Government of Newfoundland News

Advanced Education, Skills and Labour

The Public Post-Secondary Education Review Committee is holding a public consultation session in Stephenville for all residents who have an interest in public post-secondary education.

Justice and Public Safety

The Honourable Andrew Parsons, Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General, will announce the appointment of the director for the Serious Incident Response Team tomorrow (Wednesday, September 11).

Executive Council
Children, Seniors and Social Development

The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development, will be in Gander this week for the Newfoundland and Labrador 50+ Federation’s 44th Annual Convention.

Municipal Affairs and Environment

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

Health and Community Services

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Mental Health Commission of Canada, together with Memorial University released a report outlining the tremendous success of a brand-new way of improving access to mental health services.

Transportation and Works

The Honourable Steve Crocker, Minister of Transportation and Works, will be available to media tomorrow (Tuesday, September 10) to discuss upcoming road work and detours beginning this week on the Trans-Canada Highway near Avondale.

Fisheries and Land Resources

The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, will speak at an announcement tomorrow (Tuesday, September 10) in support of northern cod research. The event will take place at Memorial University’s Marine Institute, 155 Ridge Road, St. John’s at 11:00 a.m.

Health and Community Services

The Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, will participate in the release of the Mental Health Commission of Canada report on its Newfoundland and Labrador Stepped Care 2.0 E-Mental Health Demonstration Project tonight (Monday, September 9) at 5:30 p.m. The report outlines the outcomes of the 18-month project in this province, first announced in 2017.

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.