Federal Emergency Preparedness Minister is on the west coast to meet with search and rescue teams.

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• City approves more than $103K for the Riverside Drive Embankment Risk Assessment project

  The project, funded through the City's COOR budget, involves conducting a hydrological assessment, reviewing historical climate data, and developing a risk matrix to help monitor the area.

• Fisheries Minister and a NL delegation are heading to the Boston Seafood Show this week

  Gerry Byrne says this show brings representatives from 167 fish buying nations from all over the world and to be absent is to be absent from the world marketplace.

• New resource for kids in grades 2-4 to learn the value of food

  Throughout the month of March, AITC-NL is partnering with the Newfoundland and Labrador Beekeeping Association (NLBKA) to host the “Bee Creative Literacy Contest” for Kindergarten to Grade 6 students.

• Corner Brook's new Recreation Centre is more than $2.6 million over budget so far

  At Monday night’s public meeting, council approved slightly more than $47Kto Pomerlau for the supply cost of a new Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV) unit.

• Corner Brook awards more than $239K for a water audit and leak analysis

  Areas with unaccounted-for water use will be focused on to complete a leak detection strategy with step testing and leak noise correlation.