legault, Quebec Premier and Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador hold a joint news conference outside the NL Legislature in the Confederation Building in St. John's NL on Friday, February 24, 2023. The two premiers had met to discuss the future of the Churchill Falls agreement. The Canadian Press/Paul Daly
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Wildly swinging oil prices will continue, and provinces like N.L. can gain, professor says
As the COVID-19 pandemic sent oil prices plumeting to historic lows, emails show Newfoundland and Labrador was quietly bracing for two of its offshore oilfields to be abandoned by their owners. The Terra Nova FPSO is shown anchored in Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador on Friday, October 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
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Inquiry into Innu children in care begins in Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey speaks with deputy grand chief Mary Ann Nui, right, and Grand Chief Etienne Rich, both of Labrador's Innu Nation, in St. John's, Thursday, June 10, 2021. A long-awaited inquiry into the treatment of Innu youth in provincial care has begun in Sheshatshiu, N.L., one of two Innu communities in Labrador. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie
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Winter storm warnings cover parts of Atlantic Canada for Monday and Tuesday
More winter storm warnings and special weather statements are in effect for parts of Atlantic Canada. A pedestrian walks down an alleyway during a winter storm in Halifax on Friday, January 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Extreme cold temperatures across Quebec, East Coast expected to linger until Sunday
Pedestrians brave the wind and frigid temperatures as they walk downtown Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in Montreal.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Strike action likely at Memorial University of Newfoundland, says faculty union
29 AUGUST 2015--ST. JOHN'S, NL--MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY: Student residences on the campus of Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, on August 29, 2015. Photo by Paul Daly
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Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador report cases of new COVID-19 sub-variant ‘Kraken’
A nurse gets a swab ready to perform a test on a patient at a drive-in COVID-19 clinic in Montreal, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. The head of pediatrics at the largest children’s hospital in Atlantic Canada says Nova Scotia is seeing extremely high numbers of children sick amid a "perfect storm" of respiratory illnesses. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Newfoundland and Labrador court rejects lawsuits filed by former cabinet ministers
Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa on July 6, 2020. The Newfoundland and Labrador government is opening an office in India in an effort to recruit more nurses. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Labrador’s Inuit communities ponder a potential highway, both the good and bad
**ONE-TIME-USE ONLY - NW-NA-BAGGER-NFLD-HIGHWAY** The Inuit community of Rigolet on the northern coast of Labrador is seen in front of Hamilton Inlet on Sunday, March 25, 2018. The temperature of the sea surrounding northern Labrador is rising faster than anywhere else in the world. For the Inuit people who live here, the vanishing sea ice and increasingly unpredictable winters means they're being forced to adapt in ways they never have before. Darren Calabrese
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Nurse shortage sends some obstetrics patients in Labrador 500 kms away to give birth
A health-care worker get equipment ready at the Verdun Hospital in Montreal, on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Ten years later, Muskrat Falls has left ‘deep wounds’ in Newfoundland and Labrador
The construction site of the hydroelectric facility at Muskrat Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador is seen on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. It's been exactly 10 years since the government in Newfoundland and Labrador green-lit Muskrat Falls, a hydroelectricity project that plunged the province into financial and political turmoil. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Two sent to hospital with serious injuries after plane crash near Labrador airport
Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. Memorial University is appealing a human rights ruling that found a student with a hearing disability had been discriminated against when one of his professors refused to wear a microphone in class, citing her religious beliefs.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Retired Newfoundland and Labrador RCMP corporal charged with assault, confinement
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Newfoundland and Labrador paying telehealth company more than twice what it pays doctors for consultations
A medical stethoscope is shown in Gaza City, Sept. 7, 2015. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual medicine provided a way for patients to see doctors during a lockdown, but it also offered hope that technology could alleviate chronic pressure on a strained health system. But for many, the early promise has proven illusory. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Khalil Hamra
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N.L. children’s hospital cancels some surgeries amid surge in respiratory illness
A visitor walks toward the Janeway Children's Hospital in St. John's, N.L., on Thursday, May 6, 2021. COVID-19 hospitalizations have dropped in Newfoundland and Labrador, while the number of confirmed active cases has seen a slight increase. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
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Asselin, Flemming lead after 4 draws at mixed curling championship
Quebec skip Mike Fournier, right, and third Felix Asselin discuss a shot as they play Manitoba at the Tim Hortons Brier curling championship at the Brandt Centre in Regina on Monday, March 5, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Newfoundland and Labrador setting up office in India to recruit nurses
The main entrance to St. Clare's Mercy Hospital is shown in St. John's on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Newfoundland and Labrador is extending its Come Home Year 2022 tourism theme to doctors, nurses and paramedics in an effort to recruit more medical professionals. The CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
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Newfoundland and Labrador premier defends fishing trip with billionaire leading wind pitch
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Fury speaks in St. John's on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. Newfoundland and Labrador's premier insists he was not in a conflict of interest when he vacationed last July at a luxury fishing lodge owned by a billionaire with significant energy interests in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
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Newfoundland and Labrador’s provincial police admits systemic racism, commits to work
A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary police car is shown in St. John's in a June 2020 photo. Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial police force has acknowledged systemic racism within its ranks, as well as the contribution of police to the injustices faced by Indigenous and other racialized people. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie
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Newfoundland and Labrador economic update shows $479-million surplus
Siobhan Coady, deputy premier and finance minister of Newfoundland and Labrador, delivers the provincial budget in the House of Assembly, in St. John's, Thursday, April 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
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Heartbreak and hope as 177 Ukrainians fleeing Russian attacks arrive in Newfoundland
Sergii Plakhtii holds his young son Makar as his wife Yuliia and daughter Karina celebrate after being united on arrival following four months of separation, in St. John’s, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. The family arrived Tuesday night aboard a plane carrying 177 Ukrainians fleeing Russian attacks on their country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie
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Hockey N.L. withholding Hockey Canada fees amid sexual assault allegations
A Hockey Newfoundland logo is shown in a handout. The provincial hockey associations of New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador are highlighting their efforts to address sexual violence amid criticism the national governing body mishandled alleged sexual assaults.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
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Minimum wage increases in three of four Atlantic provinces
A sign for help wanted is pictured in a business window in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. he minimum wage has gone up today in three of the four Atlantic provinces. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Newfoundland and Labrador launches COVID-19 vaccination drive as people move indoors
A jar full of empty COVID-19 vaccine vials is shown at the Junction Chemist pharmacy during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. As of June 1, Newfoundland and Labrador will no longer require certain public and private sector employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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$12.8-million class-action settlement approved for sexual abuse at N.L. youth homes
The Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court is shown in St.John's on Friday, March 25, 2022. Newfoundland and Labrador's Supreme Court has approved a $12.8-million class action settlement for victims of sexual abuse at several provincial youth facilities from 1973 to 1989. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie
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Tax on sugary drinks begins in Newfoundland and Labrador, though not all are on board
In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, file photo, a shop owner reaches into a drink display refrigerator at his convenience store in Kent, Wash. Beginning today, consumers in Newfoundland and Labrador will be paying 20 cents more per litre for sugar sweetened drinks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Elaine Thompson
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N.L. Indigenous groups call on government to reconsider decision to maintain Colonial Building’s name
Labrador's Inuit government is calling on Premier Andrew Furey to reconsider a decision to maintain the name of the Colonial Building in downtown St. John's. The Colonial Building in downtown St. John's, is seen on March 15, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie
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