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Applications Open for NL Community Transportation Program
Applications are now open for the Newfoundland and Labrador Community Transportation Program. Eligible organizations, communities and not-for-profits can access up to $100,000 to develop, and implemen...
Mar 17, 2024
Dr. Rex Gibbons Appointed to MUN Board or Regents
A former Liberal cabinet minister and educator has been appointed to Memorial University's Board of Regents. Dr. Rex Gibbons, geologist, served as the provincial minister of Mines and Energy, and Natu...
Mar 17, 2024
The Launch in Holyrood Designated as Test Centre for NATO's DIANA Network
The Launch, which is Marine Institute's "living lab" in Holyrood, has been designated as a test centre for NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic Network. The Launch received the...
Mar 16, 2024 (Photo via The Launch Facebook)
Trial Dates Set For Fire Captain Charged with Sexual Assault
A 30-year veteran of the St. John's Regional Fire Department is going to trial on sex charges involving a minor. Fifty-two-year-old Ron Pomeroy was charged in December with sexual assault and sexual e...
Mar 16, 2024 Photo via Facebook
Lawyers Pouring Over Mass of Evidence in Child Abduction Case
Lawyers for three people charged in a bizarre child kidnapping case were back before a judge this week. But with still thousands of pages of information to sift through, little progress was made. The ...
Mar 16, 2024 (Will Crockwell and Lawyer Bob Buckingham. File photo.)
Saltwire Debt a Sign of Troubling Trends in Media Industry: Local Journalism Instructor
A local journalism instructor says the financial woes facing Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper publisher is a sign of troubling trends in the media industry. SaltWire, the owner of The Telegram in S...
Mar 16, 2024
Trudeau Claims Furey 'Bowing to Political Pressure' on Carbon Tax
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Premier Andrew Furey's pushback against the carbon tax, and looming increase, is political posturing. Furey railed against the tax before and since its introduction ...
Mar 16, 2024 Premier Furey and Prime Minister Trudeau from 2023. (X/Twitter)
Students Participate in Skilled Career Day at CNA
College of the North Atlantic's Prince Phillip Drive campus was recently buzzing with activity as students tried their hands at various skilled trades. Skills Canada's annual Skilled Career day saw ov...
Mar 16, 2024
Doctor Touts Benefits of Adding Pharmacist to Virtual Care Team
Adding a pharmacist to the virtual care team based out of central Newfoundland has been a success. That's according to Dr. Todd Young, medical director with Medicuro, who added a pharmacist to his cli...
Mar 16, 2024 Dr. Todd Young
Nunatsiavut Government Closer to Establishing Inuit Protected Area Along North Coast of Labrador
The Nunatsiavut Government is a step closer toward establishing an Inuit Protected Area along the north coast of Labrador. Nunatsiavut President Johannes Lampe and federal minister responsible for Par...
Mar 16, 2024 (Saglek Fjord in summer. Credit: Rodd Laing)
