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Poor Prognosis For Cod Stocks Given Sluggish Capelin Numbers
Capelin stocks, which have yet to recover from their catastrophic collapse in 1991, remain at just 10 per cent of their pre-collapse abundance. The information was shared in DFO's northern cod stock a...
Mar 27, 2024 (Walter Harding/ Twitter)
More Family Docs Taking on More Than They Bargained For: Study
A new study from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) shows that family physicians are increasingly providing specialty care amid continued strain on the health care system -- the resu...
Mar 27, 2024
Nurses' Union 'Shocked' by Restriction on Re-Hiring For Public System
The province's registered nurses' union is reacting with shock after learning that contracts with private agencies prevent nurses from returning to the public sector for up to a year. RNUNL president ...
Mar 27, 2024 Yvette Coffey
NLTA Calls Out Government 'Inaction' on Rising Risks of School Violence
The teachers' association released jarring numbers yesterday that trend toward more frequent violent incidents in the province's schools. The stats come from access to information requests made of the...
Mar 27, 2024
VOCM News Nominated for Three Atlantic Journalism Awards
VOCM News has been nominated for three Atlantic Journalism Awards. The VOCM News team's coverage of the Titan Submersible disaster last June has been nominated for best audio enterprise reporting. The...
Mar 26, 2024
Possible Labour Shortage Looming as Local Construction Industry Prepares for Boom
Buildforce Canada says with major construction projects on the horizon, the local industry is expected to grow considerably, but it's concerned that existing labour shortages will only get worse. The ...
Mar 26, 2024
St. John's Contractors Fighting City Over Land Development Regulations
A St. John's family, who are suing the city for $6 million over a land dispute in the Goulds, is expressing continued frustration with the way they say they're being treated regarding land development...
Mar 26, 2024 Chris and John McDonald
Local Chocolatier Navigating Spike in Cocoa Prices
A local chocolatier says cocoa prices have been on the rise for the past few years, but a sudden jump last week comes as a shock. Newfoundland Chocolate Company owner, Christina Dove, says last year t...
Mar 26, 2024
Search Continues for Missing Workers Following Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Search and rescue efforts continue in Baltimore for six highways workers unaccounted for after a shocking bridge collapse in the Maryland capital early this morning. The cargo ship Dali provided a war...
Mar 26, 2024
Man Charged With Impaired After Crashing ATV Into Parked Car
A 25-year-old Grand Falls-Windsor man has been arrested for impaired driving after his ATV crashed into a vehicle over the weekend. Around 1:30 Sunday afternoon, RCMP were called to the scene where th...
Mar 26, 2024
