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Prices at the Pumps: Explaining recent pump fluctuations
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N.L. gas prices up, other fuels fall in weekly adjustment Thursday, May 2
Prices for most fuels fell in Newfoundland and Labrador after a scheduled price adjustment on Thursday, May 2. The Public Utilities Board announced gas prices rose by up to 0.9 cents per litre (cpl), setting the maximum cost of a litre of regular ...
Newfoundland Whisky earns 'Best in Class' distinction at 2024 spirit competition
The best whisky in the world may very well be distilled in Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland Whisky by the Newfoundland Distillery Company earned a whopping 97 points at the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition and is one of five ...
N.L. socioeconomic tracking software firm gets government funding to aid in expansion
A Newfoundland and Labrador company that designed software to track and measure the socioeconomic impacts of projects is getting financial assistance from the province in a bid to expand. To go along with its own $80,325 investment, NetBenefit ...
'Getting more farms back in Newfoundland': O'Brien Farm program providing support and resources to help start small-scale farms
Since 1950, Newfoundland has lost 95 per cent of its farms. "Most of them were family farms and as families got smaller, people didn't want to take over the farm,” Aaron Rodgers, general manager of O'Brien Farm in St. John's, said. “There were also a ...
Taking the horse to the water: Buyer’s licence holder says it’s time for Newfoundland and Labrador’s harvesters to act on change
Change in the fishery won't be a smooth road, but Matthew O’Leary is ready and willing to tackle the challenge. O’Leary owns and operates Rough Water Traps, a company based in Fox Harbour on the Avalon Peninsula side of Placentia Bay that makes wire ...
Husky fined $2.5 million for N.L.'s largest oil spill
Husky Oil Operations Ltd. has been ordered to pay a total of $2.5 million in fines for a 2018 crude oil spill believed to be the largest in the province’s history. Provincial Court Judge Lois Skanes accepted a joint sentencing submission from Crown ...
THE WRAP: Baristas picket, punching the retirement ticket and Tim Hortons plays defence
Timmies misses the boat You win some, you lose some. And 2,900 Tim Hortons customers did both the same day. Cape Bretoner Paula Cleveland was told by email she’d won a boat in Roll Up The Rim, then that it was a technical error, ah, human error, ...
Prices at the Pumps: Some small relief, more for diesel
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'We brought The Seed Company into the 21st century': St. John's-based business prepares to celebrate 100 years
When Peter Byrne's great-grandfather, E.W. Gaze, opened Gaze Seed Company in 1925, it was the only seed company in N.L. Better known today as The Seed Company, they supplied seeds to farmers and gardeners across the island through mail via a ...
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