How does the N.L. government plan to meet its food production goals? Potatoes
Three farmers are upping their potato game in a big way, with the province saying their potential millions of pounds in harvest will get Newfoundland and Labrador to its 2022 agricultural goal.
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About 172 acres of the land earmarked by the N.L. government will be farmed by a partnership between two families: from left, Natalie and Adam Anderson, and Lukas and Janelle Doman.(Colleen Connors/CBC)
At a ceremony this week that celebrated small farmers taking big leaps, the Newfoundland and Labrador government has put the potato front and centre to its approaching deadline to double food production in the province by 2022.
A snowmobile crash killed her only son. As the court case wraps up, this mother details her grief
As the court case over a fatal snowmobile crash in western Newfoundland winds down, the mother of the man killed describes her loss.
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Posted: Apr 09, 2021 12:15 PM NT | Last Updated: April 9
Sherry Pollard s only son, Justyn Pollard, was killed when the snowmobile he was on collided with a taxi on the bridge to the Humber Valley Resort in 2017.(Submitted by Sherry Pollard)
More than four years after her son s death, Sherry Pollard appeared in a Corner Brook courtroom Thursday to read aloud her victim impact statement, at times breaking down as she put her pain into paragraphs.