Notes from the Rafters: This Week’s City Council Meeting Recap
byPeace, Food and Stories: Let The Holidays Begin! Remembrance Day is over. We’ve had our first magical snowfall, and our first sloppy windy snow…
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U-Pass Could Change Public Transit in St. John’s (But Has Its Flaws)
byU-Pass could normalize public transit among young people in a city where less than 5% of residents claim public transit as their primary mode of transportation.
Newfoundland Growlers And Mile One Centre: Will Local Ownership Be The Difference?
byThe Newfoundland Growlers are the fifth hockey franchise to call Mile One home in 18 years. That’s more hockey teams than provincial elections in the same time period.
Notes from the Rafters: This Week’s City Council Meeting Recap
byThe old Templeton’s Building downtown will soon house a distillery
Too Good to Be True: The Local Fake News Story That Was Cited by US Intelligence
bySnopes managed to track the potential origins of the fake news story back to a cartoon from 1931.
What About Us? Muskrats Weigh in on Muskrat Falls Inquiry
bySo here, dear Homo Sapiens, are a few of our thoughts on this project and how we may jointly derive some benefit.
Win Win: Social Housing is the Moral & Cost-Effective Solution for Homelessness in NL
byCost associated with public systems used to temporarily house people who are experiencing homelessness. Hospital: $10,900; Jail: $4,333; Shelter bed: $1,932; Social housing: $200.
Polls Are Open For The 2018 People’s Choice Awards
byHelp us recognize your go-to restaurants, praise your favourite places, and acknowledge your favourite faces.
Notes from the Rafters: This Week’s City Council Meeting Recap
byIf the owner does not comply with the Springdale Street demolition order, the city will send out a tender and do it themselves and then bill the owner.
Snelgrove Trial Appeal Could Affect Canada’s Legal Definition Of Consent
byThe jury was never allowed to consider section 273.1(2)(c) of the criminal code, which reads “no consent is obtained … where the accused induces the complainant to engage in the activity by abusing a position of trust, power or authority.”
$2.7 Million Earmarked For Quidi Vidi Park Project
byThe plans include a new concession area on the North Bank
Gerry Rogers Questions Liberals’ Liberal Giveaways to Large Corporations
by“That’s money that government won’t have for schools, roads, and health care,” Rogers said in Question Period.