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• At the end of 2025 the City of Corner Brook had more than $1.7M of funds available for additional projects

  As per the requirements of the Canada Community Building Fund Agreement, each year the City is required to prepare and approve a report showing a full and detailed statement of revenue and expenditures.

• 2026 NL Summer Games in Corner Brook and Stephenville ended last weekend but more work to be done

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• Corner Brook was one of three Canadian communities to take part in a national wildfire plan

  The Plan concludes that Corner Brook's overall wildfire risk is currently low to moderate, but identifies higher-risk areas where development borders continuous forest fuels.

• RCMP suspend two drivers licenses for excessive speeding on the Northern Peninsula this past weekend

  RCMP Traffic Services West clocked a 17-year-old doing 115 km/hr in a 50 zone.