CBC Newfoundland Morning

Many deaf people communicate through American Sign Language, or ASL. But when interpreters are hard to come by, communication can be very difficult. That’s why Random Island Academy has created community boards to allow more and more of their students to learn ASL. Mallory Melay is the Instructional Resource Teacher.

Last week, Mowi, .the salmon-farming giant based in Norway, held an open house to update people on the company's planned expansion. It wants to add capacity to its salmon hatchery in Stephenville. The project first came up for review in 2018, but was rejected after a court ruled the government didn't follow its own environmental guidelines in assessing it. Now it's back on the table, but the Atlantic Salmon Federation says it shouldn't be. Neville Crabbe is a spokesperson,.

In May, the provincial government announced a reduction in the recommended age for breast cancer screenings from 50 to 40. Five months later, this change has not been implemented - and that's raising concerns for the advocacy group Dense Breasts Canada. Jennie Dale, the co-founder and executive director of Dense Breasts Canada, and NAPE President Jerry Earle spoke to the CBC's Alex Kennedy.

Earlier this week, The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary warned people in NL about a cell phone "brushing" scam. Now, police are sounding the alarm on another deception: this one involving emails, explicit websites and money. Cst. James Cadigan is the Public Communications Officer for the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.

A planned Family Care team for the Humber Valley-White Bay area will soon have its own space to call home. The 32-thousand-square-foot facility will include offices and clinical space for an assortment of family physicians, registered nurses, and other heatlh care professionals. An announcement yesterday in Deer Lake by Premier Andew Furey outlined plans for the centre. The CBC's Amy Feehan spoke with Teara Freake, the Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, Western Zone, for NL Health Services, and with Deer Lake Mayor Mike Goosney.

The days are getting shorter, the temperatures are becoming chilly, and the leaves are turning beautiful shades of red, yellow and orange. But what's behind the tree's yearly transformation, and how does climate change play a role? The CBC's Colleen Connors spoke with Loïc D'Orangeville, associate professor of forest ecology and restoration at Laval University.

E.A. Butler All Grade in McKay's, on the west coast of Newfoundland, is a small school with about 140 students.

The school recently went without three teaching positions for weeks, two of them for over a month. The CBCs Sanuda Ranawake looked into the situation at E.A. Butler.

Raising children can be more than a full-time job, between chauffering, comforting, feeding and educating them. When moms have partners who are rotational workers, all of that work falls to them for weeks at a time. That's why mental health counsellor and social worker Karen Clarke has set up a counselling and peer support group for mothers who find themselves alone a lot. She's spoke with the CBC's Leigh Anne Power.

Hurricane Milton hit the western coastline of Florida Wednesday night. On Wednesday morning, we spoke with Madeline Stimans, a teacher in the Sarasota area of Florida, who has relatives in this province (and we want to let you know that Madeline Stimans is Martin Jones' cousin). Her home was in the direct path of the hurricane, and we got an update today.

A Western Newfoundland girl continues to be remembered for her creativity more than twenty years after she passed away. Heather Huxter died in a car accident in the fall of 2000, at the age of 9. Huxter was a French Immersion student, and she LOVED to write stories. In 2001, the Canadian Parents for French organization in this province started what has become a province-wide contest in memory of Heather. Elaine Huxter is her mother, and Gaston Letourneau is programs and development manager with Canadian Parents for French NL.