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NL Health Services Issues RFP for Plan to Standardize Use of Agency Nurses
The province's health authority has issued a Request for Proposals for a plan to standardize the use of agency nurses. The health care system has made use of nurses employed by private agencies for so...
Aug 14, 2024
NL's Katarina Roxon Preparing for Her Fifth Paralympic Games
As the excitement of the Paris Olympics fades into memory, another set of elite athletes around the world are preparing for the Paralympics-set to begin in Paris on August 28. Newfoundland swimmer Kat...
Aug 14, 2024
Poilievre Promises Greater Flexibility in Child Care Access
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will bring in more flexibility when it comes to finding child care spaces, but won't directly say if the current $10-a-day program will be maintaine...
Aug 14, 2024
New Trial Dates Set for Woman Banned From Practicing Acupuncture
New trial dates have been set for a woman banned from practicing acupuncture in this province. Xiao Hong Liu had been practicing for years in the province until the first complaints about the cleanlin...
Aug 14, 2024
Physicians to Join Grand Falls-Windsor Family Care Clinic in Coming Months: NL Health Services
NL Health Services expects to see physicians on staff at the Family Care Clinic in Grand Falls-Windsor in the coming months. The lack of doctors at the facility came to light again this week after the...
Aug 14, 2024
Man Wanted for Robbery Arrested Following Disturbance at Home in St. John's
A man who was involved in a disturbance at a home in the west end of St. John's last night is being tagged in relation to other crimes. The RNC rushed to the residence just before 7:30, and cited the ...
Aug 14, 2024
Federal Government to Make Seniors Funding Announcement in Capital City
The federal government will make a funding announcement in St. John's today related to seniors. Federal Seniors Minister Steven MacKinnon and local MP Joanne Thompson will announce support for the New...
Aug 14, 2024
Parks Canada Issues Warning About Speeding in Terra Nova National Park
The RNC and RCMP often issue warnings to the public about speeding on the province's roads and highways, and now Parks Canada is doing the same. Terra Nova National Park recently posted to social medi...
Aug 14, 2024
Two Released, One Still in Hospital Following Fatal Plane Crash
Two of three people injured in a plane crash on the province's west coast last week have been released from hospital. The plane was one of two carrying out science surveys on marine mammals when it we...
Aug 13, 2024
Newfoundland Man Fell to His Death While Hiking Rockies: RCMP
A 25-year-old Newfoundland man has died after falling while hiking in the Canadian Rockies. Alberta RCMP confirm the body of Zachary Coates, originally from CBS, was found after he was reported overdu...
Aug 13, 2024
