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Labrador Health Care in Crisis Following Years of Cuts: MHA
Years of cuts have led to a crisis in health care in Labrador says Labrador West MHA, Jordan Brown. He says Labrador-Grenfell Health was "cut to the bone" and now officials are scrambling to fill need...
Jan 19, 2023 (NDP MHA Jordan Brown.)
Newfoundland Rogues Jump Aboard Outer Battery Lighting Bandwagon
The Newfoundland Rogues basketball team has waded into the ongoing lighting dispute in the Outer Battery. The team has seized upon the controversy to promote an upcoming game on Twitter. https://twitt...
Jan 19, 2023
SWAP Sees Increase in Synthetic Opioids, Overdoses
It's only a matter of time before more powerful synthetic opioids make their way to the province. That's according to the Program Manager with the Safe Works Access Program. Toronto is grappling with ...
Jan 19, 2023 Jeff Anderson / CC
Funding Earmarked for Drinking Water Upgrades in Placentia
The Town of Placentia will replace more than five kilometres of aging watermains with the help of $6.6 million dollars in joint funding announced today in the historic former French capital of Newfoun...
Jan 19, 2023 From left, provincial Infrastructure Minister Elvis Loveless, Avalon MP Ken McDonald, Premier Andrew Furey, Placentia Mayor Keith Pearson and area MHA Sherry Gambin-Walsh.
Judge Rules Insurance Company Has 'Duty To Defend' Homeowners in Court
The Supreme Court has ordered an insurance company to defend a couple being sued for a slip and fall injury. The incident occurred at a residence in C.B.S. that included a home-based business. A perso...
Jan 19, 2023
Food Inflation Rate Increases Despite Drop in General Inflation
Inflation in general is going down, but the gap between inflation and the food inflation rate is actually going up-by 3.8 per cent according to Sylvain Charlebois of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dal...
Jan 19, 2023
811 HealthLine Service Restored
The province's 811 HealthLine has been restored. The service was unavailable for a couple of hours this afternoon, prompting officials to offer residents requiring access to the 811 service with a num...
Jan 19, 2023
Federal Defence Minister Vowing Continued Support Ukraine
Federal Defence Minister Anita Anand is vowing continued support to Ukraine "for as long as it takes" following a meeting yesterday with Ukrainian officials in Kyiv. Anand met with Defence Minister Ol...
Jan 19, 2023 (Federal Defense Minister Anita Anand.)
Earle Concerned Over Ontario's Two-Tier Healthcare System
NAPE is joining the chorus of those urging the province not to follow Ontario's lead in the further privatization of the healthcare system. President Jerry Earle is calling on the premier to "stand wi...
Jan 19, 2023
Sierra Club Calls for Rejection of Orphan Basin Exploration Well Proposal
The Sierra Club of Canada is calling on the Canadian government to issue "an immediate rejection" of BP's proposal to drill an exploration well in deep water near the Orphan Basin. Oil analysts are ca...
Jan 19, 2023 (Photo via Sierra Club of Canada Twitter page.)
