Category Archives: Local News

Obstetric services are soon returning to James Paton Memorial Hospital in Gander. NL Health Services CEO David Diamond says staffing will be in place to handle labour and deliveries at the hospital. A...

More meetings are planned between government and the Registered Nurses' Union (RNU) as they try to find a way forward in providing health care without the over-reliance on travel nurses. RNU President...

A young man from Corner Brook is facing impaired driving charges after an incident in the west coast city last night. Police responded to the Wheelers Road area around 8:30 p.m. after receiving a repo...

The provincial government has extended the deadline for request for proposals for future use or development of the Bull Arm Fabrication Site, which was originally developed for Hibernia. The initial d...

The number of reported cases of COVID and influenza in Newfoundland and Labrador are on the decline. According to the province's respiratory illness dashboard, there were 24 confirmed cases of COVID-1...

The $35 million paid to a single agency over a five month period for the use of travel nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador was up for debate on the first day of the spring session of the House of Asse...

Registered Nurses' Union President Yvette Coffey met today with Premier Andrew Furey and Health Minister Tom Osborne to discuss ongoing concerns for nurses in the health care system. RNU members in th...

A 54-year-old man has been arrested and charged after a recent break-in in Bonavista. RCMP were notified last week of a break-in at a local store which occurred sometime overnight last Tuesday, Februa...

The provincial government has unveiled plans to build a new high school in the town of Paradise. Minister Krista Lynn Howell was on hand for the official announcement in Paradise this morning. A lot o...

NL Health Services has confirmed that its contract with Canadian Health Labs, the company that provides travel nurses to fill gaps in the health care service, has expired in the Western Zone and will ...