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Stephenville in holding pattern as airport faces possible power cutoff
Coun. Tom O'Brien says there is a feeling of “dismay” in the community about the status of the Stephenville Dymond International Airport.
Stephenville airport could soon lose power, as N.L. fires up air ambulance contingency plans
It could be lights out at the Stephenville Dymond International Airport later this week, if the beleaguered operation doesn’t pay its utility bill — and the provincial Health Department is making contingency plans for air ambulance services.
Cancer society wants cash from N.L. tobacco settlement targeted at prevention programs
The Newfoundland and Labrador government has decided how a half-billion-dollar legal settlement with major tobacco companies will hit the books, but there are few details at this point on how the province will actually spend that money when it flows into the provincial treasury.
Quebec man accused of sexual assault in Labrador avoids trial due to delays
The case is the latest in Newfoundland and Labrador in recent months to be dismissed on the Jordan application.
How big bucks from big tobacco prevented N.L.'s deficit from doubling
The Newfoundland and Labrador government included in this year's pre-election budget decades worth of revenues from the pending settlement of a lawsuit against tobacco companies, helping stem a flow of red ink that could have doubled the current projected deficit.
Court of Appeal rules that judge erred in deciding Steve Kent had privacy breached
Newfoundland and Labrador's top court has ruled that a lower-court judge made a series of errors when he found that the City of Mount Pearl breached the privacy of its former top civil servant Steve Kent.
More court dates added for Tony Humby as series of pre-trial applications drags on
The Tony Humby case returned to provincial court on Monday morning, but his trial on charges of sexual violence against youths still hasn't begun.
He was looking for cheap car insurance in N.L. He thinks he found a 'ghost broker' instead
Ghost brokers can create falsified insurance documents that look like legitimate policies, and sell them to unwitting victims.
2026 trial date set for $2.4M lawsuit over unpaid runway lights at Stephenville airport
Tristar Electric sued the Carl Dymond-directed numbered company that owns the airport, alleging non-payment for work to install a runway lighting system.
N.L. spent nearly entire $22M contingency fund on 'skyrocketing' costs of kids in care
Almost all of the cash set aside for “unforeseen expenditures” was transferred to again address a recurring issue that has been repeatedly flagged for nearly a decade — the spiralling costs of children in care.