Layoffs Begin at Corner Brook Mill
Feb. 1, 2012 | Wednesday was a disappointing day in Corner Brook. Layoffs began at the paper mill, but there is still no word on how many jobs will be cut. NTV’s Don Bradshaw reports. View/Comment
Feb. 3, 2012 | Police took a man into custody Friday after a woman was stabbed on Torbay Road in St. John’s on Thursday. The man faces charges of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. NTV’s Heather Gillis reports.
Feb. 3, 2012 | It was a close call for anyone walking on Duckworth Street in St. John’s Friday morning. Part of the road was closed for hours and power was shut off. NTV’s Pam Parsons reports.
Feb. 3, 2012 | Defence officials say poor weather delayed military search and rescue from joining the search for a 14-year-old boy in Labrador for two days. Burton Winters was found dead on Wednesday, and people are demanding answers.
Feb. 3, 2012 | Power and communications were knocked out in Mount Pearl Friday afternoon after more than two kilometres of lines were hauled down by a transport truck on Park Avenue.
Feb. 1, 2012 | Wednesday was a disappointing day in Corner Brook. Layoffs began at the paper mill, but there is still no word on how many jobs will be cut. NTV’s Don Bradshaw reports. View/Comment
Jan. 31, 2012 | The board of trustees for the Western School District is standing behind administrators, despite criticisms in last week’s auditor general’s report. NTV’s Don Bradshaw reports. View/Comment
Jan. 31, 2012 | Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador says its decision is final: the Herder championship will be played in St. John’s and Corner Brook, regardless of which teams make it to the final. As NTV’s Colleen Lewis reports, fans in Grand Falls-Windsor are outraged. View/Comment
Jan. 31, 2012 | In a pre-budget speech Tuesday, Premier Kathy Dunderdale said the province will endure two years of deficits. That means the government will have to curb spending and stop growing. NTV’s Michael Connors reports. View/Comment
Jan. 31, 2012 | Police were called to Seal Cove on Tuesday after a man barricaded himself inside a house. He was later found dead. NTV’s Pam Parsons reports. View/Comment
Jan. 31, 2012 | More than 100 cars were brought to a standstill Tuesday on the Trans-Canada Highway when they could not make it up the hill near the turnoff for the Rod and Gun Club. View/Comment
Jan. 31, 2012 | Two school buses went off the road during Tuesday’s storm, one of them filled with elementary school students, but there were no injuries. NTV’s Darrin Bent reports. View/Comment
Jan. 31, 2012 | Tuesday’s snow storm caught many people off guard, including the Eastern School District. The board was forced to close schools at lunchtime, leading many to question why it didn’t make the call earlier. NTV’s Dave Squires reports. View/Comment
Jan. 30, 2012 | Young snowboarders in western Newfoundland are gearing up for the competition of a lifetime in Nova Scotia. NTV’s Jodi Cooke caught up with them at Marble Mountain. View/Comment
Jan. 30, 2012 | Senior hockey fans are still on the edges of their seats, waiting for a decision from Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador on where the Herder finals will be played. NTV’s Colleen Lewis reports. View/Comment
Jan. 30, 2012 | Firefighters are still on the job in Corner Brook as they review a tentative deal reached with the city during the weekend. NTV’s Don Bradshaw reports. View/Comment
Jan. 30, 2012 | An energy advisor in Toronto is using his blog to urge Newfoundlanders and Labradorians to stop the Muskrat Falls project. Now, Nalcor’s CEO is firing back online. NTV’s Michael Connors reports. View/Comment
Jan. 30, 2012 | ExxonMobil says it has received a new proposal to try to keep $100 million worth of work on the Hebron project from leaving the province. The company is reviewing the plan, but it’s still looking for expressions of interest from around the world. View/Comment
Jan. 30, 2012 | Cafeteria workers in the Eastern School district have voted to strike and could walk off the job as early as Friday. NTV’s Heather Gillis reports. View/Comment
Jan. 30, 2012 | Laid off plant workers blocked a tractor trailer from entering the shuttered Ocean Choice International plant in Marystown on Monday. Police were called to escort the truck across the line. NTV’s Ross Tilley reports. View/Comment
Jan. 29, 2012 | A group of medical students at Memorial University will forgo shaving their legs next month to support cervical screening tests. Feb-u-hairy is the sister event of Movember. View/Comment
Jan. 29, 2012 | Education Minister Clyde Jackman read to school children in Burin on Friday as part of National Literacy Day. View/Comment
Jan. 29, 2012 | A member of the Canadian Forces from St. John’s was honoured by Gov.-Gen. David Johnston on Friday. Lt. Col Thomas McGrath received the meritorious service medal. View/Comment
Jan. 29, 2012 | Sunday was cleanup day for much of the province after Saturday’s snowstorm. Snowfall amounts ranged from 16 to 24 centimetres. View/Comment
Jan. 29, 2012 | A man and woman appeared in court Saturday to face charges of robbery and assault. That’s after a taxi driver in St. John’s was stabbed in the leg and robbed at knifepoint last Wednesday. View/Comment