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• Corner Brook's 53rd annual Winter Carnival is into Day 5

  Mayor Linda Chaisson says it all kicked off Friday night with the flag raising, torch lighting and parade to opening ceremonies at the Party in the Park where Leif the Lucky came out of his hut.

• MHA's heading back to their seats in the House of Assembly on Monday to start the spring session

  Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Joan Marie Aylward, will deliver the Speech from the Throne to officially open the First Session of the 51st General Assembly at 2:00 p.m.

• Trans Canada Highway through the Wreckhouse area is now open

  Police caution all drivers in the Port aux Basques area that high winds, wet snow and ice are creating hazardous road conditions.

• Impaired driver charged in Deer Lake Saturday afternoon

  He failed a roadside breath test and again at the detachment, where he was released from custody and is due to appear in court during April.

• It's fibre week in Corner Brook; paper and cardboard in the blue bag goes to the curb

  Lynn Howse of Western Regional Waste Management says plastics are recyclable but pay attention to the recycling number stamp on the product that looks like a small triangle of three arrows, and numbers 1, 2 and 5 are accepted.