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Students at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University in Corner Brook were protesting the costs of tuition and fees this week. About 50 students and a few faculty members joined together for the demonstrations on Wednesday. The protests were part of a province-wide movement called "The Student Day of Action." The CBC's Sanuda Ranawake and Colleen Connors were there.

It's been more than two-and-a-half years since the co-chairs of the provincial health accord submitted their final report. In that time, we've seen a housing crisis, increased demand for mental health services, and a shortage of healthcare professionals across the board. But the authors of the accord say it's not all bad news. Dr. Pat Parfrey is a co-chair of Health Accord NL, and he spoke with the CBC's Leigh Anne Power.

It's October, and some families say support in the classroom still hasn't been sorted out for their children. Those students might need a student assistant to help them, or even one-on-one help. The education department told CBC in September that a student support team assesses the needs of a student to determine the resources and support required. The team includes the student's parents. So, what options do parents have when the support provided isn't what they feel it needs to be? Linda Clemens Spurrell is the province's Child and Youth Advocate.

The province's health authority says cases of a sexually transmitted infection are on the rise. NL Health Services says there's an outbreak of syphilis in the Labrador-Grenfell zone. Dr. Kevin Lam is a medical officer of health with NL Health Services.

Now, that's a lot of use for the money. A fish harvester in Newfoundland recently recovered a piece of ocean research equipment that had travelled a long way, and for a long time. The drifting buoy - or "drifter" - was found just south of St. Jacques Island in Fortune Bay. The ocean research buoy had been floating in the ocean for 64 years, since October 3rd, 1960. Nancy Soontiens is a research scientist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. She spoke with CBC's Hillary Johnson.

At first glance, you might think that there's no shortage of trees in Gros Morne National Park. But there's actually been a decline in their numbers over the past few decades - largely because of over-grazing by moose. Now, the park is on a mission to plant hundreds of thousands of new trees. The CBC's Sanuda Ranawake was in Gros Morne last Thursday.

Divers were back at Gander Lake over the weekend, exploring a Second World War plane crash site. The area at the bottom of Gander Lake is where a crashed B-24 bomber came to rest. Neil Burgess was one of the divers, and he's also president of the Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Adrian Reid is a farmer on the North Shore of the Bay of Islands, He doesn't only harvest what he plants at his farm, Joie de Vivre. He also gathers food from the richness that nature has to offer. Reid spends time foraging for berries, mushrooms and other plants that grow wild in this province.

We all know what happened to the Beothuk. Or we think we do. We learned in school about how an entire race of Indigenous people were wiped out by the early 1800s. But, over the years, some people have held the belief that the Beothuk people didn't actually become extinct. In fact, there are some who believe there are Newfoundlanders today who have Beothuk ancestry. Chris Aylward is author of a new book called, "Beothuk: How Story Made a People (Almost) Disappear."

This is FASD Awareness Month, to teach people about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. On Thursday, we heard from retired physician, now Senator, Mohamed Ravalia of Twillingate. He has proposed legislation to bring in a national framework on FASD. Today, we spoke with the organization in this province that is focused on education, awareness and support related to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Katharine Dunbar Winsor is executive director of FASD NL.