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One 90-year-old woman refuses to stop doing the things that bring her joy.

One 90-year-old woman refuses to stop doing the things that bring her joy.

Posted: Feb 09, 2021 11:04 AM NT | Last Updated: February 9 comments Peggy Jacobs turned 90 on Monday, and celebrated by cross-country skiing at Blow Me Down Trails in Corner Brook.(Colleen Connors/CBC) While many people in Corner Brook were hunkered down at home during a snowstorm Monday, Peggy Jacobs celebrated her 90th birthday by gliding at Blow Me Down Trails, the citys cross-country ski club. "I ski on my birthday, regardless the weather," she said.  "So Ill ski for five minutes, jus...

Ski season blues: Marble Mountain, White Hills forced to delay opening Its been an up and down winter so far for parts of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the unpredictable and unseasonably mild weather has played havoc with two of the provinces ski hills. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 05, 2021 7:48 PM NT | Last Updated: February 5 Both Marble Mountain and White Hills Ski Resort will remain closed this weekend with sights set on next week as a possible start date to the season. (Colle...

comments Sheldon Power, owner of Village Music in Corner Brook, says 2020 sales were the same as previous years, attributing a lot of that to new musicians. (Village Music/Facebook) Its a Saturday afternoon and Sheldon Power, owner of Village Music in Corner Brook, is busy answering the phone and preparing items to hit the sidewalk in front of his shop.  Its been a constant in his life for the past 10 months as he, like many, pivoted his business to online sales and curbside pickup amid the...

Messy mix of snow, wind and freezing rain hitting Newfoundland on Tuesday night A huge swath of the island will see winds topping 100 km/h — and a whole lot of snow and rain — beginning Tuesday night. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 02, 2021 4:46 PM NT | Last Updated: February 2 Messy weather is expected for much of Newfoundland beginning Tuesday night, and Labrador wont escape unscathed either.(Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Supreme Court of Canada heard one appeal in January and will hear seven more in February and March that may interest the business community or organizations facing civil litigation: January Decision of the SCC The Supreme Court of Canada allowed the appeal in the medical malpractice case, Armstrong v Royal Victoria Hospital, 2019 ONCA 963. The plaintiff underwent colon surgery and suffered injury to her ureter in the process du...

A nine-acre site eyed for an expansion by Milford medical cannabis cultivator and seller Sira Naturals has sold for $5 million to a firm registered in New York. The property, at 5-7 Industrial Road, is planned for a new cultivation center to support Sira Naturals retail stores. It stands a short walk from Sira Naturals existing facility at 13 Commercial Way, and is next door to a Milford Regional Medical Center outpatient medical office and an Amazon distribution warehouse. Sira Naturals has me...

Economic turmoil lies ahead for N.L. Heres some advice for planning our way out of it Everyone is thinking about how to navigate through the rough waters ahead of the province, from a former fish plant worker, to the CEO of one of the provinces biggest companies. Social Sharing Posted: Jan 30, 2021 7:00 AM NT | Last Updated: January 30 Then federal fisheries minister John Crosbie confronts fishermen in Bay Bulls on July 1, 1992, the last day of the cod fishery before the moratorium kicked in, s...

A kinked bowel derailed his campaign. But Graydon Pelley says hes not finished with politics The NL Alliance leader hasnt eaten solid food for nearly two weeks, but that hasnt diminished his appetite for Newfoundland and Labrador politics. Social Sharing