Statements 1998 - By Date
March, April, May,
June, November, December
March 23
Justice - Donation to Newfoundland and Labrador Ground
Search and Rescue
Fisheries and Aquaculture- Impending Termination of
TAGS and Report of Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
March 24
Works, Services and Transportation - Labrador Marine
Service
Industry, Trade and Technology - Marystown Shipyard
Tourism, Culture and Recreation - Wheelchair Sports
Funding Announcement
March 25
Works, Services and Transportation - Provincial water
bombers contracted to North Carolina
Justice - International Day for Elimination of Racial
Discrimination
March 27
Municipal and Provincial Affairs - Come by
Chance Oil Refinery Fire
March 30
Municipal and Provincial Affairs - Government assistance
for municipalities to purchase computer technology equipment
March 31
Environment and Labour - Operations suspended at Come
by Chance Oil Refinery
Works, Services and Transportation - Public Tender
April 1
Development and Rural Renewal- TAGS replacement
program
Health and Community Services - Recalling Schneider
Lunchmate Snack Products
April 2
Executive Council - Easter Sunday declared a provincial
holiday
April 3
Justice - Government accepts recommendations of Select
Committee on RNC arming policy
April 6
Municipal and Provincial Affairs - Come by Chance Oil
Refinery Fire
Human Resources and Employment- National Child Benefit
Forest Resources and Aqrifoods - Sawmill industry
April 7
Municipal and Provincial Affairs - Decision on St.
John's municipal plan amendment for Mount Cashel property
Environment and Labour - Amendment to Shops Closing
Act
Forest Resources and Agrifoods - Hunting
regulations to benefit persons with disabilities
April 27
Mines and Energy - Results of calls
for proposals of former Baie Verte asbestos mine
Education - Release of Comprehensive Report on
Post-Secondary Education
April 28
Environment and Labour - National Day of Mourning
May 4
Municipal and Provincial Affairs - Government
initiatives helping municipalities to maintain financial stability
Justice - Child Find's Green Ribbon of Hope Month
May 5
Health and Community Services - Hepatitis C
May 6
Education - Air quality testing in schools
May 7
Justice - Judicial inquiry into death of Adam
Okkuatsiak at the Labrador Correctional Center
May 8
Justice - Ground Search and Rescue
May 11
Justice - Police week in Canada
May 12
Tourism, Culture and Recreation - Last week's
Media Marketplace in Toronto
Finance - Bank of Montreal regional outlook
Health - National Nursing Week, May 11 - 17
May 13
Executive Council - Chair and Chief Executive
Officer of Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board appointed
May 14
Education - School repair and maintenance
Works, Services and Transportation - Contracts awarded
for work on Trans Labrador Highway
Education - Public consultations on literacy to be held
in province
May 19
Fisheries and Aquaculture - Management plan for
northern shrimp
Industry, Trade and Technology - BPS Imaging
Partnerships
Environment and Labour - North American Occupational
Health and Safety Week, May 18 - 24
Mines and Energy - Churchill River Power
Projects
May 20
Fisheries and Aquaculture - Nain Banker leased to
Labrador Fishermen's Union Shrimp Company Limited
May 21
Works, Services and Transportation - Changes to Public
Tender Act
Fisheries and Aquaculture - Government selling
Lawn fish plant to Grand Atlantic Incorporated
Education - School building and property acquisitions
May 22
Forest Resources and Agrifoods - Silviculture
initiatives
May 25
Human Resources and Employment - New funds for National
Child Benefit
Fisheries and Aquaculture - Diversification efforts
pay off for Red Bay
May 26
Forest Resources and Agrifoods - Introduction of
steep slope cable logging practices in Western Newfoundland
Human Resources and Employment - Launch of Money Smarts
Program
Tourism, Culture and Recreation - Minister
announces conditional approval for T'Railway Provincial Park to remain a multi-use
provincial park from Octagon Pond to Holyrood
Industry, Trade and Technology - BPS Imaging Partnership
May 27
Human Resources and Employment - Employability
assistance for people with disabilities
Municipal and Provincial Affairs - Learn Not To Burn
Program
Education - Third National Forum on Education
Industry, Trade and Technology - "Information
Technology - Closing the Human Resources Gap in Newfoundland and Labrador" report
released
May 28
Fisheries and Aquaculture - Increase in 3Ps cod quota
good news for economy
Forest Resources and Agrifoods - Newfoundland and
Labrador Agriculture Awareness campaign
Development and Rural Renewal - Release of "Getting
the Message Out" CD-ROM
May 29
Education - Interim agreement on church owned school
property
Development and Rural Renewal - Regional Economic
Development Boards
Forest Resources and Agrifoods - Minister introduces
commercial cranberry industry
June 1
Fisheries and Aquaculture - Working capital fund
for shellfish sector
Municipal and Provincial Affairs - New housing repair
program
June 2
Works, Services and Transportation - Transportation Week
1998
Development and Rural Renewal - Newfoundland and
Labrador Film Development Corporation
June 3
Government Services and Lands - New graduated drivers
licencing program
June 4
Works, Services and Transportation - Janeway
Redevelopment
June 5
Executive Council - May labour force survey
November 16
Finance - Mid-Year Financial Report
Municipal and Provincial Affairs - Come By Chance oil
refinery fire/explosion
Environment and Labour - Tentative agreement reached
in Abitibi-Consolidated Labour dispute
November 17
Mines and Energy - Amendments to Mineral Act
November 18
Fisheries and Aquaculture - Overview
of fishing industry performance to date
Forest Resources and Agrifoods - Silviculture
projects
Development and Rural Renewal - Crafts Week
November 19
Education - Review of Private Training
and Institutions Act and Regulations - Interim Report
Mines and Energy - Official opening of
Transshipment Terminal, Whiffen Head
Development and Rural Renewal - Progress report on
regional economic development boards
November 20
Health and Community Services - National
Child Day
Executive Council - Offshore Skills Training Fund
- Version fran�aise
Tourism, Culture and Recreation - Corner Brook Triathlon
Forest Resources and Agrifoods - The Newfoundland
Pony
November 23
Health and Community Services - New Child
Welfare legislation
Education - Post-secondary awards program
Development and Rural Renewal - Coast of Bays Promotional
Package
November 24
Health and Community Services - Funds for
child care to allow teenage mothers to complete high school
Forest Resources and Resources - Co-operative
initiative to develop cranberry industry
Development and Rural Renewal - Strategic Enterprise
Development Fund
November 25
Industry, Trade and Technology - Overview of
benefits from natural resource developments
Forest Resources and Agrifoods - Agrifoods industry
in Newfoundland and Labrador
Work, Services and Transportation - Outer Ring
Road official opening
Ministerial Statement- Outer Ring Road official opening
November 26
Executive Council - Advisory Council on
Economy and Technology report on major benefits principles
Health and Community Services - Death at St. Clare's
Hospital
Health and Community Services - Funding for child
care services
November 27
Development and Rural Renewal - Update on
Outdoor Resources Consultation Process
November 30
Tourism, Culture and Recreation - Preliminary
results of 1998 tourism season
Fisheries and Aqulculture - United Nations Agreement
on High Seas Fisheries
Education - St. John's regional youth parliament and
awards to MUN debating team a Atlantic competition
December 1
Human Resources and Employment - Strategic
Social Plan
Forest Resources and Agrifoods - Endangered Species
Act
Health and Community Services - World AIDS Day
December 2
Fisheries and Aquaculture - Fishing industry
update
Industry, Trade and Technology - Operation ONLINE
Environment and Labour - Legislation in response to
Statutory Review Committee Report on Workers' Compensation Act
Executive Council - Resignation of Minister
December 3
Mines and Energy - Brook Hunt study on
Voisey's Bay Project
Human Resources and Employment - Award for SWASP program
Health and Community Services - International Day of
Disabled Persons
Works, Services and Transportation - Christmas
tree-lighting ceremony
December 4
Executive Council - National Day of
Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Finance - Labour force statistics
December 7
Works, Services and Transportation -
Information on road conditions
Government Services and Lands - Appointments to board of
directors of Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation
Environment and Labour - Canada-Russia Cooperative
Environmental Decision-making Project
December 8
Health and Community Services - New funding
for child care services
Industry, Trade and Technology - Iceland delegation
arrives for charter shopping tour
Municipal and Provincial Affairs - Minister responses to
editorial published in today's edition of The Telegram
December 9
Health and Community Services -
International Year of Older Persons
Forest Resources and Agrifoods - Reports regarding
implementation of Conservation Stamp
December 10
Municipal and Provincial Affairs - Water taxes
on provincial government buildings in the city
December 11
Education - Private Training Legislation
Environment and Labour - Release of report into
Makinsons Contaminated Site Remediation Project
December 14
Ministerial Statement - Transfer of St. John's airport to St. John's International Airport Authority
Industry, Trade and Technology - Update on
trade relationship between Newfoundland and Labrador and Cuba
December 15
Finance - InfoTel
Development and Rural Renewal - Status of province's
investment in Canadian Blood Bank
Health and Community Services - Review of regional
institutional boards
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