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The FFAW union has called off the demonstration for tomorrow. They have a deal with processors for the crab season to start

The starting price will be $3 a pound (up from $2.60 under the original formula)

The FFAW union has called off the demonstration for tomorrow. They have a deal with processors for the crab season to start The starting price will be $3 a pound (up from $2.60 under the original formula) #nlpoli
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The sun isnā€™t any more dangerous during an eclipse. Itā€™s just weā€™re more interested in looking at it. ā€œOh the sun is doing something different, I wanna see betterā€

Itā€™s more an us issue than a sun issue

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NL has made the biggest cuts to post secondary funding of any province over the last 5 years according to this data

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The ā€œpeople of Newfoundland and Labradorā€ shown in this PC video arenā€™t actually from here. Theyā€™re stock images

For example:
videohive.net/item/portrait-ā€¦

The ā€œpeople of Newfoundland and Labradorā€ shown in this PC video arenā€™t actually from here. Theyā€™re stock images For example: videohive.net/item/portrait-ā€¦
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If this goes through MHAs will have had a 27% increase in pay since 2009.

For a comparison during the same period minimum wage has gone up 76%, inflation is up 40% saltwire.com/newfoundland-lā€¦

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Not the first time a rowdy group of Newfoundlanders descended on the legislature...In 1932 3,500 people smashed every window, looted the building, causing $10,000 in damage, and the Prime Minister had to sneak out the back door

Not the first time a rowdy group of Newfoundlanders descended on the legislature...In 1932 3,500 people smashed every window, looted the building, causing $10,000 in damage, and the Prime Minister had to sneak out the back door
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Despite what the RNC is tweeting here, the injunction doesn't order anyone off the premise, it does however prevent anyone from obstructing people from getting to or in the building.

Here's the full text of what the judge ordered

Despite what the RNC is tweeting here, the injunction doesn't order anyone off the premise, it does however prevent anyone from obstructing people from getting to or in the building. Here's the full text of what the judge ordered
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A surpreme court judge had granted an injunction from the province preventing anyone from blocking access to confederation building. This means police could arrest fishermen blocking employees from entering

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The government has called a byelection in Fogo Island-Cape Freels, which was held by the late Derrick Bragg. Key dates below.

All 3 parties have candidates nominated. Government would have had to call it some time this week (60 days from his death)

The government has called a byelection in Fogo Island-Cape Freels, which was held by the late Derrick Bragg. Key dates below. All 3 parties have candidates nominated. Government would have had to call it some time this week (60 days from his death) #nlpoli
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This concert has been delayed by COVID and by record breaking snow, but this Saturday itā€™s finally happening šŸ¤žšŸ»

Come hear me sing along with the Newfoundland Symphony Orhcestra

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After the last storm, downtown parking is a challenge. What's the etiquette. If you come home and someone is parked in the space you shovelled out, are you entitled to take a different spot?

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The quarterly rebate cheques in NL are actually going down next year. For a single person in St. John's it goes from $164 to $149, even as the carbon tax goes up

(this is partly because heating oil was exempted, so took in less money, so less money to give out,)

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Questions about fishery starting QP. Fishermen in the gallery all standup when the premier starts answering.

Speaker tells them to sit down or heā€™ll clear the gallery.

Another question and the same thing happens

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