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Eastern Health to Hold Flu Shot Clinics Due to Increase in Respiratory Illness
Eastern Health is going to open additional flu shot clinics to counter the increase in the number of cases of respiratory illness. Mount Pearl Square will be open Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and ag...
Dec 21, 2022
WestJet Responds After NLers Left Stranded in Toronto
WestJet is responding to complaints from some 200 Newfoundlanders and Labradorians who are left wondering if they'll be able to get home for Christmas. The plane load of passengers, who were booked to...
Dec 21, 2022
Middle Arm Deputy Mayor Raising Alarm After Community Member Waits Hours for Ambulance
A firefighter and the Deputy Mayor of Middle Arm on the Baie Verte Peninsula, is recounting yet another disconcerting health care story. Morris Chipp says the local fire brigade responded to a medical...
Dec 21, 2022
Firing of Ken Turner "Pure Retaliation" by Mount Pearl: CUPE President
The President of CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador alleges that the firing of local 2099 President Ken Turner was "pure retaliation" by the city of Mount Pearl. Turner was quietly let go from his positio...
Dec 21, 2022 (Former CUPE Local 2099 President Ken Turner and CUPE President Sherry Hillier.)
RN Shortage Forces Diversion of Obstetrical Patients from Happy Valley-Goose Bay
People who live in Labrador say the latest hospital diversionary plan amounts to health care crisis on top of health care crisis. Since December 16, all obstetrical services have been diverted from th...
Dec 21, 2022
Grand Falls-Windsor Tables 2023 Budget
There will be no change in the mil rate in Grand Falls-Windsor in 2023, but there will be an increase in the water and sewer tax. Councillor Holly Dwyer introduced the town's $21 million budget at las...
Dec 21, 2022
RNC Investigating Fire at Corner Brook Business
Police on the west coast are investigating a fire which broke out around 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday. A business in the Broadway Crescent area of Corner Brook incurred smoke and water damage in the fire. RNC...
Dec 21, 2022
Canada Expands Ban on Single-Use Plastics
The federal government's ban on a wider variety of single-use plastic items is now officially in place. As of Tuesday, the expanded ban includes the import and manufacture of grocery bags, cutlery, fo...
Dec 21, 2022 Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault, flanked by Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson in this 2022 file photo.
Scheduled Blast at Robin Hood Bay This Morning
The City of St. John's is planning a blast at Robin Hood Bay at 8:00 this morning. The blast, which was originally set for Sunday afternoon, had to be rescheduled due to the weather. The blast will oc...
Dec 21, 2022
Some Taxes and Fees Increasing as Conception Bay South Releases 2023 Budget
Some taxes and fees are going up in the town of Conception Bay South in 2023. The town's $39.7 million budget includes a slight increase to the residential mil rate, which will now sit at 7.30, while ...
Dec 20, 2022
