Government of Newfoundland News

Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural Development

The Honourable Christopher Mitchelmore, Minister of Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural Development, will be on the Northern Peninsula on Monday, July 11, to make funding announcements for rural broadband access.

Executive Council

The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador and Minister of Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs, will participate in the 10th Annual Bay St. George Mi’kmaq Powwow tomorrow...

Municipal Affairs

Due to the possibility of an interruption in postal service, the Crown Lands Administration Division, Department of Municipal Affairs, will offer the following alternate mail service delivery options for Crown Lands correspondence and/or documentation:

Municipal Affairs

Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Local Government met with the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, in Quebec City this week to discuss municipal infrastructure and the timely distribution of program funding to address needs in both large and small communities.

Executive Council

A series of public consultations to inform the Provincial Government’s new Climate Change Strategy are scheduled for next week in Happy Valley-Goose Bay and St. John’s.

Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural Development

The Provincial Government, through the Cultural Economic Development Program, has provided the Resource Centre for the Arts (RCA) – a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the development, promotion and presentation of the performing arts and artists of Newfoundland and Labrador – $100,000 in operational support.

Environment and Conservation

The Exploits River Trestle Bridge in the Newfoundland and Labrador T’Railway Provincial Park, Bishop’s Falls, will be closed to all pedestrian and vehicle traffic from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Monday, July 11. This closure is necessary to facilitate the fireworks display that will be a part of Bishop’s Falls River Fest 2016.

Municipal Affairs

The Honourable Eddie Joyce, Minister of Municipal Affairs, will join Long Range Mountains MP Gudie Hutchings, on behalf of the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, to highlight important infrastructure investments on the west coast of the province. The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills and MHA for Corner Brook, will also be in attendance.

Seniors, Wellness and Social Development

With the support of $50,000 from the Provincial Government, the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador is set to embark upon its Collective Memories Project.

Justice and Public Safety

Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural Development

Media Advisory: Minister Mitchelmore to Attend Internal Trade Renewal Ministers’ Meeting

Health and Community Services

The Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, will speak at an event to announce technological enhancements to pathology services tomorrow (Friday, July 8).

Executive Council
Municipal Affairs

Over $150 million in cost-shared municipal funding has been made available to communities in Newfoundland and Labrador to support water, wastewater and public transit systems, as the result of an agreement to implement the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund and the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund in the province. The Federal Government is contributing a total of $75 million; the Provincial Government is contributing $44 million, and the remainder will be provided by the recipient municipalities.

Environment and Conservation

The Honourable Perry Trimper, Minister of Environment and Conservation, has announced the following events relative to Part 10 Environmental Assessment of the Environmental Protection Act.

Fisheries and Aquaculture

The Honourable Steve Crocker, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, will hold a media availability today (Thursday, July 7) to discuss the federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard’s decision on Last-In, First-Out (LIFO) policy for the Northern Shrimp fishery.

Advanced Education and Skills

Today, the Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills, and the Honourable John McCallum, federal Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, signed the first-ever Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Immigration Agreement. The agreement helps strengthen the partnership between the two levels of government to encourage immigration to Newfoundland and Labrador.

Advanced Education and Skills

The Honourable John McCallum, federal Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, and the Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills, will announce details of a federal-provincial partnership to encourage immigration to Newfoundland and Labrador.

Executive Council

Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski will host Canada’s 13 provincial and territorial premiers and the leaders of the five National Aboriginal Organizations in Haines Junction, Yukon, on July 20. The meeting will take place on the Traditional Territory of Yukon's Champagne and Aishihik First Nations.

Executive Council

As incoming chair of the Council of the Federation, Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski will host the 2016 Summer Meeting of Canada’s Premiers July 21 to 22 at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre (KDCC) in Whitehorse.

Executive Council

The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, will join the Honourable Judy Foote, federal Minister of Public Services and Procurement on behalf of the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, to announce significant federal and provincial investment in the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund tomorrow (Thursday, July 7) at the Bay Roberts Hotel, 72-76 Water Street, Bay Roberts. The event begins at 1:00 p.m.