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After delay, new ferry Ala'suinu begins carrying passengers between N.S. and N.L.

After delay, new ferry Ala'suinu begins carrying passengers between N.S. and N.L.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — After delays due to repairs, a new Marine Atlantic ferry sailing between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia is expected to make its inaugural passenger trip this evening.
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N.S. emergency department deaths hit six-year high, doctors point to 'bed-blocking'

N.S. emergency department deaths hit six-year high, doctors point to 'bed-blocking'

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Doctors in Atlantic Canada say too many beds in emergency departments are taken up by people who need non-emergency care, and the "bed-blocking" is driving high numbers of emergency department deaths. Dr.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters return to N.L. campus after encampment dismantled

Pro-Palestinian protesters return to N.L. campus after encampment dismantled

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Protesters returned to Memorial University in St. John's, N.L., on Monday, days after police responded to a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus and charged three students.
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Church must pay $104 million to victims of historical abuse in Newfoundland

Church must pay $104 million to victims of historical abuse in Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Roman Catholic Church has been ordered to pay settlements totalling $104 million to 292 survivors of historical abuse in Newfoundland and Labrador, including those at the now infamous Mount Cashel orphanage in St. John's.
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Newfoundland and Labrador premier takes aim at Ottawa over reopened cod fishery

Newfoundland and Labrador premier takes aim at Ottawa over reopened cod fishery

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's Liberal premier has once again penned a letter to the federal government opposing one of its decisions — this time about the reopening of the province's commercial northern cod fishery.
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Evacuation order lifted in central Labrador after wildfire forced hundreds to flee

Evacuation order lifted in central Labrador after wildfire forced hundreds to flee

CHURCHILL FALLS, N.L. — There was relief in central Labrador Wednesday night as officials lifted a wildfire evacuation order, allowing people to return to their homes in Churchill Falls two weeks after they were asked to flee.
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Newfoundland and Labrador fishers say commercial cod fishery should not reopen

Newfoundland and Labrador fishers say commercial cod fishery should not reopen

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Exactly 32 years after the federal government imposed a moratorium on Newfoundland and Labrador's commercial cod fishery, harvesters in the province demanded on Tuesday that Ottawa reinstate it.
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Newfoundland soldier who died in the First World War laid to rest at home

Newfoundland soldier who died in the First World War laid to rest at home

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Hundreds of people filled the downtown streets in Newfoundland and Labrador's capital city on Monday to pay their respects to a soldier from the First World War who died on the battlefields of France and has finally returned home.
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An unknown Newfoundland soldier killed in the First World War is being laid to rest

An unknown Newfoundland soldier killed in the First World War is being laid to rest

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The remains of a soldier from Newfoundland killed in the battlefields of France during the First World War will be laid to rest in St.
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Threat from Churchill Falls wildfire eases, officials say 'promising' forecast ahead

Threat from Churchill Falls wildfire eases, officials say 'promising' forecast ahead

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — With rain coming down in central Labrador and temperatures dropping, the wildfire near Churchill Falls has been downgraded, although fire officials say there's still work to be done to keep the flames at bay.
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