Government of Newfoundland News

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer

Elections Newfoundland and Labrador is seeking applications for polling station workers for the upcoming provincial by-elections in Humber East and Trinity-Bay de Verde. Workers are needed for advance polls on November 18, 2014 and for ordinary polls on November 25, 2014.

Executive Council

The Honourable Paul Davis, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, will bring greetings today (Friday, November 7) at the Conception Bay Regional Seniors’ Expo. The event will take place at the Manuels River Hibernia Interpretation Centre in Manuels, Conception Bay South at 11:00 a.m.

Service NL

The Honourable Tony Cornect, Minister of Service NL, will attend the Newfoundland and Labrador Certified Management Accountants’ 2014 convocation celebration. The Minister will speak at approximately 8:30 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, November 7) at the Holiday Inn, St. John’s.

Executive Council
Justice and Public Safety

The Honourable Paul Davis, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, today announced that the Provincial Government is moving forward with the planning of a new court complex for St. John’s to serve the Northeast Avalon Peninsula. A Request for Proposals for companies interested in completing the initial planning stage of the project will be issued in the coming weeks. Premier Davis was joined at the announcement by the Honourable Judy Manning, Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General.

Justice and Public Safety

The Honourable Judy Manning, Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Minister Responsible for Fire and Emergency Services-Newfoundland and Labrador, will make a funding announcement for the Districts of Harbour Main and Port de Grave tomorrow (Friday, November 7) at 2:00 p.m. at the Bay de Grave Regional Fire Department in South River.

Executive Council
Justice and Public Safety

The Honourable Paul Davis, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, will join the Honourable Judy Manning, Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General in making an announcement today (Thursday, November 6) related to the justice system on the Northeast Avalon Peninsula. The event begins at 2:00 p.m. in St. John’s at Provincial Court, Atlantic Place, 215 Water Street.

Transportation and Works

A new bridge in O’Donnell’s will be open to traffic by fall 2015 with a $2.9 million investment by the Provincial Government. This investment builds on a series of bridge improvement and replacement projects that have taken place throughout the province this year totalling close to $30 million.

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer

Elections Newfoundland and Labrador wishes to notify electors that the Humber East district Returning Office is open for Special Ballot voting. The office is located at 1A Lester Avenue. Special Ballot voting is also available at Elections Newfoundland and Labrador’s head office at 39 Hallett Crescent in St. John’s.

Justice and Public Safety

On Monday, November 3, Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Officers from the Corner Brook detachment responded to a report that two dead moose had been found south of Corner Brook, near Beaver Pond in the area of Logger’s School Road.

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer

The following are the preliminary results from the November 5, 2014 Conception Bay South by-election.

Justice and Public Safety

The Honourable Judy Manning, Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General, will make an announcement tomorrow (Thursday, November 6) related to the justice system on the Northeast Avalon Peninsula. The event begins at 2:00 p.m. in St. John’s at Provincial Court, Atlantic Place, 215 Water Street.

Finance

The Auditor General today released his 2014 Report on the Audit of the Financial Statements for the Province for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014. The financial statements released by the Provincial Government received an unqualified audit opinion from the Auditor General and confirmed that the deficit for the 2013-14 fiscal year was $388.6 million, a decrease of $175.2 million from the original forecasted deficit of $563.8 million.

Executive Council

The Honourable Paul Davis, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, today paid tribute to James Greene, Q.C., a former Member of the House of Assembly in Newfoundland and Labrador, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 86.

Natural Resources

The Honourable Derrick Dalley, Minister of Natural Resources, will address the annual Mineral Resources Review conference and trade show tomorrow (Thursday, November 6) at 9:00 a.m. The conference and trade show takes place at the Delta St. John’s Hotel and Conference Centre in the Harbourview Ballroom.

Office of the Auditor General

In his commentary on the consolidated summary financial statements of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, delivered to the Speaker of the House of Assembly today in St. John’s, Auditor General Terry Paddon highlights that the Provincial deficit of $389 million for the year ended March 31, 2014 has doubled from the prior year. This means that expenses have grown beyond the amount of revenue available to pay for those expenses.

Seniors, Wellness and Social Development: Sport Newfoundland and Labrador

The Newfoundland and Labrador Basketball Association will hold a National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Train to Train course from November 28 to 30 in St. John’s. This course replaces the previous Technical II course, and includes both technical and theory components under the NCCP.

Environment and Conservation

The Department of Environment and Conservation advises the public that a section of the T’Railway Provincial Park from Appleton to Glenwood is now open to all pedestrian, ATV, snowmobile and vehicular traffic.

Transportation and Works
Justice and Public Safety

Kleinfeldt Mychajlowycz Architects (KMA) has been engaged to develop a plan for a new provincial court house in Stephenville, which will provide residents on the southwest coast with improved access to the provincial judicial system.

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer

Ordinary polling for the Conception Bay South by-election is taking place today. The polls are open from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Natural Resources
Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural Development

The agricultural research symposium - Our Food, Our Future: Research that Feeds Newfoundland and Labrador - starts today in Corner Brook and is ongoing until November 6. Researchers from disciplines related to agriculture and agrifoods will be discussing areas of interest at this second biennial event, including diversification of agrifood production, value added production and processing, animal health and nutrition, climate change and farm economics.