CBC Newfoundland Morning

Brenda Anderson of Meals to Give and Allison Laite, cook and caterer with Johnny's Place in Glenwood, talk to CBC Newfoundland Morning about the generosity of strangers.

The recent faculty strike at Memorial University disrupted many regular classes for over two weeks. For students - and parents - that's a lot of missed time. They've been calling for a refund for the classes they paid tuition for, but missed, because of the strike.The university has agreed to arrange partial refunds. Dr. Neil Bose is the acting president of Memorial University in St. John's. Mary Feltham is the president of the Grenfell Campus Student Union in Corner Brook

An attack against the ferry SS Caribou in the Cabot Strait during during the Second World War killed 137 people, including women and children. A German U-boat torpedoed and sank the vessel on October 14, 1942. Neil Burgess, president of the Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland & Labrador, spent the last three years researching all about the Caribou - and putting together an exhibition about the ship that will live online. He's launching the exhibit this weekend.

White Hills ski resort was crowned winner of the Mackenzie Investments Top Peak contest on Saturday. Dozens of ski hills started the competition, but online votes sent the Clarenville faciIity into the top three finals. Over the weekend, judges chose the resort for the top prize of one-hundred-thousand dollars. Keith Fillier is a Clarenville town councilor and is on the board of directors at White Hills.

It's been years in the works, but a secondary processing plant for milk could soon break ground in western Newfoundland. Plans for the facility passed the environmental assessment process on March 31. The company behind it is called The Real Dairy Company of Newfoundland, which is made up of 11 local dairy farmers and an Irish dairy company. The The Real Dairy Company plans to process raw milk to make butter and skim milk powder at a facility to be built in Deer Lake. Brent Chaffey is a dairy farmer in Bay St. George South and one of the farmers involved in the company.