Newfoundland and Labrador

Iron Ore Co. announces $300M expansion for Labrador

cbc.ca     yesterday   2 related          

The Iron Ore Company of Canada, together with its parent company Rio Tinto, announced Thursday a $300-million expansion to its Labrador City operations. The expansion, announced in St. John's, is the second wave of money...                    

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Province told N.L. cancer society to back off, director says

cbc.ca     03-Sep-2008          

The head of the Canadian Cancer Society in Newfoundland and Labrador says senior provincial government officials tried to silence him on the faulty breast cancer test controversy, now at the heart of a public inquiry....                    

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Emerson won't run, sources say

theglobeandmail.com     03-Sep-2008   4 related          

Foreign Affairs Minister David Emerson, who defected to the Harper Conservatives 21/2 years ago, will retire from politics instead of running again in the looming federal election, sources say.Mr. Emerson's departure will...                    

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cbc.ca: Justice Margaret Cameron heads the inquiry into faulty hormone receptor tests that resumes Tuesday in St. John's cbc.ca

N.L. cancer inquiry resumes

cbc.ca     02-Sep-2008   1 related          

Justice Margaret Cameron heads the inquiry into faulty hormone receptor tests that resumes Tuesday in St. John's (CBC) A public inquiry investigating how hundreds of breast cancer patients in Newfoundland and Labrador...                    

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Babies sent out of province for care, nurses say

cbc.ca     29-Aug-2008   1 related          

A nursing shortage has forced Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority to send newborn babies out of province for care, the nurses union says. Debbie Forward, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador nurses...                    

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Convention will stick to St. John's, municipal group says

cbc.ca     29-Aug-2008          

Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador has announced it will hold its annual convention in St. John's from now on, prompting City of Corner Brook officials to threaten to cancel its membership in the association. The...                    

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Media reminder - CPA Annual Meeting to elect new President, honour excellence in policing, and...

newswire.ca     27-Aug-2008          

OTTAWA, Aug. 27 /CNW Telbec/ - The Canadian Police Association will hold its Annual General Meeting in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador from August 28 to August 30, 2008. Delegates representing 57,000 CPA members...                    

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Newfoundland clears Vale Inco plant

theglobeandmail.com     26-Aug-2008   2 related          

ST. JOHN'S — The government of Newfoundland and Labrador cleared the way Tuesday for Vale Inco's nickel-processing plant in Long Harbour, releasing the $2-billion project from further environmental assessment. The mining...                    

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Filmmaker puts Heart and Soul into N.L. school's history

cbc.ca     25-Aug-2008          

A St. John's filmmaker has produced a documentary about the history of Newfoundland and Labrador's largest high school, now slated for closure. Mary Lewis created Heart and Soul to mark the 50th anniversary this fall of...                    

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Teen survives fall from cliff in eastern N.L.

cbc.ca     24-Aug-2008   3 related          

A 14-year-old boy is in hospital after falling over a cliff Sunday afternoon in the community of Bristol's Hope, about 80 kilometres northwest of St. John's. A Canadian Coast Guard rescue craft found the boy on the beach...                    

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