Newfoundland and Labrador News http://www.news-spider.com/Canada/Newfoundland_and_Labrador/index.html Latest Newfoundland and Labrador News from news-spider.com. News from more than 2,000 sources, updated continuously. en-us Copyright (c) 2008 news-spider.com. All rights reserved. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:39:58 GMT Take that, townies: N.L. towns reject St. John's focus for conventions http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223733261 Community leaders across Newfoundland and Labrador have rejected their own board's plan to hold conventions only in the province's capital. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223733261 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:38:25 GMT N.L. government scraps trade mission to Iceland http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223672317 The provincial government has cancelled a trade mission to Iceland, but the trade minister said Friday he hasn't given up on the country just yet. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223672317 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:44:50 GMT NDP wants answers from justice minister over changes at prison http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223672319 The province's NDP leader wants the justice minister to explain why he is cleaning house at Her Majesty's Penitentiary in St. John's. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223672319 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:50:54 GMT Persuading undecided vote seen as critical in St. John's South-Mount Pearl http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223657863 The major parties fighting to represent St. John's South-Mount Pearl all admit a large number of undecided voters may determine who gets a job in Ottawa. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223657863 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:22:58 GMT No work at Barachois Brook soil plant until hearing http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223657867 A controversial soil treatment plant in western Newfoundland will remain idle until residents' complaints are addressed by a government-appointed appeals board, a lawyer for the company that runs the ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223657867 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:28:54 GMT Breeder, SPCA settle over dog costs http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223650629 A dispute between a central Newfoundland dog breeder and the SPCA has been settled out of court. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223650629 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:17:54 GMT Nurses trying to undermine contract, N.L. health boards claim http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223639810 The boards managing Newfoundland and Labrador's hospitals say they had no choice but to get tough with nurses, following a union's decision to scale back what work its members would do. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223639810 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:08:13 GMT No immediate fix for cramped St. John's junior high http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223636193 Students at a suburban St. John's school that is so overcrowded that classes are being taught in the cafeteria will likely have to deal with cramped conditions for the rest of the school year. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223636193 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:32:59 GMT Airport Heights makeshift dump on our property: St. John's http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223636195 Efforts to clean up a recently discovered illegal dump in a residential St. John's neighbourhood could be easier than first thought. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223636195 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:28:33 GMT Another top official out at HMP http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223632597 A shakeup in Newfoundland and Labrador's corrections system is continuing, with the departure Thursday of a senior official at the province's largest jail. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1223632597 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:39:38 GMT