Stephenville residents working hard to keep folk music in the spotlight on Paddy's Day and beyond
St. Patrick's Day pride stretches across Newfoundland and Labrador every year, including in Stephenville. Members of the west coast community held a special event this past weekend to celebrate — and help preserve — Irish folk music and culture in the province.
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Sale process for Stephenville airport gets green light as judge grants receivership order
The beleaguered Stephenville airport is now on the block, after a Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court judge approved a plan to seek buyers for the insolvent facility.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-stephenville-airport-receivership-sale-process-approved-9.7121071?cmp=rss

A new smart vending machine in Stephenville could help save lives
The People of the Dawn Indigenous Friendship Centre in Stephenville, N.L. is the first place in the province to have a vending machine that could save lives. Our Healthbox enables people who need harm reduction and health supplies to get them discreetly...
#health #technology #Stephenville #NL
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Creditor plans to push for court-supervised sale process of Stephenville airport
A Supreme Court judge has extended the interim receivership over the Stephenville airport, as an application looms to kickstart a potential sale of the property. Meanwhile, a just-completed report outlines the “deteriorating” status of the infrastructure.
#court #sale #airport #Stephenville
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-stephenville-dymond-airport-interim-order-extended-9.7099983?cmp=rss

After years of waiting, former women's prison in Stephenville will be demolished
After sitting vacant for years and falling into disrepair, plans are in motion to demolish a former women's penitentiary on Newfoundland’s west coast.
#demolition #prison #Stephenville #Newfoundland
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/stephenville-pen-demo-9.7068535?cmp=rss

Judge appoints interim receiver for Stephenville airport
The job of the receiver will be to preserve the assets of the shuttered operation, and get things like insurance coverage back in order. The appointment lasts 30 days.
#appointment #receiver #airport #Stephenville
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-stephenville-dymond-airport-interim-receiver-appointed-9.7056370?cmp=rss

Stephenville airport receivership application still circling the runway
An application to push the Stephenville airport into receivership has stalled for a couple of days, as a judge seeks more information about prior interactions between the two main players involved.
#airport #receivership #application #Stephenville
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-stephenville-dymond-airport-receivership-application-9.7053789?cmp=rss

Alberta firm asking court to send Stephenville airport into receivership
Calgary-based private equity manager says receivership is necessary because a "chronic lack of capital and ongoing mismanagement threatens the ongoing protection and preservation of the airport assets."
#court #airport #financial #Alberta #Stephenville
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-stephenville-dymond-airport-receivership-application-9.7049027?cmp=rss

A small group of students in Stephenville hold hope there are jobs in the wind energy sector
Only five students are enrolled in the wind turbine technician program in Stephenville this year. It’s a significant drop since World Energy GH2 first announced a massive wind-hydrogen project for parts of Stephenville and the Port au Port Peninsula in 2022.
The CBC’s Colleen Connors stopped by the classroom to f...
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