Brandon Tobin killed his grandmother after a drug-induced seizure. A judge will soon decide his fate
Crown prosecutors are asking for a six-year prison sentence while the defence has countered with three to four, arguing Brandon Tobin didn't choose to kill his grandmother — he chose to use drugs, which led to her death.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/brandon-tobin-killed-his-grandmother-after-a-drug-induced-seizure-a-judge-will-soon-decide-his-fate-9.7134837?cmp=rss

Brandon Tobin killed his grandmother after a drug-induced seizure. A judge will soon decide his fate
Crown prosecutors are asking for a six-year prison sentence while the defence has countered with three to four, arguing Brandon Tobin didn't choose to kill his grandmother — he chose to use drugs, which led to her death.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/brandon-tobin-killed-his-grandmother-after-a-drug-induced-seizure-a-judge-will-soon-decide-his-fate-9.7134837?cmp=rss

Brandon Tobin killed his grandmother after a drug-induced seizure. A judge will soon decide his fate
Crown prosecutors are asking for a six-year prison sentence while the defence has countered with three to four, arguing Brandon Tobin didn't choose to kill his grandmother — he chose to use drugs, which led to her death.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/brandon-tobin-killed-his-grandmother-after-a-drug-induced-seizure-a-judge-will-soon-decide-his-fate-9.7134837?cmp=rss

N.L. government expropriated this family's home 14 years ago for a highway. They sold the land instead
Hannah and Cyndie Stapleton said they were gobsmacked to discover a new home is being built where their former home once stood — over 13 years after it was expropriated. Now, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Barry Petten says the department is developing a new land disposition p...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/expropriated-home-cbs-stapleton-9.7133745?cmp=rss

Advocate, parent decry lack of wage increase for child-care workers in updated plan
Updates to the program manual coming into effect on April 1 don't include wage increases, or a pension plan, says advocate Patrice Gordon, and fall short of supporting a workforce who is feeling financially stressed and overworked.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/early-childhood-educators-operating-grant-program-child-care-nl-9.7127920?cmp=rss

How an N.L. author and scientist used 'two-eyed seeing' to craft her debut novel
Novelist Deidre Halbot says she views her writing practice and her day job as an environmental scientist as “polar opposites.”
Yet, despite the distinction she draws between her work in the factual world of science and the fictional world of her writing, her intim...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/how-an-n-l-author-and-scientist-used-two-eyed-seeing-to-craft-her-debut-novel-9.7125575?cmp=rss

Psychiatric patient charged with 2nd-degree murder found unfit for trial
Thomas Parsley has been found unfit to stand trial for second-degree murder, after initially being found fit in January. A hearing will be held at a later date to determine if the case against him can proceed.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/thomas-parsley-unfit-to-stand-trial-9.7127827?cmp=rss

Ex-provincial prosecutor rips former colleagues’ handling of his own extortion case
Former provincial Crown prosecutor Tim O'Brien says he was kept in the dark and treated with a lack of respect by his former colleagues in a case where he was the victim of extortion.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/tim-o-brien-extortion-case-9.7115608?cmp=rss