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Car Goes Airborne in Crash Video; Driver Charged With Impaired
One man has been charged with impaired driving following a dramatic crash in Mount Pearl early this morning. It occurred shortly before 2 a.m. on Commonwealth Avenue, between Sunrise Avenue and Edinbu...
Apr 19, 2024
Alleged Grandparent Scammers Nabbed Upalong, Mirrors NL Case
Police in Quebec and Ontario have arrested 14 alleged members of a gang in Montreal after 126 Canadians lost nearly one-million-dollars in a grandparent scam. The culprits posed as judges, lawyers and...
Apr 19, 2024
Health Sciences Dirt, Trash, Droppings 'Not Acceptable': Osborne
PC Opposition House Leader Barry Petten wants to see a "full assessment" of sanitary conditions completed at the Health Science Centre. On Thursday, Petten tabled pictures in the House of Assembly whi...
Apr 19, 2024
Dinn Cries Social Worker Shortage; Pike Says Province Is On It
A committee of the House of Assembly doing a line-by-line examination of the Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development has been told that the province is in a crisis when it comes to a sh...
Apr 18, 2024 Jim Dinn
Contracts Awarded To Develop New Metro Health Care Centres
The provincial government has announced details around two new urgent care centres for the metro region. Health Minister Tom Osborne made the announcement today inside the old Costco building on Stava...
Apr 18, 2024 The former Costco location in the east end of the city is a mere shell of its former self as it's converted into a new health care centre.
Federal Budget Trashed as 'Dumpster Fire' by Taxpayers Federation
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation calls this week's federal budget "a complete dumpster fire" and a "disaster" for those concerned about rising debt. Federal director Franco Terrazzano says interest o...
Apr 18, 2024
Church Overcoming Food Thefts With Help From Business, Community
The community kitchen operating out of St. Alban's Anglican Church in Grand Falls-Windsor suffered a significant setback when the church was broken into and the food they had stored there was stolen -...
Apr 18, 2024
AAHP Signs Collective Agreement With Provincial Government
The Association of Allied Health Professionals has signed the collective agreement it recently reached with the provincial government. AAHP president Gord Piercey says they're pleased the process is f...
Apr 18, 2024
Western Sno-Riders Receives Funding to Upgrade Multi-Use Trails on West Coast
The Western Sno-Riders received a significant boost this week with a cheque for $15,000 to help with multi-use trail upgrades on the west coast. President Glenn Green offered his thanks to Yamaha Cana...
Apr 18, 2024 (Submitted Photo: Roger Beck, Glenn Green, Our Sales Manager Jamie Buffett, and Yamaha Financial Services Representative Clad Cock.)
Province Proposes Grade Reconfiguration for Prince of Wales School System
The Department of Education is reviewing possible changes to the grade configuration of four schools in the Prince of Wales school system due to what's being called capacity challenges at the primary ...
Apr 18, 2024
