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Lions Club/VOCM Cares Super Radio Bingo Returning for New Season
The Lions Club/VOCM Cares Super Radio Bingo is back for a brand new season tomorrow evening. Sonya Smith, Executive Director of the VOCM Cares Foundation, says bingo cards are four dollars per card an...
Jan 19, 2024
PUB Approves Newfoundland Power's 2024 Capital Budget Application
The Public Utilities Board has approved Newfoundland Power's 2024 capital budget application, however, it's $1 million less than what was proposed. The PUB says that reflects the reductions the board ...
Jan 19, 2024
Child Death Review Committee Report Forwarded to Child and Youth Advocate
A report conducted by the province's Child Death Review Committee and forwarded to the Department of Justice in November, has been forwarded to the Child and Youth Advocate. The committee won't reveal...
Jan 19, 2024 Child and Youth Advocate Linda Clemens Spurrell
Fighting Blindness Canada Stressing Importance of Eye Exams for Glaucoma Detection
January is glaucoma awareness month, and Fighting Blindness Canada is warning of the impact of the eye disease. Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in Canada and is a disease that ...
Jan 18, 2024 (Fighting Blindness Canada Director of Research and Mission Programs, Larissa Moniz, Photo via X.)
Corner Brook Parents Question Why Schools Weren't Dismissed Before Heavy Snow Hit
Parents on the west coast of the province have been left frustrated and confused after schools were allowed to stay open as strong snow squalls bare down on the area. Parent Angela Brockway of Corner ...
Jan 18, 2024
Hockey NL Reinstating Post-Game Handshake in Minor League Games
The post-game handshake is back. Hockey NL is reversing its decision to change the timing of post-game handshakes in minor hockey. In December, Hockey NL moved the handshake to before the opening whis...
Jan 18, 2024
Newfoundland Rogues Back in Action Friday Night
It's basketball season in metro. The Newfoundland Rogues are preparing to take to the court tomorrow in their season opener against the Jamestown Jackals. The team has officially unveiled their roster...
Jan 18, 2024
City of Corner Brook Asking Residents to Stay Off Roads as Intense Snowfall Hits West Coast
Snow squalls are creating dangerous driving conditions throughout the northeast Avalon and the Corner Brook region. Traffic accidents are being reported throughout the metro region this hour, creating...
Jan 18, 2024 Photo of Corner Brook Route 1 via 511NL Camera.
Post-Secondary Institutions Partnering With Home Sharing Company
The province's post-secondary education institutions are partnering with a company to help address both the housing crunch for students and loneliness in seniors. Memorial University, College of the N...
Jan 18, 2024
NL Nurse Practitioners Want Ability to Charge Patients Under MCP
Nurse practitioners would like to see Newfoundland and Labrador adopt an approach similar to that of Alberta where they are compensated as other providers of primary care. Currently, nurses with advan...
Jan 18, 2024 Online Marketing / Unsplash
