Amateur photographer Stu White is pretty happy these days. He's originally from Stephenville and lives in Mount Pearl, and his photo of a pair of red fox cubs in Bonavista just won him a big prize. Canadian Geographic magazine has judged his picture the best of the year in the "flora, fauna and fungi" category for the last year. White spoke with the CBC's Leigh Anne Power..

Public transit in Corner Brook and St. Anthony is getting a boost from the provincial government. The province announced last week that a bus pass pilot project will give some people in those two towns free rides on public transit. The help will be for seniors, young people and people on income support. Corner Brook MHA Gerry Byrne and Corner Brook Mayor Jim Parsons made the announcement together on Friday.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business has given Newfoundland and Labrador an "F" on its Red Tape Report Card. The report card looks at how the regulations and policies of policy makers affect businesses and consumers. The goal is to cut through the clutter, to help small businesses grow and improve. Louis-Philippe Gauthier is the Vice-president, Atlantic for The Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

When you hear the word "hospice," of course, the end of life comes to mind. But a special program at the hospice in Grand Falls-Windsor is very much focused on seizing every moment until the end comes. Lionel Kelland Hospice has a "Forever Moments" program. The most recent experience they created was a big movie night for one resident and their family. Tanya Murphy handles community engagement and communications for the Lionel Kelland Hospice. Krista Reid joins us on the line as well. Her family benefited from a "Forever Moment" in July, 2024.

The characters in the video game series Super Smash Bros. burst onto the scene in a flurry of leaps, spins, kicks and punches more than 25 years ago - and players still love them. Gamers take on the identities of characters from other popular video games and fight it out with each other. Super Smash Bros. is -- well, it's still a "smash" among players, The CBC's Amy Feehan checked out a tournament in Corner Brook.

A non-profit group in this province is taking action to try to reduce vaping among youth. Newfoundland and Labrador has the highest rate of youth vaping in Canada. That puts young people at risk, so the Newfoundland and Labrador Alliance for the Control of Tobacco is introducing nicotine exposé kits for middle school and high school students. Melissa Moore is program and education coordinator.

We've been asking listeners for happy stories about the good that's in the world - and we were delighted to tell you about one of them this morning. A mother in Gander Bay sparked the idea of a junior firefighter program. it's been running successfully for the past three years, thanks to the Gander Bay Fire Department. Jodi Budden of Victoria Cove has two teenaged children, including her 15-year-old son, Tyrone. Lindsay Earle is deputy chief of the Gander Bay Fire Department.

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.

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.

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.