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Newfoundland Power Files Application for Two Rate Hikes
Newfoundland Power has filed an application for two rate hikes over the next year or so. The utility is seeking a 1.5 per cent increase effective this coming July 1, and a further 5.5 per cent increas...
Nov 09, 2023
O'Regan Introduces Legislation Banning Replacement Workers in Labour Disputes
A federal cabinet minister from this province has introduced legislation to ban replacement workers. Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan tabled Bill C-58 this morning. The legislation was part of the confi...
Nov 09, 2023
High Winds, Waves Expected for Northern Avalon
It's going to be a windy night in some parts of the island with big waves. Environment Canada has a special weather statement out regarding higher-than-normal water levels from White Bay to Cape St. F...
Nov 09, 2023
Teacher Markus Hicks Now Facing 92 Sexual Violence Charges
The number of people with complaints against alleged sex offender Markus Hicks has risen to 14. Police have laid 29 more charges related to four new alleged victims in their ongoing investigation conn...
Nov 09, 2023 Markus Hicks is shown during his first court appearance on September 7
More Charges Laid Against Escott, Humby in Historic Sexual Violence Case
The charges against two men accused of crimes involving sexual violence continue to pile up as additional person has come forward. Sixty-three year-old Anthony Humby of St. John's now faces charges fo...
Nov 09, 2023 (Bruce Escott appears in court via video. November 9, 2023.)
Stella's Circle Welcomes New Poverty Reduction Measures
The Executive Director of Stella's Circle is welcoming poverty reduction measures announced by the provincial government yesterday. Laura Winters says existing policies had unintended consequences, ca...
Nov 09, 2023
Ceremony to Mark Completion of New Western Memorial Regional Hospital
A ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow to mark the completion of construction of the new Western Memorial Regional Hospital. The new health care facility has been a long time coming, first announced by ...
Nov 09, 2023 The new Western Regional Memorial Hospital. (File photo)
Man Arrested in St. John's After Jumping Out of Cab Without Paying
Metro police tracked down a man who jumped out of a cab without paying and have charged him accordingly. A cabbie contacted the RNC late last night after a man jumped out of the taxi without paying an...
Nov 09, 2023 Waldemar Brandt / Unsplash
Opposition Reacts to Province's Poverty Reduction Plan
Expansion of school lunch and breakfast programs to all K-9 schools and pre-Kindergartens, increases to the NL Child Benefit, and a targeted poverty-reduction plan for seniors are among the measures a...
Nov 09, 2023 Craig Pardy
Health Minister Open to Expanding Availability of Free Naloxone Kits
Health Minister Tom Osborne is open to expanding the availability of free naloxone kits for distribution to the public, and is continuing a dialogue with the Pharmacy Association. Osborne was respondi...
Nov 09, 2023
