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• Government announces $20 million to be spent hiring new police officers

  his includes 19 additional RNC officers starting in 2026.

• "There's gold in them thar hills," government looks for proposals to mine in Grand Lake

  Industry Minister Andrew Parsons says this Exempt Mineral Land consists of the Lunch Pond gold deposit as well as 19 mineral prospects like copper and zinc but the majority of showings are for gold,

• NL Public Libraries has announced their second Indigenous Storyteller in Residence, Ivan J. White

  White is from the Mi’kmaw community of Flat Bay and holds a Master of Applied Literary Arts degree from MUN’s Grenfell Campus, where he discovered his love for Narratology.

• Amendments to give workers stronger job protected leave have been introduced in the House of Assembly

  With these amendments, workers will now have access of up to 27 weeks per year of job protected leave for long-term illness, long-term injury, or organ donation; or 104 weeks if an illness or injury is the result of a criminal offence.

• Government looks for a proponent to interested in the mineral rights for Glover Island within Grand Lake

  This includes Lunch Pond gold deposit as well as 19 mineral prospects and showings, the majority of which are for gold, but there are also separate prospects for base metals like copper and/or zinc.