Hike for hundreds in Corner Brook
June is Recreation month, a time to recognize the importance of being active and involved. Stephanie Bennett is the Recreation Supervisor with the City of Corner Brook. She says they have a challenge for everyone that can lead to a $300 prize by hiking 3 trails around the city and sending a picture of each trek. Bennett says it’s all part of a bigger plan through RecreationNL. For more information, visit the city’s website or facebook page.
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No tax increases next year, but there will be a new $150 Waste Management levy for Corner Brook
The total proposed budget for 2026 is $44.7 million, representing a 6.7% increase in expenditures.
NL's deficit is now $948 million instead of the $626 million projected this past summer
Finance Minister Craig Pardy provided the update at a news conference this afternoon, saying with revenues of $10.3B, expenditures of $11.3B and mid-year projected deficit to be $948M, there’s no sugar coating that this number is deeply troubling and these structural changes will take time to fix.
More damage and debris around grounded cargo ship in Lark Harbour
The clean up of oily debris around the shoreline of the MSC Baltic III has started but once again, Coast Guard officials and the salvage team can’t go ahead with work due to weather and sea conditions.
Four people charged after string of break and enters on the Northern Peninsula
RCMP say they searched a home in the Northern Peninsula community last Tuesday (December 9th) and found a number of firearms and a quantity of ammo, this after learning that the owner was not licenced.
Clean up at site of grounded cargo ship in Lark Harbour, oily debris found nearby and on beaches
The Canadian Coast Guard is reporting significant additional damage to the hull, including a noticeable change in the condition of the steel plate buckling on the starboard and port sides of the vessel.
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