A charge against a St. John's penitentiary inmate of endangering another inmate's life by allegedly using a knife to gouge out his eye was dropped Friday.
Fears about the spread of swine flu have eased enough to allow the lifting of travel restrictions on school students in Newfoundland and Labrador, provincial education officials said Friday.
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams will visit Government House Friday, for the second time in less than two months, to shuffle his cabinet.
Innu chiefs from five northern Quebec communities are threatening to block all mining, hydroelectric and forestry projects in their region unless the federal government is willing to hear their demands.