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Essential Ambulance Services Act Passes in House of Assembly
The union that represents workers with Fewer's Ambulance has little hope that an Essential Ambulance Services Agreement can be reached without the help of the Labour Relations Board. The Essential Amb...
Jan 24, 2023 (Hubert Dawe EMT Paramedic Teamsters Local 855 Business Manager.)
Go Fund Me Launched for Residents of Outer Battery
A Go Fund Me account has been launched for residents of the Outer Battery entrenched in a dispute with a local property owner. Frustrated residents have pleaded with St. John's city council to "turn o...
Jan 24, 2023
Capital City Continuing Snow Clearing Efforts Following Storm
The cleanup from this past weekend's winter storm on the Avalon will continue over the next few days. That's according to Deputy City Manager for Public Works, Lynann Winsor, who provided an update at...
Jan 24, 2023 (Deputy City Manager for Public Works, Lynann Winsor.)
RCMP Respond to Incident at Roncalli Central High
School staff had to call in RCMP yesterday to assist in an incident at Roncalli Central High in Avondale. The school board says staff assessed that there was no immediate need to engage its secure sch...
Jan 24, 2023
Debate Begins on Proposed Essential Ambulance Services Act
An update in the House of Assembly this afternoon on the private ambulance strike involving members of Teamsters Local 855. Jim Dinn stood in the Legislature during Question Period prior to emergency ...
Jan 23, 2023
37 Teams Prepare for First Cain's Quest in Three Years
Thirty-seven teams of snowmobile racers are lined up for the first Cain's Quest in three years. It's one of the toughest endurance events in the land with snowmobilers zipping across the barren and fr...
Jan 23, 2023
Brookfield Estates Condo Corporation to Hold Emergency Meeting After 'Extreme' Insurance Premium Increase
An emergency meeting is being held tomorrow for unit owners of the Brookfield Estates Condo Corporation. Notification of the meeting was sent out late last week indicating that condo fees are being in...
Jan 23, 2023
German Army to Run Parachute Drops in Central Labrador
The German Army will be doing parachute drops in the area of Gosling Lake in central Labrador tomorrow. People can expect to see personnel parachuting from an A400 aircraft at Gosling Lake and over th...
Jan 23, 2023 (Photo: happyvalley-goosebay.com)
Perception of Older People in Workplace Changing Says Seasoned Professional
Not that long ago, 65 was the mandatory age of retirement, and for those who chose to work beyond retirement age, the general perception was that they were preventing a younger person from entering th...
Jan 23, 2023 Sheila Sund / CC
Federation of Labour Calls for Progressive Labour Law Reform
The Federation of Labour says workers need what it calls progressive labour law reform and "not a piecemeal approach" to labour legislation. President Jessica McCormick says rather than drafting legis...
Jan 23, 2023 Jessica McCormick
