Mayor worried as Corner Brook council backs down on Civic Centre annex lease deal
In the wake of community unhappiness and a protest over the proposed lease of a city recreation space, Jim Parsons says the political appetite to go ahead with the deal has been lost.
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The deal between the city and Western Health to lease the Corner Brook Civic Centre Studio, also known as the annex, is off the table, says Mayor Jim Parsons.(Lindsay Bird/CBC)
Days after a major protest against a proposed lease of a recreation space in Corner Brook to a nursing program, the city s mayor says the political will to go ahead with the deal is gone.
Hundreds gather to protest plan to use Corner Brook Civic Centre annex for nursing school
About 300 people gathered in Corner Brook Saturday to protest a proposal to convert the city s Civic Centre annex into a new space for the Western Regional School of Nursing.
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Posted: Dec 12, 2020 7:04 PM NT | Last Updated: December 12, 2020
An estimated 300 people protested the proposed move to move the region s nursing school into the Corner Brook Civic Centre annex Saturday.(Ken Ralph/Facebook)
An estimated 300 people gathered at City Hall in Corner Brook Saturday to protest a proposed plan to turn the city s Civic Centre annex into the new home of the Western Regional School of Nursing.