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Province Weighing Development Options at Old Grace Hospital Site
The site of the old Grace hospital and nursing residence is being considered as the possible location for an announced downtown clinic in the capital city. The last standing remnants of the old Grace ...
Mar 26, 2024
Candidates Set for Fogo Island-Cape Freels Byelection
Elections Newfoundland and Labrador has issued the official list of candidates in the upcoming byelection in the district of Fogo Island-Cape Freels. Three people will be on the ballot, Dana Blackmore...
Mar 26, 2024
NLTA to Highlight Increase in Classroom Violence This Morning
A statement is coming today from NLTA President Trent Langdon on the increased incidence of violence in the classroom. Langdon says members are increasingly concerned about the state of education in t...
Mar 26, 2024 (Trent Langdon. File photo.)
Random Island Ambulance Operator Frustrated With Delayed Restoration of Phone Service
The owner of Random Island Ambulance Service is frustrated with the response time from Bell Aliant after phone lines went down in the region yesterday. Chris Hansford says the trouble began around 3 p...
Mar 25, 2024
RCMP on Northern Peninsula Investigating Gas Bar Fire
An investigation has been launched into a fire that destroyed an old gas bar in the community of Sandy Cove on the Great Northern Peninsula. Flower's Cove RCMP say the fire call came in around 11:30 S...
Mar 25, 2024
Early Iceberg Sightings Reported Off Coast of NL
It's a bit early just yet, but many are eagerly looking out to sea for a glimpse at icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. Diane Davis, who runs the Newfoundland and Labrador Icebergs Re...
Mar 25, 2024 (Photo via Viking Village B & B on Facebook.)
RNC Charge Man With Impaired Following Investigation Into Fatal Crash
RNC have laid impaired driving charges in their investigation into a fatal single vehicle crash in the capital city this past December. Just before 6 a.m. on December 10, first responders rushed to th...
Mar 25, 2024
Spring COVID Boosters Available for Vulnerable Populations
The provincial government is offering older adults and those more vulnerable to complications from the COVID virus with spring booster doses. Those 65 years of age and older, residents of long-term an...
Mar 25, 2024 CDC / Unsplash
Harvesters Calling for Delayed Start to 2024 Season
Crab quotas are now set, but the price-setting process remains in limbo, and harvesters are asking the federal government to push the start of the season back by a week while they get their ducks in a...
Mar 25, 2024
Police Confirm Identity of Human Remains Found in St. George's
The RCMP have identified human remains found in the St. George's area as a man who had been missing for over six years. Larry Young was first reported missing on August 5, 2017. Police say extensive s...
Mar 25, 2024
