Parents and students of Frank Roberts Junior High in Conception Bay South protested outside of the school's front doors on Thursday over what they're calling "outrageous" and "deplorable" conditions.
Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial affairs minister says government is open to changing legislation that will force Memorial University to include the Ode to Newfoundland during its convocation ceremonies.
Parents desperate for child care took their quest to the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature Thursday, meeting with MHAs and presenting a petition urging the government to make child care more accessible.
A new report on child care shows Newfoundland and Labrador has half the national average of regulated child-care spaces in the province, with enough space for only 14 per cent of children under the age of 12.