The Western Star

Within any organization, regardless the sector or industry, there’s bound to be staff attrition at some point and, more often than not, when an employee leaves or moves into a different role, the knowledge they’ve accrued goes with ...

A week after the Atlantic Salmon Federation slammed the environmental impact statement for Grieg NL’s salmon aquaculture project in Placentia Bay, another group has come out in support of those concerns and addressed a number of their ...

MARYSTOWN, N.L. — Placentia West-Bellevue Liberal MHA Mark Browne met with members of Marystown council on Monday, June 25 to announce the province will do an environmental review of the Marystown Shipyard. In a phone call to the Southern ...

While no one can predict the future, it’s safe to say that certain industries will always experience quick and continuous growth. Banking, funeral planning, real estate, and telecommunications, just to name a few. Another sector that ...

STONEVILLE, N.L. — After almost 40 years in business, general store owner Ray Ginn retired on June 4, closing out a chapter on the Stoneville landmark. “My store was like a real-old fashioned general store,” said Ginn, who took ...

HOLYROOD, N.L. — A multinational corporation heavily involved in serving the oil and gas industry is planning to establish a presence in Holyrood. Council members unanimously approved a motion at the Tuesday, July 26 meeting to allow ...

ST. ANTHONY, N.L. – Work has been harder and harder to come by at St. Anthony Seafoods this season. And questions abound around what the government plans to do to help these people make it through the next year. As fewer shrimp are being ...

GANDER, N.L. – Gander-based EVAS Air will set a company milestone this week as an all-female crew will operate a flight for the first time. The flight will travel from Gander to Goose Bay on Thursday, June 28. “This is an exciting ...

The Health Research Ethics Authority (HREA) is establishing a separate subcommittee whose express purpose is to review applications to conduct genetic or genomic research on human subjects. The move, the authority says, is in response to an ...

At least one of the many microbreweries planned for the province over the last two years won’t be moving ahead. Over the weekend, the Motion Bay Brewing Company — formally registered with the province’s Department of Municipal ...