Local News from Thursday, February 20th, 2025

It’s not new but one event is coming back for this year’s carnival, it’s the snow sculpting contest. Committee chair Pam Keeping says it’s open to all Corner Brook residents and there will be prizes.

This will provide more preventative health choices, ensure early detection and treatment of cancer, reduce mortality rates and allow more effective treatment options.

Councilor Vaughn Granter says this new policy will provide staff with a standard process setting speed limits on streets to ensure that appropriate speed limits are set based primarily on the classification, function, and physical characteristics of a street and that the speed limits are established in a consistent manner using an objective and technical method. 

Donny Burden, the city’s director of engineering, says extra costs will be billed back to the contractor. The original projected cost of the building was $25 million. 

Sea conditions continue to hamper some operations including the ability to deploy response equipment.

44-year-old Shannon Payne of Rocky Harbour and 45-year-old Stephen Goudie of Deer Lake were arrested more than a kilogram of cocaine at an estimated value of $35,000 and 100 cartons of contraband tobacco worth about $10,000 were seized.

Barry Petten says “Just a couple of months ago we learned over 60 fully trained and qualified nurses from India are sitting home without jobs.”

Donna Ryan is the CUPE national rep for the western zone. She says this isn’t fair to LPN”s on site who are making less money and it’s affecting morale, as they are making $30 an hour and agency workers are making $80.

After becoming stuck, one motorist opened the door of the vehicle which blew off with the wind.  The vehicle, with three occupants inside, was at risk of blowing over an embankment.