Government of Newfoundland News

Natural Resources

The Honourable Siobhan Coady, Minister of Natural Resources, participated this week in the annual SPE Offshore Europe conference held in Aberdeen, Scotland. This conference is one of Europe’s leading engineering and petroleum events and was attended by a Newfoundland and Labrador delegation, including members of the supply and service industry and all levels of government.

Executive Council
Advanced Education, Skills and Labour

The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, today announced Gladys Pardy of Marystown, as the recipient of the 2019 Council of the Federation Literacy Award. The announcement comes just in advance of International Literacy Day on September 8, which celebrates literacy and skills development.

House of Assembly

The House of Assembly advises that the Honourable Perry Trimper, MHA for Lake Melville, has resigned as Speaker effective immediately.

Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation

The Provincial Government is monitoring forecast information on the weather system now classified as Hurricane Dorian that is anticipated to track towards the province this weekend.

Executive Council

The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, today announced changes to his Cabinet.

Executive Council

A swearing-in ceremony for Cabinet will take place at 10:00 a.m. today (Friday, September 6), in the Billiards Room at Government House.

Executive Council

The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, acknowledges the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on Advancing Reconciliation by the Government of Canada and the NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC).

Advanced Education, Skills and Labour

The Honourable Bernard Davis, Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour, today announced that the Provincial Government is establishing an Independent Minimum Wage Review Committee.

Municipal Affairs and Environment

The Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment, will bring remarks at a Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador meeting on municipal wastewater management tomorrow (Friday, September 6).

Municipal Affairs and Environment

The Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment is monitoring forecast information on the weather system now classified as Hurricane Dorian that is anticipated to track towards the province this weekend.

House of Assembly

The Honourable Perry Trimper, Speaker of the House of Assembly today announced the appointment of Beverley Evans, FCPA, FCA, ICD.D as an external member of the House of Assembly Audit Committee. Ms. Evans replaces Gail Hamilton, FCPA, FCA, ICD.D, whose term expired on August 31, 2019.

Transportation and Works

Motorists on the Avalon Peninsula are advised that work to replace culverts on the Trans-Canada Highway at Avondale originally planned for the coming weekend has been postponed due to the uncertainty around pending weather. This work is now tentatively scheduled to be completed during the weekend beginning on September 13.

Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation

The Provincial Government continues to position the province as a leader in Canada’s cannabis industry by entering into a production and supply agreement with Newfoundland and Labrador’s Atlantic Cultivation Inc. and its strategic partner, Auxly Cannabis Group.

Children, Seniors and Social Development

I welcome the report from the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate on child protection services to Inuit children in Newfoundland and Labrador, and I am honoured that the Nunatsiavut Government invited me to be present in Nain for its release.

Office of the Child and Youth Advocate

Child and Youth Advocate Jackie Lake Kavanagh today released ‘A Long Wait for Change’. This is the independent review of the province’s child protection system’s response to Inuit children.

Education and Early Childhood Development
Children, Seniors and Social Development

The Honourable Brian Warr, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, participated in the official opening of the new Pumpkin House Child Care Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay today.

Education and Early Childhood Development
Service NL

With a new school year beginning this week, the Provincial Government is welcoming students, teachers, administrators and staff back to school.

House of Assembly

The House of Assembly Government Services Committee wishes to advise it will be conducting public hearings and is inviting public submissions related to its review of the draft Bill, Real Estate Trading Act, 2019.

Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation

The Honourable Christopher Mitchelmore, Minister of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation, will make an announcement tomorrow (Wednesday, September 4) related to the cannabis industry in Newfoundland and Labrador. The announcement is taking place at 2:00 p.m. in Salon B of the Capital Hotel, 208 Kenmount Road, St. John’s.

Education and Early Childhood Development

The Honourable Brian Warr, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, will attend two events tomorrow (Wednesday, September 4) in Happy Valley - Goose Bay.