Category: Labrador

Labrador MP Yvonne Jones Taking Leave of Absence for Breast Cancer Treatment

Labrador member of Parliament Yvonne Jones is taking a leave of absence to deal with a recurrence of breast cancer. The parliamentary secretary to the ministers of natural resources and of northern affairs says in a social media video that she was diagnosed in September. Jones says the diagnosis came in the early stages of…


Federal Minister Calls Utility’s Pause on Atlantic Energy Corridor ‘Bump in the Road’

The federal minister of natural resources says Nova Scotia Power’s decision to “pause” its participation in a proposed megaproject aimed at ending reliance on coal is just a temporary setback. Jonathan Wilkinson says the utility’s move is a challenge to a concept dubbed the Atlantic Loop, which envisions a $5-billion project allowing the region to…


VIDEO Spots ‘Lab’s Head’ on Rooftop, But It Turns out to Be Super Surprising Optical Illusion, And Goes Viral

A man named Joe vacationing in New Mexico captured a video that went viral while out walking one day a few months ago. Joe spotted on a rooftop in Santa Fe what looked like the head of a Labrador dog. No body, no tail, no legs, nor paws, just the head of a Lab on…


High Pathogenic Avian Influenza on NL Exhibition Farm, Area Under Quarantine: CFIA

Canada’s food safety watchdog says it has confirmed cases of high pathogenic Avian Influenza at an exhibition farm in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says in a release Wednesday that the farm on the Avalon Peninsula does not produce birds for sale. The agency says as the birds infected with H5N1 were…


Rescued Corgi Mom ‘Adopts’ Labrador Puppy Litter After Their Mother Dies in Delivery

This week, a rescued corgi mom “adopted” four orphaned Labrador puppies when their own mother died shortly after giving birth. Angela, a 2-year-old corgi and recent mother herself, gave birth after being rescued from a puppy mill by Dog Ranch Rescue last October. Just three weeks later, a pregnant rescued Lab, Autumn Dove, had complications…