Out with the dragon, in with the snake: N.L.'s Chinese community celebrates beginning of Lunar New Year | PUB gradually adding 4 cents to the base price of gas | From metals to seafood: 5 N.L. industries bracing for impact of potential U.S. tariffs
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Good morning, these are your top stories for Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
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Out with the dragon, in with the snake: N.L.'s Chinese community celebrates beginning of Lunar New Year; The Lion Dance performance ushered in public Lunar New Year celebrations for the first time since the pandemic began\.

Out with the dragon, in with the snake: N.L.'s Chinese community celebrates beginning of Lunar New Year

January 29 , 2025 at 10:47:30 a.m. NST • :

Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year — and 15 days of celebration and tradition. It's the year of the snake, and according to Chinese Association of Newfoundland and Labrador president Francis Tam, it's a symbol of perseverance.

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PUB gradually adding 4 cents to the base price of gas; New Brunswick drivers have been charged between 3 and 7 cents per litre on more than 1 billion litres of gasoline and diesel bought since last July to compensate oil companies for costs they may face from federal clean fuel rules\.

PUB gradually adding 4 cents to the base price of gas

January 29 , 2025 at 10:14:14 a.m. NST • :

Price adjustments for retail gasoline, diesel and furnace oil will begin on Feb. 6. These retail markups will increase by no more than one cent per-litre over the course of four weeks.

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From metals to seafood: 5 N.L. industries bracing for impact of potential U.S. tariffs; Association of Seafood Producers executive director Jeff Loder says Newfoundland and Labrador is vulnerable because it relies too heavily on the U\.S\.

From metals to seafood: 5 N.L. industries bracing for impact of potential U.S. tariffs

January 29 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. NST • :

Newfoundland and Labrador industries with strong ties to the U.S. are bracing for impact in the face of President Donald Trump's 25 per cent tariff threat, but some advocates are calling for a future where companies don't exclusively rely on a trading partner to the south.

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What's a tariff, anyway? The CBC's Darrell Roberts explores what a Trump tax might mean for N.L.; Male reporter reports from wharf with boats in the background

What's a tariff, anyway? The CBC's Darrell Roberts explores what a Trump tax might mean for N.L.

January 28 , 2025 at 11:41:54 a.m. NST • :

A business professor at Memorial University says the last time an American president imposed global tariffs, it led to the Great Depression.

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A 3-year legal battle between St. John's and Urban Market is over; Ivy and Greg Hanley own Urban Market 1919 and Christmas House in St\. John's\. The city took them to court in 2022 over an occupancy permit\.

A 3-year legal battle between St. John's and Urban Market is over

January 28 , 2025 at 02:50:27 p.m. NST • :

The owners of Urban Market 1919 and Christmas House are feeling some delayed holiday cheer after seeing an end to a three-year legal battle with the city of St. John's. An illegal occupancy charge was dropped in provincial court in 2023 due to a lack of evidence. The city appealed, but on Friday a supreme court threw that out, too.

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Grand Falls-Windsor family suing province, N.L. Schools after accident severs student's fingertips; 11-year-old Kamara White of Grand Falls-Windsor had two of her fingertips accidentally severed in an unsupervised classroom earlier this month\.  

January 28 , 2025 at 07:00:00 p.m. NST • :

Grand Falls-Windsor family suing province, N.L. Schools after accident severs student's fingertips

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2 arrested following daring theft at St. John's clothing store; Two men pull a mannequin out of a broken showcase window\.  

January 28 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. NST • :

2 arrested following daring theft at St. John's clothing store

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'Miracle baby' keeps Bay Roberts woman hopeful after cancer diagnosis during pregnancy; Keri-Lynn Cramm went through two rounds of IVF to get pregnant\. A few weeks into her pregnancy, she found a lump in her breast\.  

January 27 , 2025 at 07:00:00 p.m. NST • :

'Miracle baby' keeps Bay Roberts woman hopeful after cancer diagnosis during pregnancy

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Police investigating illegal seal hunt after animal killed at Portugal Cove-St. Philip's marina; A marina covered in snow and blood\.  

January 29 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. NST • :

Police investigating illegal seal hunt after animal killed at Portugal Cove-St. Philip's marina

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Navy identifies sailor who died after boat capsized in Halifax harbour; Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory Applin\.  

January 27 , 2025 at 05:27:47 p.m. NST • :

Navy identifies sailor who died after boat capsized in Halifax harbour

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