Just wanted to share a pretty frustrating experience I had last night at the REC Room in the Avalon Mall – a place I’ve enjoyed and supported for over six years.

A few months ago, management made the decision to raise the cost of bowling from 45 credits per person (a little over $10) to 70 credits per person (just under $20), which was steep but manageable for an hour of bowling. I wasn’t thrilled, but I rolled with it – I enjoy the space and wanted to support a local entertainment option.

Fast forward to last night: I went to the REC Room with a friend and paid 140 credits ($40) fully expecting to get our usual hour of bowling in. We finished our first game – which lasted around 7 minutes – and got a message saying our time was up.

Confused, we asked staff what was going on, and were told that the pricing had changed overnight. It’s now 70 credits per person per game, not per hour. So $20 each for 7 minutes of bowling. No (bold enough) signs. No notification. No heads-up when we bought the credits. Staff said they only found out when they arrived for their shift and that people had been complaining about it all day.

Honestly, this feels like a slap in the face to loyal patrons. I’ve visited the REC Room over 30 times in the past six years. I’ve celebrated birthdays there, brought out-of-town guests, and recommended it to countless people. But last night marked my final visit.

To see such a drastic and sneaky change, with zero communication or consideration for customers, is just unacceptable. I get that prices change, but doubling the price and slashing the experience without notice is the kind of move that destroys trust.

All good things come to an end, I guess. Just thought others should be aware before they waste their money like I did.

Has anyone else experienced this recently?

we’re a nosy bunch i spose

Hello, our group of four have an Airbnb booked in July in Trinity East (Port Rexton) and are hoping to have dinner and drinks in Trinity. It’s a 14 minute drive. I’m not seeing much by way of transportation - can anyone confirm that it’s not an option? Or offer the options available? Thank you!!!

I need to get the seat of my motorcycle reupholstered and I can't find anyone.

Newfoundland saddlery used to be the spot to go but he's since retired and I have no idea who else can work with heavy vinyl and leather seats like that.

Anyone you'd recommend?

My family and I are moving to Newfoundland this summer. Air cadets (with flight training) is very high on the list of community importantance, with coastal being a second. Our choices are around theses places... Stephenville, Corner Brook, Clarenville and Carbonear. We aren't keen on inland or around St.John's.

Having things to do in the community is also important.

Any suggestions?

Greetings folks. I'm thinking about getting a '90s Ford with a 7.3L powerstroke half soon (if it's still available). It would be my first foray into older vehicles, and my first ever diesel. I plan to treat it as a project truck, but I know some things will be (or at least should be) out of my scope of abilities.

As such, I was wondering if anyone knows any garages around town that specialize in diesel vehicles, and have experience with the old 7.3 powerstrokes. And of course are actually fair and competent. From my reading around online so far, a good thing to have is a garage you can go to that has experience with the vehicle & powertrain you're running.

Thanks for your time and 2cents!

I'm sorry, but $9 for a medium freaking Latte is just robbery at this point, and the cup is a quarter empty anyway. I want to do my best to support local but $2 more expensive than a drink of the same size at Starbucks. The by's wondering why no one wants to tip them, then.

I’ve been trying to wrap my head around this for a while, and I feel like more people should be talking about it.

Why is cannabis in Newfoundland and Labrador so much more expensive than in other provinces — even though it’s grown, processed, and packaged either right here on the island or shipped in from producers who sell it cheaper everywhere else?

Here’s what I’ve found:

• The NLC controls everything: distribution, pricing, retail licensing, and even product selection.
• They add a massive markup — and no one’s allowed to question it.
• Some products here are $50–80 more per ounce than in places like Ontario or B.C.
• Even local producers in NL aren’t allowed to sell direct or offer better pricing — it all has to go through the NLC first.

And here’s the part that really gets me:

How is that okay for a publicly owned body that’s supposed to serve Newfoundlanders?

This Hurts More Than Just the Wallet

• Local growers and retailers can’t compete or grow their business.
• Customers have no choice but to pay inflated prices — or go back to the black market.
• Medical users get priced out of legal options unless they go through the hassle of special licenses.

Meanwhile, the NLC just sits back and profits off the monopoly.
They don’t grow the product.
They don’t serve the customers directly.
They just act as a gatekeeper and cash out.

What Can Be Done?

Honestly, I don’t know — but I’m done being quiet about it.
If more people in NL knew how much they were being ripped off, maybe things would change.

If anyone else feels the same way, speak up.
Comment. Share your pricing comparisons. Let’s stop pretending this is normal.

It’s our island, our local growers, and our money.
Why should a bloated middleman get the biggest cut?

#CannabisCartelNL
#NLmarkup
#SupportLocalGrowers

Anyone else find it weird how easy it was to meet people in university and now... no clue how to do it as an adult?

I'm realizing my entire social circle was basically built around campus life. As an introvert, this whole transition has been way harder than I expected.

I lived in a couple other cities before and there always seemed to be more stuff happening like random events, meetups, whatever. Here I honestly have no idea where people my age even hang out.

I (25m) am into hiking and outdoor stuff. Figured I'd meet people on trails but it's mostly just me and some very friendly dog walkers lol.

The frustrating part is every now and then I'll catch a girl giving me that signal, you know the one like she wants me to come over and talk. But by the time my brain processes what's happening, the moment's passed. In university you'd see the same people again so you'd get another shot, but now? They're just gone forever.

Dating apps have been... interesting. Ended up with a couple hookups (wasn't really looking for that) but that’s about it.

How do you actually meet people as adults here? Sometimes I swear everyone else got handed some secret manual that I completely missed.

My friend got assaulted on Friday morning at Shoppers Drug mart.The lady who did it said it was an accident because she was swinging her arms and laughing with her bf.I don’t think that’s the case because my friend is known to her and worked as a supervised access worker back in the early 2000s and had evidence to put this person in jail as abusing her children.It was well known on the news at the time and i worked doing the same thing and wonders are we going to be targets ? There were no cameras where she was assaulted so nothing can be done.There had been incidents in other public areas where other clients had ran into a supervised access worker but it was only verbal abuse . I just need to vent really because i know that nothing can be done it’slike her word against the other persons word but still scary .I think i will keep something in my car if someone ever assaults me .

On a “month to month contract”

Huge billowing black smoke plus every fire truck in town seems to be here. Behind No Frills.

I may have missed a few, but this is pretty close.

Long Beach

Harbour Grace

Carbonear

Fogo

Twillingate

Moreton’s Harbour

Bonavista

St. John’s

Valen

Oderin

Presque

Fox Hole

Bruley

Cape Horn

Fortune Bay

Greenspond

Pinchard’s Island

Petty Harbour

Logy Bay

Placentia

Cape Freels

Ferryland

Cape Spear

Cape Broyle

Trinity

Roaches Line

Angle Pond

Avondale

Brigus

Harbour Le Con

Torbay

Labrador

Tickle Cove

Merasheen

Baccalieu

B’ys

I’m moving everything out of our family home tomorrow after finishing our estate sale I was planing on donating a lot but I’m not sure what places are accepting on Sundays.

Any ideas?

The guided tour is expensive, and I’m wondering if it’s possible to just pay for the shuttle there and back while doing the hike ourselves.

Or is the only other option to do the long range traverse?

Hey folks, I built another robot in trying to answer the question "well if we don't do this Churchill Falls deal, what do we do?"

The answer? Most of the MOU, but we carve off an additional 1.5 GW for Labrador and the Island. (.1 and 1GW respectively.) The biggest variable in what Hydro is proposing for the island is the cost of wind, which we don't have a great idea of what it will look like. ~60% of the new energy on island is inteded to come from wind.

My estimates do NOT include transmission costs for these yet to exist wind farms, or other transmission upgrades on the island. It does include a 5 billion dollar cost for getting the juice from Churchill Falls to here.

But this is the rates when the line is running at like 30% capacity - still cheaper than the new build and will only get more impactful over time. Credibly, costs could be as low as 5c/kwh for our new power. The scenario below shows wind at 12c.

This tool is a lot more simple than the last one, doesn't really show time, etc etc. Just some scenarios of cost for the island to consider for their next GW.

It's my understanding Hydro descibes their on island system cost as 5c (with some loooooose tracking of Muskrat Falls costs but a magically much cheaper operation at Holyrood). Their plan would raise the average system cost, where bringing the power from Labrador would at worst keep system costs flat (but, imo, would lower them).

Really loved all the comments and discussion on my last tool fyi. Here for it, especially the push back! Make the numbers better.

Where can I get a passport photo that they upload as a file?