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AIDS Committee Marks World AIDS Day
The AIDS Committee of Newfoundland and Labrador is working towards targets of zero new transmissions, deaths and discrimination related to the disease-and a big part of that is promoting testing. Toda...
Dec 01, 2023
Weather Forecast Looks Good for Downtown St. John's Christmas Parade
It looks like a good weekend for a Santa Claus parade. The St. John's event was called off last Sunday because of that standoff with police on Brazil Street. Meteorologist with the Gander Weather Offi...
Dec 01, 2023 (Photo via Downtown St. John's Twitter.)
Israel Resumes Airstrikes Minutes After Temporary Ceasefire Ends
Israel has resumed its combat operations against Hamas in Gaza, with airstrikes taking place mere minutes after a temporary truce came to an end. While aid trucks had been delivering goods into Gaza o...
Dec 01, 2023 Zachi Evenor / CC & Gayatri Malhotra / Unsplash
Local Veterinarian Seeing Uptick in Kennel Cough
The common cold is often spread this time of year among humans, but a local veterinarian says an illness affecting canines is also circulating in the community. Dr. Maggie Brown Bury says there's been...
Dec 01, 2023 (Photo courtesy Veterinary Specialty Centre of Newfoundland and Labrador)
Holyrood Police Charge Roman Catholic Priest with Sexual Assault
A Roman Catholic priest who has worked in eastern and central areas of Newfoundland has been charged with sexual assault. Forty-nine-year-old Thomas Offong is facing a single count against one adult f...
Dec 01, 2023
Canada's Unemployment Rate Up to 5.8 Per Cent in November
Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate went up to 5.8 per cent nationally while the country added a modest 25 thousand jobs in November. The agency's labour force survey shows manufacturing and ...
Dec 01, 2023
Newhook Evaluation Today Following Injury
Montreal Canadiens forward Alex Newhook is being evaluated today after being injured in last night's loss to Florida. Newhook had to be helped off the ice after suffering an injury to the lower body. ...
Dec 01, 2023 nhl.com
Work Nearing Completion on New Mental Health and Addictions Centre
Work on the new Adult Mental Health and Addictions Centre in St. John's is nearing completion. The new facility has been under development for years and will ultimately replace the aging Waterford Hos...
Dec 01, 2023
Bay d'Espoir Highway Reopens to One Lane at Pools Cove Junction
The Bay d'Espoir Highway on the south coast has partially reopened following a potentially volatile situation yesterday. A tractor trailer carrying flammable goods caught fire at the Pools Cove Juncti...
Dec 01, 2023
Opposition Parties React to Province's Homelessness Task Force
Premier Andrew Furey says the new task force on homelessness will get all players on the same page toward eliminating it. Furey called ministers, councilors and community sector leaders together Thurs...
Dec 01, 2023 Province's Homelessness Task Force
