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Nurses' Union Boss Calls For Zero Tolerance With Violence in Any Workplace
The Registered Nurses' Union (RNU) says violence is unacceptable in the workplace no matter where it happens. RNU President Yvette Coffey says nurses continue to face high rates of violence in the wor...
May 10, 2024 Yvette Coffey
Gander International Airport Slowly But Surely Regaining Altitude
Gander International Airport is "slowly regaining" its footing, but airport authority president and CEO Reg Wright wishes the pandemic recovery was quicker. The airport's 2023 performance report was r...
May 10, 2024 (Photo via Gander International Airport.)
Police Continue Search for Metro Home Invasion Suspect
The RNC is continuing its search for a 50-year-old Mount Pearl man wanted on charges related to a recent home invasion in the capital city. Daniel Johnson is wanted on multiple arrest warrants accordi...
May 10, 2024
Toronto Maple Leafs Will "Look at Everything" Following Game Seven Loss to Bruins, Firing of Head Coach
"Good is not good enough" That was the opening statement of Toronto Maple Leafs CEO Keith Pelley regarding the recent dismissal of head coach Sheldon Keefe after nine seasons and following a game seve...
May 10, 2024 MLSE CEO Keith Pelley.
Legion Promises Moving, Emotional Events Leading Up to July 1st
The Royal Canadian Legion is busy putting the final pieces in place ahead of the repatriation of the remains of an unknown Newfoundland soldier later this month. Legion spokesman Gary Browne says the ...
May 10, 2024
Whooping Cough Cases Expected to Grow in Short Term: CMOH
People 25 and older who have not had a pertussis vaccine in the last 10 years are being encouraged to get a booster amid a whooping cough outbreak in the province. As of Thursday, 50 cases had been re...
May 10, 2024
Man Charged Following Attempted Robbery of Corner Brook Cab Driver
A 29-year-old man has been charged in connection with with the attempted armed robbery of a cab driver in Corner Brook on the weekend. RCMP received a complaint last Saturday afternoon that a cab driv...
May 10, 2024
Radiothon Raises Over $97,000 Towards New Equipment for James Paton Memorial Hospital
Another radiothon in support of health care in central Newfoundland came just shy of the $100,000 mark. VOCM's Mother's Day Radiothon in Gander raised over $97,267 towards the purchase of new medical ...
May 10, 2024
Police Appeal to Public in Search for Missing 12-Year-Old Girl
Police are searching for a young girl missing from the St. John's area. Twelve-year-old Emmalee McCrindle was last seen along Kenmount Road around 6 p.m. on Tuesday. She is described as about five fee...
May 10, 2024
Hundreds Head Over Heels For Gymnastics Competition at PowerPlex
Gymnastics NL and Campia Gymnastics are hosting the Eastern Canadian Gymnastics Championships this weekend at the PowerPlex in St. John's. Roughly 800 excited athletes, coaches and judges from Ontario...
May 10, 2024
