Central Newfoundland college gets $5M boost
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The province and ACOA are giving the College of the North Atlantic in Grand Falls-Windsor more than $5 million to expand.
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2 jobs created in Grand Falls-Windsor to manage crown forests
ForestTalk (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Two new positions have been established in Grand Falls-Windsor , Newfoundland to help the province manage the crown land that was previously managed by AbitibiBowater. The new Crown lands management officer and a Crown lands management specialist will assist with provincial inspections and other related management aspects. The crown land was repatriated last December when Newfoundland and Labrador...
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NB Power Collection
The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Following are links to some stories on the memorandum of understanding to sell of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec: 1. There’s strong positive reaction side Quebec to news of the MOU. La Presse Canadienne from metromontreal . 2. A 30% drop in electricity rates could save the Edmundston pulp and paper mill. Bet people in Corner Brook would be looking hard at that right now if they were in the same spot,...
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Newfoundland and Labrador ask the court to see AbitibiBowater's financial information
ForestTalk (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The province of Newfoundland and Labrador has asked the Quebec Superior Court for access to AbitibiBowater 's data room in order to keep tabs on its financial health as a creditor. The province said it is being "unfairly discriminated" by AbitibiBowater's refusal to afford it access to information that allows stakeholders and creditors to assess the ongoing condition of Abitibi's business....
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Silviculture investment continues in Newfoundland's central region
ForestTalk (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
The provincial government of Newfoundland is investing in the future forests of central Newfoundland by funding site preparation and tree planting. “The forest industry is extremely important to the central Newfoundland region and it is important that government continues to support initiatives that contribute to its sustainability,” Natural Resources Minister Kathy Dunderdale said. “These...
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Election renews Grand Falls-Windsor council
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Tuesday's municipal election saw a nearly complete turnover in the council of the central Newfoundland community Grand Falls-Windsor.
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Man pleads guilty after run-in with sexual assault convict
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
A Grand Falls-Windsor man, who was accused of threatening a man convicted of sexually assaulting teenaged boys, has pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle. Jamie Trask was charged after a car accident outside a central Newfoundland seniors home, in November 2008.
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The story that won’t go away, banner version
The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
Some smart bunny or bunnies is buying advertising in the Grand Falls-Windsor weekly to remind locals how much money is being made from hydro assets the provincial government seized last December. Run bi-weekly in the local Grand Falls-Windsor Advertiser under a banner that reads "Expropriation by the Numbers," the sparsely worded ads suggest the province has so far earned $28 million from...
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Grand Falls-Windsor ads raise expropriation concerns
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
A series of anonymous advertisements has people in in the central Newfoundland community of Grand Falls-Windsor talking about how the province is spending money it has earned after expropriating AbitibiBowater's former hydro assets.
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Jump-start for addictions centre in central Newfoundland
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador has hired a team of consultants to help get a new addictions facility in Grand Falls-Windsor up and running.
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Drowned salmon fisherman identified
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/23/2009
RCMP in the central Newfoundland community of Grand Falls-Windsor released the name Wednesday of a salmon fisherman who drowned Wednesday in the Exploits River.
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New doctor to provide some relief in central N.L.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
There's some relief in sight for people in central Newfoundland who don't have a family doctor. A third physician is scheduled begin working at a group practice in Grand Falls-Windsor this summer.
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There’s no pleasing some people
The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
That’s the thing about being a political saviour. People expect you to save them. There’s no good complaining , as Danny Williams did last week with the host of a local talk radio show. Not only do you manage to overshadow your own good-news announcement less than an hour after you made it, people don’t really care any more about the umpteenth round of good news. In central Newfoundland,...
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N.L. confirms first case of swine flu, patient has already recovered: Gov't.
Canadian Online Health News (Free subscription) | 06/13/2009
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador has confirmed its first case of swine flu. The Department of Health and Community Services says the case was confirmed earlier Saturday from a specimen sent from the Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre in Grand Falls-Windsor.
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Grand Falls-Windsor mayor closes 'final chapter' in career
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
There will be a new person sitting in the mayor's chair this fall in the largest town in central Newfoundland, as incumbent mayor Rex Barnes has decided to retire.