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Nothing brings back the feeling of "home" like enjoying your favourite foods. A Ukrainian woman living in Corner Brook managed to get food from her home country stocked at the local Sobeys. People can now buy an assortment of items, from buckwheat to pickled tomatoes. Olha Hubenko spoke with the CBC's Sanuda Ranawake, along with her son, Pasha Hubenko as a translator.

The provincial government will invest $1.3 million to help set up transitional housing in Gander. The money is meant to create temporary places where homeless people can stay, in the hope that they'll eventually find permanent places to live. The Central Residential Services Board will run the facility's day-to-day operations and hire the staff. John Abbott is the province's Minister of Housing.

Over 450 thousand dollars in cash, over 16 hundred grams of cocaine, and 15 thousand prescription pills. More than 3.5 million contraband cigarettes, 12 guns with ammunition. All of that - and MORE - was seized in a drug bust by the RCMP in Clarenville on Thursday. RCMP Superintendent Keith McKinnon says five people have been arrested and five properties were searched in the Clarenville area. McKinnon spoke with media.

Imagine you could take a step back in time and see an old Newfoundland ghost story come to life before your eyes. The Corner Brook Museum and Archives can get you very close. A software development company called DCXIX (pronounced "six nineteen") is doing virtual reality ghost stories. Visitors will take a tour of Corner Brook as it was a hundred years ago, as they ride the Mill Whistler street train and get the full experience. The CBC’s Amy Feehan spoke with Todd Hennessey, the Director of the Corner Brook Ghost Walk, and Chelsea O'Hara, CEO and Director of DCXIX.

They're small, bumpy, and found all over the island of Newfoundland - from the deep woods to shallow streams - even your own backyard. The noble brown-and-black-spotted American Toad isn't native to Newfoundland, but it's been wildly successful since it arrived. Christine Campbell and Ian Warkentin are professors of environmental science at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University in Corner Brook - and they study frogs and toads. The CBC’s Katherine Crummey got in touch with them for some serious toad talk.

With the school year fast approaching, the expense of fresh, new school supplies is a worry for many families. To help out, Vine Place Community Centre in Corner Brook will stuff the backpacks. That's the name of an event happening next week. Mike Kearley is the Executive Director of the centre.

A retired couple have been on a mission to explore this province by boat. Eric and Ruth O'Brien retired seven years ago, and decided to circumnavigate the island spending over 100 days at sea. They spoke with the CBC's Sanuda Ranawake.

They're small, bumpy, and found all over the island of Newfoundland - from the deep woods to shallow streams - even your own backyard. The noble brown-and-black-spotted American Toad isn't native to Newfoundland, but it's been wildly successful since it arrived. Christine Campbell and Ian Warkentin are professors of environmental science at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University in Corner Brook - and they study frogs and toads. The CBC’s Katherine Crummey got in touch with them for some serious toad talk.

Megan Gail Coles, a playwright from Savage Cove, is gearing up for the production of "Our Eliza" at the Gros Morne Theatre Festival. It's a moving tribute to the resilient women of the Great Northern Peninsula and the sacrifices they made for their families. The production runs from August 15th to the 24th at the Theatre Newfoundland Labrador's Nurse Myra Bennett Centre for the Performing Arts in Cow Head. Martin Jones spoke with Coles about the story and what it means to her to bring it to the stage.

The cemetery in Port au Port East has been around for decades. Since it opened, families have buried their loved ones and left flowers and ornaments, usually with no rules in sight to follow. But in the last two months, people have noticed that their keepsakes have gone missing from grave sites. Kelly Hickey was born in Port au Port, and now lives in Ontario. Several of her family members are buried in the cemetery, and she returns home every year to tend to her father's grave. Michael McCann lives in Port au Port, and Dennis Burke is a member of the cemetery committee for Maria Regina Parish. They spoke with the CBC's Sanuda Ranawake.