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Shovelling snow is just a part of winter in this province, and some people in Corner Brook volunteered to do some EXTRA shovelling on Thursday for a good cause. Blow Me Down Trails is hosting a provincial cross-country ski race this weekend. While the ski club has had a fair amount of snow, some of it needed to be moved around a bit. Shawn Leamon is the general manager at Blow Me Down Trails.

Firefighters are trained for every possible scenario, but there's nothing like a real-life situation to bring it all home. Last week, the Lewisporte Fire Department responded for the first time ever to a fire involving an electric vehicle. Rob Fudge is the battalion chief with Lewisporte Regional Fire Rescue, and he was the officer in command at the call last Thursday.

Earlier this week, the federal government announced it's cutting immigration numbers in half. This province welcomed three-thousand newcomers last year. The new total allowed is 15-hundred. 75 percent of them are already living here. The Registered Nurses Union Newfoundland and Labrador is worried about what that will mean for healthcare recruitment. Yvette Coffey is the president of the union.

Getting out of the house can be hard for parents with newborn babies, and squeezing in some time to exercise can be even harder. That’s part of the reason yoga instructor Mandi Buckle says giving moms a space to do yoga with their babies is so important. The Studio, a new fitness and wellness space in the city, is offering Baby and Mom Yoga. The CBC’s Amy Feehan stopped by the class.

In 2015, 196 countries signed the Pairs Agreement. The goal was to prevent global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. After his first day in office, President Donald Trump took the U.S. out of the agreement. As the country moves away from climate action and focuses on using fossil fuels, it could affect the goals of the Agreement. Angela Carter is a professor at Memorial University who studies environmental policy and politics.

Last week, we learned that the Bank of Montreal is closing its branch in Port au Choix this July, after over 50 years of operation. That will leave the town with only a credit union in the area to provide banking services. Customers who hope to stay with BMO will need to travel two hours to reach the nearest branch in Rocky Harbour, or two and a half hours to the branch in Deer Lake. We spoke with Port au Choix Mayor Donald Spence, pharmacist Dwanna Dobbin, and Shirley Spence, the owner of the Sea Echo Motel and Restaurant.

The United States will recognize only two sexes, male and female, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered on Monday. And those two sexes cannot be changed. Trump moved quickly to end a range of policies aimed at protecting rights for 2SLGBTQ+ people. While many say the executive order will be challenged in court, it still has many members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community worried. Quinn Jesso is with Trans Support Newfoundland and Labrador and also a member of the Corner Brook & Bay of Islands Pride organization.

Red Bay has always been one of THE places to refuel along the south Labrador highway. For drivers heading north, it was the last stop to get gas until Port Hope Simpson - over 100 kilometres away. But now, the local convenience store is closing - and that means locals have to drive outside of town for fuel AND groceries. We spoke with town manager Keith Pike

The Eurasia Group is an international company offering business advice to businesses and politicians around the world. It recently released its annual report on the issues countries and companies will have to face in the coming year. For Canada, some of the threats mentioned include the trade relationship with the U.S., the rise of A-I and the breakdown of social norms. Graeme Thompson is a senior analyst with the Eurasia Group. He spoke with the CBC's Leigh Anne Power.

None of us likes to think of children and young people having to battle cancer. Now, a researcher at Memorial University is taking a look at their experiences, in hopes of making things just a little better for them. The study is looking for people between the ages of 10 and 39 who were diagnosed with cancer before the age of 18.Sevtap Savas is a cancer researcher at Memorial University.