Government is expanding a school based body safety program for school kids

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• Government introduces a new website with the latest wildfire information and heftier penalties

  The penalty for deliberately setting a fire now ranges from $100,000 to $500,000 and a new offence has been created for recklessly or negligently starting a forest fire with fines from $50,000 to $150,000.

• NL Liquor Corporation is reporting net earnings for the year are $199.6 million, a decrease of $11.1 million

  It’s been 8 years since the sale of cannabis was legalized and the total retail market for the year ending March was $115M.

• The "Spring into Action Food Drive" takes place 1-5 p.m. today at all grocery stores in Corner Brook

  Coordinator Damian Power says they need dry packaged foods or canned goods which have a long shelf life. This includes long spaghetti, plain white rice, tins of beans, soup, vegetables, as well as soda crackers. 

• Man dies from injuries as a result of a two vehicle collision on the Veterans Memorial Highway yesterday

  It happened around 10 a.m. near Roaches Line.

• Some crimes can now be reported online to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary

  For people without access to the internet or who don’t feel comfortable using this method, they can still call or visit the detachment to report crimes.