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Gas and power utility Fortis reports $394M Q3 profit, up from $326M a year earlier

Gas and power utility Fortis reports $394M Q3 profit, up from $326M a year earlier

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Fortis Inc. reported a third-quarter profit of $394 million, up from $326 million a year earlier. The gas and power utility says the profit amounted to 81 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Sept.
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Inside Newfoundland and Labrador's private, for-profit homeless shelter system

Inside Newfoundland and Labrador's private, for-profit homeless shelter system

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A homeless woman says she's been placed back in the very system she was trying to escape when she began living in a tent across the street from Newfoundland and Labrador's legislature building.
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Scotiabank says it will close eight branches across rural Newfoundland

Scotiabank says it will close eight branches across rural Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Scotiabank says it is closing eight branches across rural Newfoundland.
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Auditor flags high salaries, lavish spending at Memorial University in Newfoundland

Auditor flags high salaries, lavish spending at Memorial University in Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.
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Innu leaders quit meetings with N.L. premier, citing issues with unrecognized group

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Innu leaders say they will no longer be attending Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey's annual meetings with the province's Indigenous groups.
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After two weeks, minister hasn't visited tent city outside Newfoundland legislature

After two weeks, minister hasn't visited tent city outside Newfoundland legislature

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A homeless woman living in a tent city across from Newfoundland and Labrador's legislature says it's "insulting" that the province's housing minister hasn't made his way over to the site to speak with residents.
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Police take tents, supplies from homeless encampment outside Newfoundland legislature

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Police dismantled tents and reportedly took away food and dry clothing Tuesday from a homeless encampment across from the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature.
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Newly elected Tory Opposition leader in N.L. says people should pay less tax

Newly elected Tory Opposition leader in N.L. says people should pay less tax

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Tony Wakeham spent his day in the Newfoundland and Labrador house of assembly sitting across from Liberal Premier Andrew Furey as the newly elected Opposition leader.
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In Newfoundland, champion runners look up to 85-year-old woman still ‘killing it’

In Newfoundland, champion runners look up to 85-year-old woman still ‘killing it’

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — As she lined up to start Newfoundland's annual 20-kilometre Cape to Cabot race Sunday, 85-year-old Florence Barron might have been underestimated by some of her competitors.
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Joan Marie Aylward appointed Newfoundland and Labrador's new lieutenant-governor

Joan Marie Aylward appointed Newfoundland and Labrador's new lieutenant-governor

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of a new lieutenant-governor to serve Newfoundland and Labrador.
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