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NL Unemployment Rate Up in October
The unemployment rate in Newfoundland and Labrador went back into double digits last month-from 9.7 per cent in September to 10.0 in October. In the St. John's region, the rate held steady at 6.6 per ...
Nov 03, 2023
Cruise Ship Season Wraps Up in Corner Brook
The last cruise ship of the season for Newfoundland and Labrador is in Corner Brook today with no more ships expected in the province until well into 2024. Ross Klein, a MUN professor who has written ...
Nov 03, 2023 Photo Credit: Mark R. Tsang
High-Risk, Repeat Sexual Offender Facing New Charges
A man who has been described as a high-risk sexual offender is back in jail for another alleged offence earlier this week. Sixty-three year-old Dennis Murphy was arrested in St. John's yesterday. RNC ...
Nov 03, 2023
Molson Coors Details Growth, Investments in Decades-Old Brewery
A local brewery is celebrating some significant technological milestones over the last number of years, and this week they opened up their shop to show them off. What is now the Molson Coors brewery o...
Nov 03, 2023
Grand Falls-Windsor RCMP Search for Wanted Man
Police in central Newfoundland have a man on their wanted list but they are also concerned for his safety and well-being. An arrest warrant is out for Nathan Hancott, who's 25, after his surety was re...
Nov 03, 2023
NL Health Services Sifting Through Resumes From Ethiopian Refugees
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services has begun a recruitment effort for health care workers focused on people living as refugees in Ethiopia. The project is the result of a partnership with both ...
Nov 03, 2023 Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services CEO David Diamond.
Women in Construction Forum Aims to Educate, Train, Re-shape Industry
The 2nd annual Women in Construction Forum is a go today at the Sheraton Hotel in St. John's. The event, which is open to all genders, is bringing together about 200 delegates to brainstorm around the...
Nov 03, 2023 Rhonda Neary, president and chief operating officer with the Newfoundland and Labrador Construction Association (left), and association vice-chairperson Valerie Penney.
Osborne Insists Doctor Pay For Virtual Care Should Match NLMA Rate
Health Minister Tom Osborne says he has written Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services asking that physicians using the new virtual system be paid according to the medical association's MOU with go...
Nov 03, 2023
Minister 'Shocked' By Suggestion She's Risking Student Safety on School Buses
The transportation critic is raising concerns that school bus inspections are not being completed due to a lack of staff to do them. Last spring, a school bus in Mount Pearl was involved in an inciden...
Nov 03, 2023
Advocates Welcome 'Clare's Law' to Combat Intimate Partner Violence
People who fear they could be a victim of violence at the hands of their partner now have another option to protect themselves. The Interpersonal Violence Disclosure Protocol Act, better known as Clar...
Nov 03, 2023 From left, Justice and Public Safety Minister John Hogan, Pam Parsons, minister responsible for the Office of Women and Gender Equality, and Malin Enstrom, acting executive director of Iris Kirby House.
