Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro has backed down on job cuts in the Baie D'Espoir area. Three seasonal workers were not being recalled this summer. The decision sparked a series of protests. Now, Hydro's president, Bill Wells, says the workers will be rehired today for the season. The Mayor of St. Alban's, Jerome Power, says they're still hoping the Crown corporation will live up to an agreement signed in 1988.
Power says the agreement guarantees even more hydro jobs for the area.
This is the day people in the province will get to see the contents of a five year old report on the state of the newfoundland water supply. The province has been withholding the report under the Freedom of Information Act, calling it a cabinet secret. Tory environment critic Tom Osborne doesn't know what to expect from the report, but he says the years of delay in releasing it have created suspicion. He says at least today, the public will finally find out if they would have made the same policy decisions as government. The family of a Corner Brook man shot by police will find out today when a judicial inquiry will be held into his death.