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Corner Brook Crash, Paradise Pullover Result in Impaired Driving Charges
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...
Mar 05, 2024
Trades NL Sees Growth Opportunities at Bull Arm Fabrication Site
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...
Mar 04, 2024 Hebron Construction at Bull Arm
Province Reporting Fewer Cases of COVID, Influenza
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...
Mar 04, 2024
Opposition Questions Health Minister on Travel Nurse Spending
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...
Mar 04, 2024
Registered Nurses' Union Meets With Premier, Health Minister to Discuss Concerns
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...
Mar 04, 2024
Bonavista Man Arrested After Break-In at Local Business
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...
Mar 04, 2024
Paradise Getting Long-Awaited High School, Full Details Yet to be Announced
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...
Mar 04, 2024
NL Health Services Confirms Contract With Canadian Health Labs on West Coast Expired and Will Not Be Renewed
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 ...
Mar 04, 2024 Hush Naidoo Jade Photography / Unsplash
MUN Lecturers' Union Vote in Favour of Strike Action
The union representing per-course instructors at Memorial University has received an overwhelming strike mandate from its members. The Lecturers' Union has been without a collective agreement for four...
Mar 04, 2024
Lack of Affordable Housing Highlighted at Labrador West Summit
Access to affordable housing topped the conversation in last week's Labrador West Summit. Area MHA Jordan Brown says housing is the solution to addressing other issues, like recruitment and retention ...
Mar 04, 2024 Jordan Brown
