Fish plant workers, upset that sea urchins are being sent to the U.S. for processing, began a protest in a small community in Bonavista North Tuesday afternoon.
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Mill union president hasn’t been told of speculated job cuts
Corner Brook Pulp and Paper and its parent company, Kruger, are remaining mum on whether or not job cuts at the paper mill are imminent.Union representatives and company officials are scheduled to meet today amidst talk that a significant number of jobs could be affected.Calls to the mill in …
Corner Brook mill softens planned cuts
Corner Brook Pulp and Paper will get back to its employees in the coming months with details of what the unions have been told are a “manning reorganization and rationalization” of the workforce in the first quarter of 2012.Communications, Energy and Papeworkers Union national representaive …
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Why didn’t Ocean Choice International (OCI) mention earlier that they were sending the fish to China for consumption there by the Chinese? Seems like a simple enough thing to say to a reporter right from the get-go. Left in the darkUp until today, I was assuming that they were sending it for …
Muskrat Falls debate goes over the deep end
Economist says he was confused by project’s transmission costs during presentation
January 20, 2012 – No Legal Limit on Nunatsiavut Caribou
There is no legal limit to the number of caribou Nunatsiavut beneficiaries can harvest in the landclaim area.
But the Nunatsiavut government is now urging harvesters to voluntarily limit their kill.
Still, some people are questioning whether the honour system will be respected.
To find out more, Colleen Conners reached Glen Sheppard, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources for the Nunatsiavut Government
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Phone in with Fisheries Minister King
The province’s Fisheries Minister takes calls from listeners
Red fox confirmed with rabies in Labrador West
A red fox recently killed in Wabush has tested positive for rabies, the province’s chief veterinary officer has confirmed.Dr. Hugh Whitney said samples from the animal were collected this week and sent to Canadian Food Inspection Agency laboratories in Ottawa for testing where they were …
Old Harry drilling proposal review on hold
A review of a proposal to drill in the Old harry area of the Gulf of St. Lawrence has been put on hold.
Newfoundland & Labrador Environment Network 