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After a little more than a week's delay, the snow crab season in the province will begin. The Fish, Food & Allied Workers union announced last evening that it has reached a deal with the Association of Seafood Producers for this year's fishery. It happened just before fish harvesters were supposed to head back to Confederation Building in protest. Greg Pretty is the president of the FFAW.

Crab harvesters have a deal for their catch this morning. The crab season was supposed to start last week, but boats have been tied up due to the dispute about prices. Late Sunday, a deal was announced between the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union and the Association of Seafood Producers. John Efford Jr. has had a lot to say in recent weeks about the dispute. He's taken a leadership role in this spring's protests, which is reminding a lot of people of his dad, former federal fisheries minister John Efford.

The NL provincial government approved World Energy GH2's amended environmental assessment last week. That means the company's proposed mega project to produce hydrogen from wind energy generated on the Port au Port Peninsula and Codroy Valley will go ahead. But even after the company had done more work on that assessment, as the government demanded, some people were still concerned about the plans. Claudelle Devoe is a tourism operator in the Codroy Valley and a member of the citizen's group Codroy Valley United.

44 years ago today, Terry Fox dipped his artificial leg into the Atlantic Ocean and started his Marathon of Hope in St. John's, to raise money and awareness for cancer research. On Thursday, students at C.C. Loughlin Elementary in Corner Brook had a special visitor - Terry's brother, Fred Fox - who told them all about the late hero.

The Journey Project is touring NL with an exhibit of survivor-created photography. It's the third PhotoVoice project that includes images created by survivors of sexual violence and intimate partner violence from across the province. This year's collection is called TRANSFORMation: A Photo Journey. Ashley MacDonald is a legal navigator with The Journey Project and an organizer of the PhotoVoice project. Martin spoke with her at the Arts and Culture Centre in Grand Falls-Windsor.

The Grand Falls-Windsor community kitchen helps thousands of people every year. The group provides hot meals for people who can't afford groceries. They'll deliver firewood to people who need it and visit seniors who find it difficult to leave their homes. This week, all their hard work was undone when thieves broke in and stole the food they were planning to serve this month. Laurie Ballard is the community kitchen's executive director, and she spoke with the CBC's Troy Turner.

NL's crab fishery was slated to start this past Saturday, but most harvesters across the province have kept their boats tied up at the wharf That's because they are demanding a better price than what they're being offered now The delay is having an impact on other people employed in the fishery, including plant workers. Craig Pardy is the Member of the House of Assembly for Bonavista and the opposition critic for fisheries.

The Vatican says gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy are serious violations of "human dignity" that reject God's plan for human life. That's part of its new 20-page doctrine called "Infinite Dignity," which it issued this week. Pope Francis approved the declaration last month and ordered it to be published. Gemma Hickey is the president of the global human rights organization, Ending Clergy Abuse.

NL's Housing Minister, Fred Hutton was at Vine Place Community Centre in Corner Brook on Wednesday to give details about the recent provincial budget announcement for housing. Over the next two years, the province will tear down and and rebuild 32 vacant homes in the city, while building an extra 18 units. CBC’s Amy Feehan was there and spoke with Mayor Jim Parsons and the Vine Place Community Centre’s Executive Director Mike Kearley about the housing project.

Canada has many attractions - hockey, friendly citizens, beautiful landscapes, moose and, of course, maple syrup. Not only is maple syrup a Canadian symbol, but the sap also has many uses. The time window for maple tree tapping can vary each year, but spring is the season to bust out the taps and buckets.Our outdoor columnist, Charlie White, took up tree-tapping last year and has all the tips for us in the latest edition of Chase the Seasons with Charlie.