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Downtown St. John's Holding Annual Tax Free Event Saturday
Downtown St. John's is encouraging people to support local tomorrow during tax free day. Marketing, Special Events & Public Relations Manager Gaylynne Gulliver calls it "one of the most highly anticip...
Nov 04, 2022
Gas Price Analyst says Seasonal Factors Could Soon Drive Fuel Prices Up
While most fuel prices across the province dropped today more increases could be on the horizon. That's according to Dan McTeague, gas analyst and president of Canadians for Affordable Energy. Gas wen...
Nov 03, 2022
Healthcare Spending Levelling Off From Pandemic Highs, says CIHI
While Newfoundland and Labrador is expected to spend more than $5-billion on healthcare this year, healthcare expenditures are starting to level off. The Canadian Institute for Health Information rece...
Nov 03, 2022
Mother of Man Lost at Sea Calling for Federal Inquiry into Fishing Vessel Safety
A woman whose son was lost at sea last year is calling for a number of changes to the search and rescue system in Labrador. Twenty-five-year-old Marc Russell of Mary's Harbour and 30-year-old Joey Jen...
Nov 03, 2022 Jeanette Russell
Justice Minister Gives Apology to Victims of Abuse at Youth Secure Custody Facilities in the 70s and 80s
The province's Justice Minister has offered an apology to members of a class action who say they were abused at youth secure custody facilities in the province. Justice Minister John Hogan delivered t...
Nov 03, 2022
St. Clare's in Worst Physical Condition of Any Hospital in Province: Government Index
St. Clare's Mercy Hospital in St. John's is in the worst physical condition of any hospital in the province according to a grading system used by the provincial government. The Infrastructure Approval...
Nov 03, 2022
Privacy Commissioner's Lack of Access to Bill 20 Caused by "Human Procedural Error," says Premier
The premier says it was a procedural error that left the privacy commissioner without access to Bill 20 before it appeared in the House of Assembly. Andrew Furey says he's glad to have received the le...
Nov 03, 2022
Privacy Commissioner and Opposition Parties Raise Concerns Over Legislation to Merge Health Authorities
The Privacy Commissioner is raising serious questions about Bill 20 - legislation surrounding the merger of the province's four regional health authorities - and whether it violates a section of ATIPP...
Nov 03, 2022 (Privacy Commissioner Michael Harvey)
Snelgrove Lawyers Argue Errors at Trial Enough to Stay Conviction
Lawyers for RNC officer Doug Snelgrove have asked the Court of Appeal to stay or set aside his conviction for sexual assault, as opposed to ordering a fourth trial. Snelgrove's two Ontario lawyers gav...
Nov 03, 2022
Province to Set Up Health Care Recruitment Desk in India
The provincial government is setting up a health care recruitment desk in southwestern India, similar to that established in Poland to help Ukrainian refugees. Premier Andrew Furey says a recruitment ...
Nov 03, 2022
