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• Those who receive Income support cheques by mail can pick them up tomorrow

  While most Income Support clients receive their cheques through direct deposit, approximately three per cent of the 21,000 clients receive their cheques by mail.

• Government proposes updated policy to ban electronic devices in K-6 and wants the public's feedback

  Students in grade 7 to level 4 who bring a personal electronic device to school must switch it off and store it out of sight. 

• PC Leader Tony Wakeham says "U.S. Tariffs will have devastating consequences for the province"

  Wakeham says these tariffs would drive up costs, threaten jobs, and destabilize industries that are the backbone of our economy."

• Qalipu First Nation swearing-in ceremony takes place tomorrow

  Chief Jenny Brake will be sworn into office while also welcoming Vice-Chief Central Region, Colleen Paul, and Vice-Chief Western Region, Charles White, as well as eight ward councillors.

• A 64 year old man is arrested after landing his ATV in a ditch in Robinson's

  At the hospital in Stephenville, police spoke with the operator who showed signs of alcohol impairment.