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Province Increases Monthly Rates for Subsidized Personal Care Home Beds
The provincial government has increased monthly rates provided for government-subsidized beds in personal care home and community care homes in the province. An additional $15.4 million in subsidies i...
Sep 28, 2023
Brazil: New Poll Evidence of Government Failure to Tackle Cost of Living Issues
Opposition Leader David Brazil says a recent Abacus Data poll that shows 77 per cent of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians asked are living paycheque to paycheque, is evidence of what it calls "massive ...
Sep 28, 2023
Furey Responds to Nunatsiavut Government Concerns Residential School Apologies
Premier Andrew Furey says he feels it is important to follow up on the promise made by his predecessor, Dwight Ball to issue an apology to every family and community affected by the residential school...
Sep 28, 2023
NDP Calls Spat With Saskatchewan Proof of Failing Health Care Retention Efforts
Health Minister Tom Osborne has indicated that government plans to recruit health care workers in Saskatchewan, but the NDP is calling the move proof that government's retention efforts are failing. N...
Sep 28, 2023 NDP Leader Jim Dinn
Newfoundland Family Thanks Contributors to Cancer Clinical Trials GoFundMe
A Newfoundland family is offering its heart-felt thanks to those who have contributed to make it possible for a young woman to undergo clinical trials in Montreal for her stage 4 tongue cancer. Chelsi...
Sep 28, 2023
Government Announces New School for Kenmount Terrace
The provincial government has announced a new school for Kenmount Terrace, scheduled to be open by September of 2026. The school, which is expected to include primary and elementary school grades, wil...
Sep 28, 2023 (September 2023 file photo)
Abacus Data Poll Shows Conservatives Garnering Most Support From Committed Voters
A new Abacus data poll shows that 42 per cent of committed voters polled say they support the federal Conservative Party. That's a well ahead of the Liberals who garnered 33 per cent support among com...
Sep 28, 2023 Pierre Poilievre
Innu Elder Concerned With Gull Island Hydro Development Conversations
An Innu Elder is raising concerns about ongoing discussions surrounding future hydro development in Labrador. Elizabeth Penashue says she was young when the land she knew was forever destroyed by the ...
Sep 28, 2023
Turkish Officials to Unveil New Monument at Trail of Caribou Memorial Park
Turkish officials are in the capital city today for the unveiling of a new monument to recognize the Turkish Martyrs of Gallipoli. The unveiling will take place at the Trail of the Caribou Memorial Pa...
Sep 28, 2023
All Party Committee on Substance Use and Addictions Begins Preliminary Work
The province's Health Minister says preliminary work of the All Party Committee on Substance Use and Addictions has begun. The province first announced the committee earlier this month on the heels of...
Sep 28, 2023 Gerard Yetman, Executive Director of Aids Committee of Newfoundland and Labrador (left), Health Minister Tom Osborne (centre), and Jeff Bourne, Executive Director at U-Turn Addiction Drop in Centre (right) at the announcement of the all party committee.
