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Province Adding 104 Full-Time K-12 Student Assistant Positions
The province says some 104 full-time equivalent student assistant positions will be added to the K-12 system with $3 million set aside in the recent budget. The money will also ensure all existing stu...
May 02, 2024
City Responds to Allegations of 'Vendetta' Against Danny Williams
The capital city says allegations made by St. John's lawyer Steve Marshall that the city has a "vendetta" against Danny Williams are "unfounded" and "untrue." Marshall claims that the timing of a summ...
May 02, 2024
Beware Slick Crosswalks; Riskier Not to Paint Them, City Says
The recurring issue of slippery crosswalks was broached at this week's St. John's council meeting, as the rain poured down outside. It came up as councillors were approving almost $100,000 worth of gl...
May 02, 2024
PC MHA McKenna Sworn In as Member for Fogo Island-Cape Freels
The surprise winner in the most recent provincial byelection has been formally sworn in as a member of the House of Assembly. The PCs' Jim McKenna garnered 58 per cent of the vote to handily take the ...
May 02, 2024
RNC Investigate Report of Sexual Assault in Kilbride Monday Night
Police are investigating an alleged sexual assault in the Kilbride area of St. John's on Monday night. RNC say an incident occurred along Bay Bulls Road, near the Pitts Memorial Drive overpass, earlie...
May 02, 2024
WestJet CEO in St. John's to Discuss 'Ambitious Growth Strategy'
The CEO of WestJet is in St. John's today to speak with local leaders about the company's expansion plans. This is Alexis von Hoensbroech's first visit to Newfoundland and Labrador. He will discuss wh...
May 02, 2024
RNC Arrest Wanted Man Following Attempted Theft of Taxi
A man attempted to steal a taxi as his getaway car early this morning but didn't get far. Police were alerted that a wanted man was a passenger in a cab in the center of St. John's just before 2 a.m. ...
May 02, 2024
Abbott Floats Museum/Library Combo For National War Memorial
The provincial government has even bigger plans for the National War Memorial site in downtown St. John's after acquiring more land next door. The space includes the former Roebothan, McKay and Marsha...
May 02, 2024 Work continues on renovations to the National War Memorial in downtown St. John's ahead of July 1st.
Traffic Moving Slowly Following Accident on Bonavista Peninsula Highway
An accident on the Bonavista Peninsula Highway had Route 237, the bypass road linking Catalina and Newman's Cove, impassable for a portion of the evening. In a post to X (formerly twitter) the RCMP ad...
May 01, 2024
RCMP Turning to Public to Locate Missing Deer Lake Man
Deer Lake RCMP are trying to locate a 32-year-old missing man, last seen in Pasadena on Monday. Joshua Legge is believed to be driving a 2015 blue Dodge Ram pickup truck with NL license plate CWX 811....
May 01, 2024
