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• Deer Lake RCMP encouraging parents to talk to kids about lasers after one was pointed at an airplane

  The laser, which was blue in color, was held in place for 10-15 seconds and caused temporary visual interference to the pilot.

• TD Summer Reading Club is in full swing at the Corner Brook Public Library

  Regional Librarian Sandra Harnum says there was a good turnout last weekend but kids can still sign up for the summer reading program.

• Corner Brook council votes to keep mail in ballots as an option for the October municipal election

  Mayor Jim Parsons says mail in ballots became a reality for the city in 2021 during the Covid pandemic, but only 484 votes were cast that way.

• AG Denise Hanrahan says NL is spending $400K on travel nurses in her latest audit

  Hanrahan says without effective planning, spending continues at near record levels and by March of this year, the average agency nurse cost over $400,000 annually – typically working more hours as overtime, resulting in less service for the money spent when compared to staff.

• Plenty of pow wows and mawiomis taking place along the west coast this year

  Paul Pike is the Lead Cultural Outreach Officer with Qalipu First Nations and says Mi’kmaq people have always held “mawiomis,”  or gatherings, which traditionally would have been a time for marriages or to reconnect with relatives.