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The National War Memorial in downtown St. John's was unveiled one hundred years ago, back in 1924. And earlier this year, the site got a significant restoration for its centennial year. The memorial will host its first Remembrance Day ceremony since that work was finished this year. Gary Browne was one of the people behind the effort to renovate the war memorial and bring the unknown soldier home.

The Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador Conference in Gander is focusing on crime and policing. Patrick Cahill is assistant commissioner and commanding officer of the RCMP in Newfoundland and Labrador, and he lead the discussion.

Many community leaders from across the province are in Gander, at the Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador Conference. They'll talk about the issues some of their residents face - racism, hate and discrimination, and others. A session called Standing Against Hate: Municipal Leadership for Anti-Racism will be moderated by two members of the Anti-Racism Coalition of NL: Sobia Shaikh, Co-Chair, and Domé Lombeida, project co-ordinator.

Two sisters from Steady Brook spend a lot of their time carving the slopes of Marble Mountain on skis and snowboards. They're among the most recent winners of Premier's Athletic Awards, which honour one hundred of this province's top young athletes. The awards were presented in late October, and two of the recipients were alpine skier Lily Hayden and snowboarder Meredith Hayden.

There was a touching moment in the Senate Chambers in Ottawa earlier this week. A Senator from Newfoundland and Labrador offered a special welcome to her Indigenous father. Judy White acknowledged that Mi'kmaw Elder Calvin White of Flat Bay, was watching from the Gallery.

Some international students in Corner Brook are speaking out about changes to Canada's immigration policy. The federal government recently announced major cuts. The number of new permanent residents will be reduced by almost 100-thousand, and there's also a cap on the number of temporary residents. That's left some international students and temporary foreign workers in a precarious situation. The CBC's Sanuda Ranawake spoke with international students and temporary foreign workers in Corner Brook.

The SaltWater Community Association is dreaming big. It has a brand new office in Bonavista, and it's made plans for a daycare in Melrose and a hydroponic farm in Port Union. Cathy Bishop is the director of communications for the SaltWater Community Association. She spoke with the CBC's Hillary Johnson.

It was an early arrival on a Marine Atlantic ferry, as the newest resident of the Codroy Valley just couldn't wait to make her appearance. Miley is the newborn daughter of Lindsey Gale and Mason Devoe. She was born -- prematurely -- on board the ferry early last Friday morning as it approached North Sydney, NS. We reached the proud parents, Lindsey Gale and Mason Devoe in hospital in Cape Breton. (*note crackling sound quality of phone reception*).

A couple of weeks ago, the Department of Health announced a plan to double up 15 single-occupancy long-term care rooms in Corner Brook. On Monday, the provincial Seniors' Advocate released a statement opposing the plan. In that statement, Susan Walsh said such a move would impact privacy, dignity, infection control, visitation, patient safety, quality of care and person-centred focus for those people. Yesterday in the House of Assembly, the Premier backpedalled on that plan. Here's part of an exchange during Question Period about the well-being of Seniors in the province. We heard Opposition Leader Tony Wakeham, Deputy Speaker Sherry Gambin-Walsh, Premier Andrew Furey, and Health Minister John Hogan. 

An NL documentary filmmaker's latest project was inspired by becoming a dad. Justin Simms' son, Jude was born eight years ago. That got Justin thinking about how to raise a son to be a "good person" - and what that even means. The resulting film is called, "Sons." Justin Simms spoke with Martin Jones.