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Province Issues RFP for Possible Sale or Lease of Bull Arm Fabrication Site
The provincial government is exploring the possibility of selling, or leasing, the Bull Arm Fabrication Site-the largest of its kind in Atlantic Canada. The province today issued a Request for Proposa...
Dec 20, 2023 Hebron Construction at Bull Arm
Ukrainian Residents Fix Old Town Office Clock in Carbonear
The clock in the clock tower at the old Carbonear town office is finally working again thanks to a little help from some skilled Ukrainian residents. The 118-year-old clock has not been in operation f...
Dec 20, 2023
NLTA Highlights Issues, Efforts of Teachers as Christmas Break Begins
Classes have wrapped up for kids across the province as the Christmas break begins. The President of the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association is thanking teachers for the work they've put i...
Dec 20, 2023 Trent Langdon President NLTA Teachers Association
NLC Raises Almost $80,000 for Community Food Sharing Association
The Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation has announced the results of its 12 Days of Giving campaign. The NLC raised over $77,000 for the Community Food Sharing Association as the campaign draws t...
Dec 20, 2023
Dinn: Equalization Payments Should Go to Housing, Health, Affordability
NDP Leader Jim Dinn is asking the provincial government to put federal equalization payments to be received in the coming year toward housing, affordability and health. For the first time since 2008, ...
Dec 20, 2023
ATV Driver in Serious Condition After Witless Bay Crash
An ATV driver is in serious condition in hospital following a crash in Witless Bay on Monday. RCMP were called to the scene around 6:00 p.m. on Monday after a car and ATV collided. Both drivers suffer...
Dec 20, 2023
Canadian Blood Services, VOCM Holding Holiday Blood Drive
Your VOCM and Canadian Blood Services are teaming up for a holiday blood drive on Thursday. Canadian Blood Services says it has more than 546 blood donation appointments to fill in this province from ...
Dec 20, 2023
Government Promises to Break Ground on HMP Replacement in 2025
It's back to the drawing board for planning to replace HMP. The province has re-issued a Request for Qualifications for the replacement of Her Majesty's Penitentiary. The announcement comes as the pro...
Dec 20, 2023
Weather Warnings Out for Much of Newfoundland
The weather is going to take a turn on much of the island tomorrow as temperatures drop and the rain becomes snow and ice pellets. Winds will still be a factor, so that means a blustery Thursday and F...
Dec 20, 2023
Mount Pearl Man Charged with Online Child Exploitation
A man from Mount Pearl has been charged with online child exploitation offences. Following a lengthy investigation by the RCMP-RNC Child Exploitation Unit, 43-year-old Edward Baldwin was arrested yest...
Dec 20, 2023
