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Province to Expand Travelling Orthopaedic Surgery Program to Carbonear
The provincial government is expanding its travelling orthopaedics program to Carbonear General Hospital. Surgeries will begin in the community on September 25. Premier Andrew Furey made the announcem...
Sep 05, 2023 (Divisional Head of Orthopaedics with NL Health Services, Dr. Will Moores, Premier Andrew Furey, and area MHA Steve Crocker.)
78-Year-Old Man Facing Charges After Crashing Car Near Reef's Harbour
A 78-year-old man is facing a number of charges after a car left the road near Reef's Harbour on the Great Northern Peninsula in the wee hours of Thursday morning. Port Saunders RCMP arrived on the sc...
Sep 05, 2023
Majority of Overdose Deaths in Recent Years Involve People Ages 31 to 60
People between the ages of 31 and 60 made up the bulk of deaths due to overdose, or drug toxicity, in recent years. That's according to numbers released last week by the Chief Medical Examiner's Offic...
Sep 05, 2023 Jeff Anderson / CC
Government Collects $11 Million in Sugar Tax Revenue
As of last week, the provincial government had collected some $11 million in revenue from the sugar-sweetened beverage tax in just one year-but whether or not it's resulted in reduced consumption rema...
Sep 05, 2023
Breaches at RNC Again Raise Ire of Privacy Commissioner
The province's privacy commissioner has once again taken the RNC to task for being vulnerable to breaches by snooping employees. In his latest report released on Friday, Michael Harvey made six recomm...
Sep 05, 2023
CBS MHA Hoping Issues at Frank Roberts Junior High Have Been Addressed
The MHA for CBS is hoping issues at Frank Roberts Junior High have been addressed in some way ahead of the new school year. PC MHA and education critic Barry Petten says that he and the education mini...
Sep 05, 2023 (File photo.)
Passenger Traffic Continues to Improve at YYT
Numbers continue to improve year-over-year at St. john's International following the lows seen during the pandemic. Director of Business Development and Marketing at the airport, Lisa Bragg, details s...
Sep 05, 2023
Baie Verte Family Displaced After House Fire
A young family of three has been displaced following a fire shortly after 10 a.m. on Sunday on the main road in Baie Verte. The blaze caused major damage to the bungalow, with the family now staying w...
Sep 05, 2023
Impaired Driver Collides with Vehicle, Leaves Scene on Flat Tire
A man has been charged with drunk driving after his car collided with another late last night in the west end of St. John's. A woman called the RNC after her vehicle was struck. The offending vehicle ...
Sep 05, 2023
Red Shoe Crew - Walk For Families Set for Late September
An annual fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House is fast approaching. The Red Shoe Crew - Walk for Families, an event that raises money for the organization, is set for September 23. The event was t...
Sep 04, 2023
