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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.
Inuit Accepting of Apologies From Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Premier Andrew Furey will deliver two more apologies today to Inuit communities and survivors of residential schools in Labrador. Furey has been visiting those communities and meeting with leaders and...
Nov 03, 2023 From left, Nunatsiavut President Johannes Lampe, residential school survivor Toby Obed and Premier Andrew Furey.
City of St. John's Reports Privacy Breach With RECconnect System
The City of St. John's is reporting a privacy breach, affecting 219 residents who use the RECconnect online system. The city says on Tuesday an employee was the victim of a phishing scam in which some...
Nov 03, 2023
Sidewalk Patios Cost Six Times More in St. John's Than Toronto: Report
The capital city charges nearly six times as much for a sidewalk patio than Canada's largest city. That's according to a new report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business on concerns sur...
Nov 02, 2023 (Photo courtesy City of St. John's.)
RNC Continue Search for Missing 15-Year-Old
The RNC is continuing its search for Liam Tripp, a 15-year-old boy reported missing. Tripp is 6 feet 5 inches tall and about 180 pounds with short light brown hair, blue eyes and a slim build. He is k...
Nov 02, 2023
Oil and Gas Industry Stays Silent: Newfoundland Offshore Land Sale Sees Zero Bidders
There were no takers by the oil and gas industry this time around for a land sale offshore Newfoundland. The C-NLOPB offered 28 parcels of land in the eastern Newfoundland region totaling over 7 milli...
Nov 02, 2023
MUN Lecturers' Union Alarmed By Findings of AG Report
The Lecturers' Union at Memorial University is "gobsmacked" by the Auditor General's report on spending at MUN, released publicly last week. Spokesperson Alison Coffin says the administrative bloat un...
Nov 02, 2023 (Allison Coffin)
Northpine Foundation Gives Bonavista Organization $400,000 for Hydroponic Farm
This province has one of the highest rates of food insecurity in the country. Finding fresh produce in some parts of rural Newfoundland and Labrador can be particularly challenging. The Northpine Foun...
Nov 02, 2023 (Photo via Gov NL.)
