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$6.6 Million in Joint Funding to Replace Aging Watermains in Placentia
The premier is calling the Placentia area an "incredible economic engine" for the province. Joint funding to the tune of $6.6 million dollars was announced for Placentia yesterday. The funding will go...
Jan 20, 2023
Government Working with YMCA to Address Staffing Issues at Child Care Centre
The Department of Education is working with the YMCA to find solutions to staffing issues that may force the regulated child care centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay to close temporarily. The department ...
Jan 20, 2023
New Guidelines Recommend Limiting Alcohol to Two Drinks Per Week
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction has released new guidance on the risks associated with drinking alcohol and suggest that people limit their consumption to two drinks per week to red...
Jan 20, 2023 (Photo via cancer.ca)
Man Arrested in St. John's for Impaired, Vehicle Theft
A man is in custody after somebody stole a vehicle from a public recreation venue in St. John's in broad daylight. The incident happened early yesterday afternoon. Police stopped the vehicle on Prince...
Jan 20, 2023
Central Health Secures Three Doctors for Coast of Bays Area
Central Health says it has three more physicians for the Coast of Bays area. Last month, the health authority announced that Dr. Madan Mariappan, who is affectionately known as Dr. Madan, would be sta...
Jan 20, 2023
Former St. John's Maple Leaf Todd Gillingham Passes Away
The funeral for former St. John's Maple Leafs forward Todd Gillingham is scheduled for tomorrow. Fifty-two-year-old Gillingham, who was born in Lab City and grew up in Corner Brook, passed away sudden...
Jan 20, 2023
Virtual ER Services at Port Saunders Health Centre This Weekend
Emergency services at the health centre in Port Saunders are shifting to virtual due to what Western Health calls a temporary change of service. ER services will be provided virtually until 12 p.m. on...
Jan 20, 2023
Bridges to Hope Planning Benefit Concert to Replenish Food Bank
A benefit concert is planned in March to help raise funds to stock the shelves at Bridges to Hope's food bank. Bridges to Hope is partnering with MusicNL on the benefit featuring artists like Allan Do...
Jan 19, 2023 (File photo.)
Lower Gas Prices Contribute to Drop in Annual Inflation: Gas Watcher
The annual rate of inflation slowed to 6.3 per cent in December 2022 as consumers paid less for gasoline. Lower gas prices contributed enough to the rate of inflation to cause a much needed drop. Gas ...
Jan 19, 2023
Council Must Be 'People Focused' in Approach to Battery Lighting Dispute: Hollett
The former chair of Happy City St. John's says the City of St. John's may be inadvertently drawing a line in the sand with the lighting dispute in the Outer Battery A large crowd made their way into c...
Jan 19, 2023
