Those interested in getting their shots are encouraged to book their vaccines online through the provincial government’s Time for the Shot website.

Local pharmacies and family doctors are also booking vaccines.

Influenza is off to an early start this year. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says they’ve already recorded a number of flu cases – primarily the H1N1 strain – this fall.

Vaccines help to protect people against influenza and COVID-19. While you can still get infected, vaccines help the body fight the viruses off and prevent more serious complications.

The provincial government is also offering free RSV vaccines to those 75 years and older.

United Airlines will fly daily between St. John’s and Newark from June to September beginning next year. The airline will use a 76-seater in a transborder agreement bet ween it and Air Canada.

It has been more than a decade since Newfoundland and Labrador had non-stop access to the New York metropolitan region.

Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador says it’s an important step in creating new opportunities for tourism growth.

Chair John Devereaux says a direct connection to the New York region will make our province easier to reach, open new opportunities to attract visitors and help tourism businesses compete and grow in communities across the province.

He says the potential benefits of greater air access extend well beyond St. John’s.

A private company bought the land with the objective of building a couple of dozen homes, mostly townhouses, on it. The project is winding its way through the formal city process.

Erin Callahan St. John, one of the organizers of the weekend rally, is calling on the city and the province to step up and protect an area that should be protected. If anything, St. John would like to see the area, known as Limeville, be declared a world heritage site or be set aside for public use.

“This could be a UNESCO site, a space for a library, a community centre, a park. You do not see trees like this anywhere else on Signal Hill,” says St. John.

“We don’t want a subdivision in Limeville.”

The makeup date for the rally is November 8.

Constable Shane McClafferty says officers are seeing a greater degree of violence and unpredictable behaviour, while at the same time feeling the weight of public scrutiny and social media.

He says body cams can help record interactions to help protect officers and the public.

McClafferty says the RNCA would be supportive of body cams for transparency and to allow the public to see what officers are facing on a regular basis.

“Things happen very, very quickly,” says McClafferty. “Obviously, to be able (to record that) would enable everyone to see a full, transparent picture of what our members are going through on a daily basis….the violence we’re facing and very unpredictable situations.”

Government will twin the highway between Grand Falls-Windsor and Bishop’s Falls, but first it has to expropriate land on the south side of the TCH.

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure has retained a surveyor and has taken steps to identify and notify affected property owners within the project area. Notices will also be posted at various locations.

Property owners who believe they may be affected and who have not yet been contacted by the department can email TI@gov.nl.ca

Government will use the same process for a similar expansion west of Whitbourne.

Jonathan Rowe claims he wrote the Premier as a “concerned citizen.”

He says Wakeham made a “clear commitment” to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador that they would have the “final say trough a referendum.”

Rowe says that commitment was not only an election promise, but a “cornerstone” of the PC campaign.

In a letter to Wakeham posted to his Facebook page, Rowe says the premier holds a position of “tremendous public trust,” and with that comes an obligation to demonstrate “integrity, accountability and respect” for the people who elected him.

Rowe says he understands circumstances can change, but the question many want answered is, “What changed?”

He wonders whether the decision not to hold a referendum was made entirely by Wakeham’s government or by “outside influences, pressures and/or demands.”

The event, known in previous years as Innovation Week, features numerous sessions and over 60 speakers.

This year’s theme is “Leading from the Edge,” and TechNL wants people to know that Newfoundland and Labrador isn’t waiting for the future of technology to happen somewhere else – it is being shaped here at home.

Organizers say the summit is building on an “extraordinary year” for the sector, which attracted some $300 million in investments in 2025.

The two-day event kicks off today at the St. John’s Convention Centre.

The company is proposing to develop an industrial subdivision and marine port at Crémaillère Harbour.

It is hoping to increase industrial development in the region by building on current and projected onshore and offshore logistics as well as potential military and Coast Guard needs.

The project was first registered in 2017, and released with conditions back in 2019, however it had to be registered again after the original EPR expired.

The company says the previous report has been updated as necessary to reflect current information and was subsequently registered a second time.

In July, it was revealed that Northpine is giving over $1 million for summer programs on the island over the next couple of years. Also, at that time came the hint that there was more to come.

The foundation says the next event will focus on initiatives that support young people, education, workforce development, and community resilience.

The announcement comes Tuesday at St. Michael’s Hall on Bell Island.

Federal Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin was in St. John’s last week to announce a $13-million program through Take Charge NL, whereby people can get funding for things like heat pumps and insulation upgrades.

That comes on the heels of Ottawa’s new National Heat Pump Rebate, a separate program that will launch this winter.

Mitchell Stead, owner of Heat Pump Solutions, says many contractors have been “sitting idle” for the last couple of years due to the end of the previous Green Home Program.

He says they have been preparing and are ready for the work ahead.

According to Stead, they typically install between 800 and 1,200 units per year, and the work typically takes less than a day.

He says a single-zone mini split typically takes about four hours. A larger project, such as converting from oil to electric, might take a couple of days to complete.

Stead says heat pumps are more efficient than traditional electric heaters.

He says the systems can produce double the heat of a traditional heater, resulting in hundreds of dollars in savings. He also encourages people to take advantage of the oil to electric program, noting that he has heard that it may run out of money in January.