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Extreme Cold Weather on Tap Saturday for Island; Northern Labrador in for Major Storm
Tomorrow is going to be one blustery, cold day for most of the island and parts of Labrador as an Arctic airmass moves through the region. Mitts and hats will be in order virtually everywhere with hig...
Feb 03, 2023
Clarenville Woman Buys Lotto Tickets for Birthday and Wins Set for Life
A Clarenville woman's 65th birthday present to herself paid off in a big way. Betty Quinton picked up a Set for Life ticket with the $16 dollars she found in her pocket while picking up groceries. She...
Feb 03, 2023 (Photo: Atlantic Lottery)
Inquiry Into Innu Children in Care Holding Hearings in Sheshatshiu
The Inquiry into the Treatment, Experiences, and Outcomes of Innu in the Child Protection System will be holding hearings in Sheshatshiu beginning in just over a week. They will focus on the history o...
Feb 03, 2023 (Inquiry Commissioners. Left to right: Dr. Mike Devine, Anastasia Qupee, James Igloliorte.)
Man Taken Into Custody Following Incident in Grand Falls-Windsor
RCMP say a man is in police custody following a dramatic sequence of events in Grand Falls-Windsor that resulted in a warning to area residents. Shortly after 10 a.m. police issued an advisory for res...
Feb 03, 2023
Employers' Council Lobbying for Tax Changes to Attract Businesses to NL
The NL Employers' Council is lobbying for tax changes that could help employers with the cost of doing business. Executive Director Jaclyn Sullivan says the province needs policies that make Newfoundl...
Feb 03, 2023
MUNFA Questions Resumption of Nursing Clinicals During Strike
The Memorial University Faculty Association is calling the resumption of clinical nursing courses a "major escalation of the labour dispute by administrators." MUNFA members are holding a rally today ...
Feb 03, 2023
High-Altitude Surveillance Balloon Detected Over North American Airspace
The Department of National Defence says a high-altitude surveillance balloon has been detected over North American airspace and its movements are being tracked by NORAD. The BBC says US defence offici...
Feb 03, 2023 (Department of National Defence.)
RCMP Seize Vehicles of "Chronic Traffic Violators"
RCMP in central Newfoundland have seized the vehicles of "chronic traffic violators" after two drivers were pulled over earlier this week. Around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, police in Glenwood pulled over a 52...
Feb 03, 2023
Province Considers Collaborative Care Clinic for Bonavista
The "incremental steps" government is taking to make changes to try to attract physicians to the Bonavista hospital are not enough, and town council is taking its own action, but government needs to m...
Feb 03, 2023
MUNFA to Hold Rallies at St. John's, Grenfell Campuses
The Memorial University Faculty Association is holding rallies at the St. John's and Grenfell campuses today. The union says they are encouraged by what they call growing momentum towards collegial go...
Feb 03, 2023 (MUNFA members on strike at Memorial University.)
