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Kruger sends warning to unionized Corner Brook workers

Wed, 16 May 2012 06:12:39 EDT

The owner of Corner Brook Pulp and Paper has sent a strongly worded letter to its workers, claiming that local union leaders may have put the mill in jeopardy.

Company eyeing former mill site in Grand Falls-Windsor

Wed, 16 May 2012 07:05:39 EDT

The provincial government is confirming that it has a potential suitor for the old Abitibi paper mill in Grand Falls-Windsor.

Assault at Corner Brook emergency room

Wed, 16 May 2012 04:29:16 EDT

A Corner Brook man faces an assault charge after allegedly striking another man at Western Regional Memorial Hospital.

Crab smell kicks up stink in St. John's neighbourhood

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:50:23 EDT

People living on Southside Road in St. John's are not happy that tractor-trailers have been leaking water from loads of crab, creating an unpleasant smell in the area.

Deputy steps in behind resigning Lab City mayor

Wed, 16 May 2012 07:06:53 EDT

Labrador City's deputy mayor has agreed to serve as acting mayor for at least the next eight days.

Former B.C. pastor charged with sexual exploitation

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:29:13 EDT

A former B.C. Pentacostal Church youth pastor has been charged with sexual exploitaion of a teenager who was a member of his church on southern Vancouver Island.

2 saved by RCMP, coast guard in Labrador

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:55:40 EDT

The RCMP and Canadian Coast Guard rescued two people in separate incidents in the Hopedale and Makkovik areas on Tuesday.

Misdiagnosis alleged in Newfoundland woman's death

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:53:24 EDT

A Newfoundland family say an external review backs up their belief that a physician missed critical details before a heart attack killed their mother and wife.

Musicians denounce CBC cuts at St. John's plant

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:07:34 EDT

MusicNL members rally against the loss of a studio and a mobile recording unit at CBC's production centre in St. John's.

EI rules need 'teeth' to get people to work, Finley says

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:41:34 EDT

Human Resources Minister Diane Finley said Tuesday that the government is trying to remove disincentives in the employment insurance system and add more "teeth" to the rules.

Walbourne pleads guilty to assault, B&Es, spitting

Tue, 15 May 2012 16:35:03 EDT

A 36-year-old St. John's man has pleaded guilty to a number of charges, including break and enter, assaulting a police officer and spitting on a cameraman at provincial court.

Statoil secures rig, plans three exploration wells

Tue, 15 May 2012 13:46:32 EDT

Statoil says it has reached a deal for a rig to drill three wells in the Newfoundland offshore in 2012 and 2013.

Kruger pension offer deemed 'lesser evil'

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:35:37 EDT

A national union leader is recommending mill workers and pensioners at Corner Brook Pulp and Paper approve a company cost-cutting request that had raised temperatures in recent days.

Kiewit talks still proceeding on Marystown shipyard

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:36:32 EDT

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Kathy Dunderdale is saying very little about ongoing talks that could see a new provincial ferry built at the shipyard in Marystown.

Crockwell likened Bay Bulls grounds to 'a war zone'

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:39:04 EDT

The jury in the Leo Crockwell trial has heard a conversation with an RCMP crisis negotiator trying to persuade him to end the December 2010 standoff.