Education Minister Krista Lynn Howell is also the MHA for St. Barbe-L’Anse aux Meadows. She says the whole community is hurting.
Officials gathered in St. Anthony yesterday afternoon to discuss the fire that destroyed the Boys and Girls Club. RCMP reported the blaze started Wednesday evening and advised motorists to stay away from the area. Firefighters had been monitoring a large fuel tank nearby and police asked people in nearby buildings to leave as a precaution. Education Minister Krista Lynn Howell is also the MHA for St. Barbe-L’Anse aux Meadows. She says the whole community is hurting. Howell was once an employee there and will always contend it was the best job ever but says it was so disheartening to see the building go up in flames. Howell says government will be there to help. She spent much of the day yesterday with club board members to find short term and long term solutions. The building was over 100 years old and part of the Grenfell legacy.
Premier Wakeham says the books of Memorial University will not be balanced on the backs of students
Wakeham says "hunting is a way of life in NL", province not participating in federal firearm compensation
Volunteer recruitment drive at the Marina Redmond Centre for the summer games coming to Corner Brook
Government officials say 40 litres of home heating fuel was "cleaned up quickly" on Curling Street last week
Corner Brook is one of three places in Canada taking part in pilot project on a wildfire resiliency template
