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Seniors' Advocate Responds to Increasing Rates at Private Personal Care Homes
The Seniors' Advocate's office has been contacted by numerous private-pay residents of personal care homes worried about what happens now that they've been notified of dramatic rate increases-in some ...
Oct 20, 2023 Seniors' Advocate Susan Walsh (VOCM News)
CIHI Study Shows Unintentional Harm to Patients Rose Due to Pandemic Staffing Shortages
Health ministers from across the country last week agreed to five key strategies to help address the recruitment and retention of health care workers. New information released by the Canadian Institut...
Oct 20, 2023
Cupids Man Arrested in Bay Roberts Area Break-Ins
A Cupids man has been charged following a pair of break-in's in the Bay Roberts area early Thursday morning. Around 3:45 a.m., RCMP were notified of multiple alarms activated at the Baccalieu Pharmacy...
Oct 20, 2023 Police Service Dog Marlow (RCMP)
Pike Says He Misspoke on Housing Numbers; NDP Accuses Government of Lying to Public
The Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development says he misspoke when describing 750 new government housing units across the province. The CBC reported today that despite government claims th...
Oct 19, 2023 Paul Pike
Credit Unions Celebrate 75th International Credit Union Day
Today is International Credit Union Day, a day which has been celebrated since 1948. The Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union is the largest credit union in the province . Glenn Bolger, CEO, says th...
Oct 19, 2023 Glenn Bolger
Auditor General Delivers Memorial University Audit to Government
Auditor General Denise Hanrahan has delivered her audit report on spending at Memorial University to government. The province requested a full and comprehensive review of operations at MUN back in Apr...
Oct 19, 2023 Auditor General Denise Hanrahan
Crews Extinguish Blaze at East End Recycling Facility
The St. John's Regional Fire Department made quick work of a fire at a recycling facility in the capital city's east end earlier this afternoon. Huge plumes of thick black smoke could be seen coming f...
Oct 19, 2023
NAPE Members Gather for 25th Biennial Convention
The largest public-sector union in the province is gathering, in person, for its first full-fledged convention since the pandemic. The Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Emplo...
Oct 19, 2023
Government Launches One Year Continuous Glucose Monitoring Pilot for Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Patients
The provincial government has announced the details of its continuous glucose monitoring pilot project. The one year pilot, which has already begun, targets people under the age of 18 with type one di...
Oct 19, 2023
No Risk to Youth After Burin Police Investigate Report of Vehicle Approaching Child
The RCMP say they have investigated a recent report of attempted child luring in the Bulls Cove area of Burin and have determined that no attempt to lure a child took place. Burin Peninsula RCMP say t...
Oct 19, 2023
