Couple admits to defrauding volunteer search and rescue organization for 6 years | A 7-year-old boy in Random Island inspires school to learn sign language | This N.L. school isn't waiting for an official cellphone ban — it's doing its own thing
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Couple admits to defrauding volunteer search and rescue organization for 6 years; Brian Bishop and Marina Bishop \(foreground\) are pictured at provincial court in St\. John's on Wednesday morning\. The Bishops pleaded guilty to defrauding the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association, or CASARA\.

Couple admits to defrauding volunteer search and rescue organization for 6 years

October 16 , 2024 at 02:14:49 p.m. NDT • :

A husband and wife have pleaded guilty to bilking more than $82,000 from CASARA, in which they held long-time senior roles.
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A 7-year-old boy in Random Island inspires school to learn sign language; Clark Butt, 7, is a second-grade student at Random Island Academy\. He is deaf and uses hearing aids and the help of a teacher's assistant that uses ASL with him during classes\. From seeing him, other students wanted to learn ASL as well, says teacher\.

A 7-year-old boy in Random Island inspires school to learn sign language

October 16 , 2024 at 12:18:14 p.m. NDT • :

Random Island Academy provides ASL learning materials to all students on their free time, and many are eager to learn thanks to a young boy and his teacher assistant.
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This N.L. school isn't waiting for an official cellphone ban — it's doing its own thing; Emily Decker grade 9 student says she is actually more focused since teachers have cracked down more on cellphones in classes\.

This N.L. school isn't waiting for an official cellphone ban — it's doing its own thing

October 16 , 2024 at 02:06:20 p.m. NDT • :

Bag it, bin it, zip it or banish it. Wherever it goes, cellphones can't be used during class time at Corner Brook Intermediate. While Newfoundland and Labrador's Department of Education has yet to make a provincewide decision, students and the principal tell the CBC's Colleen Connors distraction is down and focus is better.

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Body found after police respond to Deer Lake shed fire; RCMP are investigating a death after responding to a shed fire in Deer Lake\.

Body found after police respond to Deer Lake shed fire

October 15 , 2024 at 03:12:14 p.m. NDT • :

RCMP found a man's body after they extinguished a shed fire in Deer Lake.
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Gander's farmers' market is ramping up, with neighbourhood businesses and a co-op vision; Jarrod Oglan of Living Water\.

Gander's farmers' market is ramping up, with neighbourhood businesses and a co-op vision

October 16 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

Gander Grow Co. is doing just what its name implies. It has seen what the St. John's and Clarenville farmers' markets have done, and believes a similar model can work there. As the CBC"s Troy Turner reports, a year-round operation needs big buy-in at the early stage.

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Brad Gushue: New teammate Brendan Bottcher one of top 5 shot-makers in the world; Brad Gushue  

October 15 , 2024 at 06:57:42 p.m. NDT • :

Brad Gushue: New teammate Brendan Bottcher one of top 5 shot-makers in the world

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Former Alberta skip Brendan Bottcher joins Brad Gushue's rink; Alberta-Bottcher skip Brendan Bottcher, back right, and Team Canada skip Brad Gushue look on during their playoff match at the Brier, in Regina, on Saturday, March 9, 2024\. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck  

October 15 , 2024 at 04:56:37 p.m. NDT • :

Former Alberta skip Brendan Bottcher joins Brad Gushue's rink

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She's a mother with disabilities living in 'government-induced poverty.' Here's how she's getting by.; Tina Hann says she first encountered food insecurity after the separation of her parents while growing up in Labrador city\. Now, in her mid 40s, Hann says folks with disabilities are forced to live in government induced poverty\.  

October 14 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

She's a mother with disabilities living in 'government-induced poverty.' Here's how she's getting by.

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PC MHA blasts lack of action, commitment on important pay equity issue; PC MHA Helen Conway Ottenheimer says it's no wonder people are questioning the commitment of the Liberals when it comes to pay equity\.  

October 15 , 2024 at 03:03:14 p.m. NDT • :

PC MHA blasts lack of action, commitment on important pay equity issue

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Proposed changes coming for N.L.'s Crown Lands Act, says minister; Minister of Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture, Gerry Byrne announced on Tuesday that changes are coming for Newfoundland and Labrador's Crown Lands Act when the House of Assembly opens in November\.  

October 16 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

Proposed changes coming for N.L.'s Crown Lands Act, says minister

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