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- 1Newfoundland changes kindergarten registration, some parents must wait▼Some parents will have to W-A-I-T to sign kids up for A-B-Cs, as N.L. modifies Kindergarten registration
Newfoundland and Labrador is modifying its kindergarten registration process, meaning some parents will have to wait before they can sign their children up for school. The CBC report uses a spelling joke — W-A-I-T and A-B-Cs — to frame the change. Details on the reasons for the delay or which families are affected have not yet been widely reported.
- 2Debate grows over data centres competing for electricity in Newfoundland●“Does it make sense to be giving that electricity over to data centres when there might be better ways that it can be us
Questions are being raised in Newfoundland and Labrador about whether the province should allocate electricity to data centres rather than other uses. Paris Marx made the case to CBC News that data centres are likely a poor fit for the region, arguing the power could serve better purposes amid concerns over energy demand from digital infrastructure.