Government of Newfoundland News

Municipal Affairs and Environment
Transportation and Works

The Provincial Government is monitoring forecast information on a weather system that is anticipated to affect many areas of the province. Heavy snowfall and high winds are forecast to begin late tomorrow night and may continue into Saturday (January 18). Poor to near zero visibilities in heavy snow and blowing snow can be expected for the eastern half of the island in particular. Elevated water levels and coastal flooding are also likely and the system may cause significant storm surge.

Health and Community Services

The Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, will speak at a workplace violence prevention forum tomorrow (Thursday, January 16).

Executive Council

The funeral for the Honourable John C. Crosbie will take place at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, January 16) at the Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, 16 Church Hill, St. John’s. Doors to the church will open at 12:30 p.m.

Fisheries and Land Resources

The Department of Fisheries and Land Resources is seeking information related to two recent poaching incidents involving the killing of moose alongside the Trans-Canada Highway. One incident occurred near Aspen Brook, approximately nine kilometers east of Badger, and the other incident took place near Square Pond Provincial Park, approximately 28 kilometers east of Gander.

Fisheries and Land Resources

I have been informed by Clearwater of its intention to seek a change of operator at St. Anthony Seafoods Limited Partnership to Quin-Sea Fisheries Limited.

Health and Community Services

The Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, is extending congratulations to Dr. Linda Hensman, recipient of Memorial University’s School of Pharmacy Honorary White Coat for 2020. The annual White Coat Ceremony will take place on January 16, 2020 in the main auditorium of the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s.

Fisheries and Land Resources

The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, will meet with the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, federal Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and eastern Canadian fisheries and aquaculture ministers tomorrow (Wednesday, January 15) at the Hotel Halifax in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Executive Council

The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, will be available to media at 3:15 p.m. today (Tuesday, January 14) to discuss today’s meeting with the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.

Executive Council

Media planning to attend the public visitation at Confederation Building for the Honourable John C. Crosbie will be permitted access to the House of Assembly Chamber on both days (Tuesday, January 14 and Wednesday, January 15) from 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. There will be a designated area in the chamber for media to set-up.

Natural Resources

Today, the Honourable Siobhan Coady, Minister of Natural Resources, welcomed Heather Jacobs, QC, as the new chair of the interim board of directors to the Oil and Gas Corporation which began operations on January 1, 2020.

Transportation and Works

The general public is invited to pay their respects to the Honourable John C. Crosbie on Tuesday, January 14 and Wednesday, January 15, between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. in the House of Assembly.

Executive Council

The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, will meet tomorrow (Tuesday, January 14) at 9:30 a.m. in the Premier’s Office at Confederation Building.

Executive Council

The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, will meet with the Council of Atlantic Premiers today (Monday, January 13). The meeting will take place at 4:30 p.m. at the Emera Innovation Exchange, Memorial University’s Signal Hill Campus, 100 Signal Hill, St. John’s.

Executive Council

The general public is invited to pay their respects to the Honourable John C. Crosbie at Confederation Building in the House of Assembly on Tuesday, January 14 and Wednesday, January 15 from 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Executive Council

The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Honourable François Legault, Premier of Quebec, will meet on Sunday, January 12 at 4:30 p.m. in the Premier’s Office at Confederation Building.

Executive Council

The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, is expressing heart-felt condolences to the Crosbie family in response to the passing of John Crosbie. Mr. Crosbie was Newfoundland and Labrador’s 12th Lieutenant Governor, as well as a former provincial and federal Cabinet Minister, and tireless advocate for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.

Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation

Sarah Stoodley, Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation, will bring greetings at the Centre for Nursing Studies’ Practical Nursing Graduation tomorrow (Friday, January 10). The event begins at 2:00 p.m. at the Elim Pentecostal Tabernacle, 565 Kenmount Road, St. John’s.

Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation

The Parks Division, of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation, invites photographers to submit their favourite images of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Provincial Parks for an opportunity to win the grand prize of seven nights of camping at any of the province’s Provincial Parks during the 2020 season. Submitted photos may be featured on the Provincial Parks new website, which will be launched in Spring 2020.

Advanced Education, Skills and Labour

The Provincial Government will open six rounds of Expressions of Interest for prospective immigrants around the world who wish to settle in the province and be engaged in the daily operation of a business they create, join, or assume ownership of.

Fisheries and Land Resources

The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, will bring greetings at College of the North Atlantic’s Practical Nursing Graduation tomorrow (Friday, January 10).