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Independent MHA Expressing Concerns Over Lack of Long Term Care Beds Available as Services Transfer to New Hospital
The MHA for Humber-Bay of Islands is applauding the opening of the new hospital in Corner Brook, but is expressing concern about long-term care patients who will be left in limbo, far from home until ...
May 28, 2024
Two Youth Injured in Trinity Conception ATV Crashes
Two young people were injured in separate off-road vehicle collisions in the Trinity Conception area over the last week. RCMP say a 12-year-old was hospitalized with injuries suffered when a dirt bike...
May 28, 2024
Royal St. John's Regatta Committee Receives Confederation 75 Funding Boost
This year's Royal St. John's Regatta will include another distinction in its title. This year's event, believed to be the oldest continuous sporting event in North America, will be known as the Confed...
May 28, 2024 Via Royal St. John's Regatta on Facebook.
Email Spoofing Fraudsters Getting Smarter, Says Tech Blogger
A local tech blogger says a recent incident involving a local business defrauded of $80,000 is proof that it's getting harder and harder to identify hackers and their nefarious activities. Kevin Andre...
May 28, 2024
Crown Lands Among Issues Raised in Baie Verte-Green Bay: MHA-Elect
The PCs gained another seat last night in the district of Baie Verte-Green Bay as Lin Paddock won a decisive victory in the by-election. Preliminary results show Paddock earning 4,271 of the 5,402 vot...
May 28, 2024 Lin Paddock
MUN Introducing New Environmental-Based Course
A new graduate course is being launched at Memorial University-and it's already seeing interest from students. The Climate Change and Sustainable Employment Relations program will be offered by the Fa...
May 28, 2024
Royal Canadian Legion Expecting Large Turnout as Unknown Soldier Set to Lie in State
A member of the Royal Canadian Legion NL Command believes the throngs of people who turned out to show their respects on the return of the Unknown Soldier to his native soil will pale in comparison to...
May 28, 2024 The Unknown Soldier's casket is taken off of the military plane towards the hearse.
Veteran Female RCMP Members to Mark 50 Year Milestone With March
A special event takes place this afternoon to mark an historic and pivotal moment in the history of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. It was March of 1974 when the first female members of the RCMP en...
May 28, 2024 (Staff Sergeant Gail Courtney, retired Constable Cheryl LaFosse, retired Inspector Trudy Murray Power and inspector Tracy Edwards.)
Government Prepares to Hit Lead Foot Drivers in Pocketbook With Speed Cams
Speed cameras should be in place across parts of Newfoundland and Labrador by the fall, and violators will be subject to some hefty fines according to the Minister of Digital Government and Service NL...
May 28, 2024 Finance Critic Sarah Stoodley (VOCM)
MUNSU Not Pleased With University's Lack of Action Regarding Middle East Conflict
Memorial University's Students Union says its members were "horrified" following a meeting with MUN administration on their concerns regarding the ongoing war in the Middle East, but the university sa...
May 28, 2024
