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Province Launches Portal to Track Child Care Demand
The province has introduced a website to help assess and better understand the current demand for child care in the province. Anyone looking for child care is asked to visit the province's Child Care ...
Oct 17, 2023
Campaign to Change Limitations Act for Physical Hits Provincial Legislature
The campaign to have the provincial government change the Limitations Act to remove timelines for legal action regarding physical abuse found its way to the legislature yesterday. Newfoundland and Lab...
Oct 17, 2023 Jack Whalen outside Confederation Building (Fil Photo)
RNC: Tent City Not Being Dismantled
Contrary to rumours on social media, the tent city across the street from Confederation Building is not being dismantled. Photos and video showing RNC officers removing tents and other items from the ...
Oct 17, 2023
Film Showing Man's Journey to Find Birth Family in NL Screening Across Province
Screenings of the National Film Board's A Quiet Girl are taking place this week and next in Newfoundland. The film's debut screening took place last night at the Fogo Island Inn. Screening are happeni...
Oct 17, 2023 Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada
Mixed Reaction to Government Five-Point Housing Plan
A local advocate says government's new five point plant to increase affordable housing is lacking in urgent and immediate measures. Dan Meades of the Transition House Association says what the announc...
Oct 17, 2023
Premier Responds to Election Speculation
If a provincial election is in the offing, the man who would call it isn't tipping his hand-at all. Premier Andrew Furey was asked directly this morning if an election will be called in 2023. His answ...
Oct 17, 2023
Annual Inflation Rate Slows to 3.8 Per Cent in September
Statistics Canada says the annual inflation rate slowed to 3.8 per cent last month as prices year-over-year rose more slowly across the economy. The report shows consumers paid significantly less for ...
Oct 17, 2023
55-Year-Old Man Charged with Drug Trafficking in Channel-Port aux Basques
A 55-year-old man has been charged with drug trafficking after a drug bust in Channel-Port aux Basques last week. RCMP say a quantity of cocaine, cash and other items were seized from a home as part o...
Oct 17, 2023
Opposition: Five-Point Housing Plan Too Little, Too Late
The province's five-point housing plan is too little too late, according to the leaders of the opposition parties. Premier Andrew Furey announced the plan yesterday, which is aimed at increasing the a...
Oct 17, 2023
Metro Region Sees Highest Single-Day Rainfall This Year
Yesterday was a soggy one on a large chunk of the island-the highest single-day rain total for the year in metro. Things will dry out today as the winds come from the north. Meteorologist Veronica Sul...
Oct 17, 2023
