2023.5.3| CBC News Loaded The Newfoundland and Labrador government could soon build a new 850-kilometre trail network on the Great Northern Peninsula, according to a draft plan obtained by CBC/Radio-Canada. The Great Coastal Trail would be almost three times as long as the East Coast Trail.  The first phase of the project — 500 kilometres of new trails linking Parson's Pond, just north of Gros Morne National Park, to the L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site — would cost about $21 million, according to a preliminary estimate.  CBC/Radio-Canada obtained a copy of a draft proposal prepared in February by Tracy Consulting on behalf of the provincial government and the Central Development Agency.  The Great Coastal Trail would be a catalyst for tourism and economic development for the region, according to ...

   CBC NEWS 9/2022 Mike Moore Newfoundland and Labrador's tourism industry is one of the province's economic work horses, contributing hundreds of millions of dollars to the economy every year. But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit N.L. in March 2020, tourism operators faced a bleak future, as lockdowns, restrictions and a halt to international and interprovincial travel cut off their most important source of revenue essentially overnight. Now, with almost all restrictions lifted, operators who spoke to CBC two years ago about their fears amid a pandemic-decimated season are finding themselves in much different circumstances. Colin Shears, owner and operator of Out East Adventures in Rocky Harbour, told CBC News in July 2020 that Newfoundlanders generally make up about just five per cent of his business, ...