Sales in N.L.'s tight housing market are soaring, thanks to cash-flush newcomers: agent | Capping power rate hikes due to Muskrat Falls will cost $3.5B by 2030, says N.L. Hydro report | Wakeham calls for public inquiry into 'horrible' sexual abuse case, citing RNC insiders
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Good morning, these are your top stories for Thursday, November 21, 2024.
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Sales in N.L.'s tight housing market are soaring, thanks to cash-flush newcomers: agent; The housing market is very tight in the St\. John's region, and real estate agent Jerry Boyles says one of the reasons is an influx of cash-flush buyers from Ontario and and British Columbia\.

Sales in N.L.'s tight housing market are soaring, thanks to cash-flush newcomers: agent

November 21 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NST • :

There's stiff competition among prospective home buyers in the St. John's region because listings are unusually low. One real estate agent says deep-pocketed buyers from outside the province are primarily to blame.
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Capping power rate hikes due to Muskrat Falls will cost $3.5B by 2030, says N.L. Hydro report; The Muskrat Falls project on the Churchill River, in Labrador, in November 2023\.

Capping power rate hikes due to Muskrat Falls will cost $3.5B by 2030, says N.L. Hydro report

November 21 , 2024 at 08:00:00 a.m. NST • :

Capping power rate increases due to the vastly overbudget Muskrat Falls project will cost $3.5 billion between now and 2030, according to the latest forecast prepared by Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.
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Wakeham calls for public inquiry into 'horrible' sexual abuse case, citing RNC insiders; Opposition Leader Tony Wakeham addresses the legislature during question period on Wednesday afternoon\.

Wakeham calls for public inquiry into 'horrible' sexual abuse case, citing RNC insiders

November 21 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NST • :

Opposition Leader Tony Wakeham is pushing the Furey administration to "do the right thing and call a public inquiry" into what he calls a "horrible" case of alleged sexual abuse in St. John's.
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Newfoundland blob mystery solved — maybe; A scientist at Newfoundland's Memorial University says he's run tests on the mysterious blobs that have washed up in Placentia Bay, identifying the substance as polyvinyl acetate, a compound often used in industrial adhesive\.

Newfoundland blob mystery solved — maybe

November 20 , 2024 at 08:38:54 p.m. NST • :

A scientist at Newfoundland's Memorial University says he's run tests on the mysterious blobs that have washed up in Placentia Bay, identifying the substance as polyvinyl acetate, a compound often used in industrial adhesive. The source of the blobs remains unknown.
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A Corner Brook doctor is closing her practice, and blames government's recruitment policy; Dr\. Melissa O'Brien is a family doctor in Corner Brook\.

A Corner Brook doctor is closing her practice, and blames government's recruitment policy

November 20 , 2024 at 04:17:45 p.m. NST • :

Dr. Melissa O'Brien says her decision to close her Corner Brook family practice on Dec. 17 is "heartbreaking." She says she feels there is no support from the provincial government to help fee-for-service doctors like herself. The CBC's Colleen Connors has the full story.

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Gas and diesel drop by less than a cent in weekly price setting; A beige van is parked at a gas pump\.  

November 21 , 2024 at 06:02:35 a.m. NST • :

Gas and diesel drop by less than a cent in weekly price setting

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Man pleads guilty to stabbing 16-year-old to death at TTC subway station; A small memorial next to the entrance of Keele subway station left by friends of Gabriel Magalhaes, 16, who was fatally stabbed inside the station over the weekend\.  

November 20 , 2024 at 12:57:41 p.m. NST • :

Man pleads guilty to stabbing 16-year-old to death at TTC subway station

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'Black people deserve joy': Raven Anderson grows from protest leader to community builder; A woman poses on a colourful city street\.  

November 19 , 2024 at 05:00:00 p.m. NST • :

'Black people deserve joy': Raven Anderson grows from protest leader to community builder

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Gemma Hickey leads activists urging Vatican to permanently remove clergy guilty of abuse; Gemma Hickey is a survivor of clergy abuse, and an advocate for other survivors of clergy abuse\.  

November 20 , 2024 at 03:28:38 p.m. NST • :

Gemma Hickey leads activists urging Vatican to permanently remove clergy guilty of abuse

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Nurses pushed to their limits with no solutions in sight, union says; Members of the Registered Nurses' Union of Newfoundland and Labrador rallied in solidarity in St\. John's on Wednesday\.  

November 20 , 2024 at 04:47:22 p.m. NST • :

Nurses pushed to their limits with no solutions in sight, union says

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