Not a single shovelful of dirt has been overturned for a planned new provincial prison, but the Newfoundland and Labrador government admits inflation is already driving up the cost and the opposition claims what was expected to be a $325-million facility is now north of half a billion dollars.
The provincial government will spend $225 million on highway construction in 2023-24, with an emphasis on upgrading infrastructure vulnerable to the effects of climate change, according to Elvis Loveless.
A well-known senior citizen in Spaniard’s Bay is dead, her cousin is badly injured, and the tragedy is igniting calls for safety improvements to a busy stretch of road in the Conception Bay North town.