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Route 450 runs along the south shore of the Bay of islands, connecting Corner Brook to Lark Harbour. The highway passes through beautiful scenery and cliffs, but there's a risk of landslides. For the past few years, the highway has needed some upgrades to its gabion baskets. Eddie Joyce is the MHA for Humber-Bay of Islands

When you hear the word schizophrenia, perhaps you think you know what that is. But there may be plenty you don't know. The Schizophrenia Society of Newfoundland and Labrador is holding an education and awareness workshop on September 17 - in-person in Corner Brook, but also online. Caroline Freake is a certified peer supporter with the society.

It's been one week since CBC asked the provincial education department and NL Schools for an interview - about supports for children with disabilities - or the lack thereof. We also wanted to ask about the use of federal funding under Jordan's Principle, which pertains to Indigenous children specifically. But the education department and NL Schools, which is now an entity of the provincial government, declined to do an interview. It sent a statement by email. This morning, we spoke with Tony Wakeham, leader of the provincial Progressive Conservative Party.

A wharf that's important to people in one south coast town needs some work - a lot of work, in fact. People in Hermitage-Sandyville rely on the wharf to make a living in the fishery and to preserve their way of life. But, for the past four years, the wharf has been in such a state of disrepair that it's dangerous to use. Steve Crewe is the mayor of Hermitage-Sandyville.

A man in Bonne Bay South is raising concerns about black bears near his small community. There have been a number of sightings in Western and Central Newfoundland this month, and the provincial Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture department has issued an advisory. John Gillam lives in Curzon Village, near Woody Point.

Canadian folk singer Valdy is setting out on a tour of the province's Arts and Culture Centres this week. He's the guy who wrote the hit "Rock and Roll Song" in the 1970s. Valdy will play his best-known tunes - and even some lesser-known ones about Newfoundland and Labrador. That's because Valdy lived here in the early 1970's... after a boat sale went sour. CBC's Gavin Simms asked Valdy all about that and more in a recent conversation.

Firefighters in the town of St. George's gathered at their fire hall on Sunday night. Not for a fire call, they were there for their regular training night - and they announced a major fundraising campaign. Nikkia O'Brien is fire chief in St. George's.

We're only a week into the start of this school year, and already there's been news from the federal government that this province is the first to sign on to a new national school food program. The announcement last week was for 3-million dollars a year for the next three years, to feed healthy lunches to almost five-thousand more students. Josh Boyde is a chef in Gander who's been feeding kids at the local high school for the last three years.. He spoke with the CBC's Leigh Anne Power.

Some people in Western Newfoundland were remembering -- and raising awareness --- Tuesday night. They held the annual walk for World Suicide Prevention Day. Statistics say that about 45-hundred people in Canada die by suicide every year. The CBC’s Amy Feehan was at last night's event. She spoke with organizer Jade Kearley and with Maddie Lake, one of the other people who was there.

Some parents in this province continue to have a hard time getting help for their children with disabilities. At the start of this school year, some families learned that the supports their children had in the classroom last year aren't available now. A group called Inclusion Canada NL used to be known as the Newfoundland and Labrador Association for Community Living. Tina Neary is executive director of Inclusion Canada NL.