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Province to Review Public Utilities Legislation
With continued questions swirling around how the PUB sets its fuel prices, the provincial government is providing more details this hour on a review of Petroleum Products Act. The review will be led b...
May 10, 2022
Independent MHA Joins Call for Government to Address Cataract Surgery Backlog
Independent MHA Paul Lane is joining with Eddie Joyce in calling on the provincial government to address a significant backlog in cataract surgery. Lane says he knows of a woman in her seventies in th...
May 10, 2022
Paradise Paving Fined $40,000 in Fatal Workplace Incident
A paving company has been fined $40,000 in connection with a fatal workplace incident that occurred almost three years ago. It happened in New Harbour on May 31, 2019, as the company was preparing to ...
May 10, 2022
Construction to Begin on New Pump Track in Quidi Vidi
Construction on that pump track next to the dog park in Quidi Vidi starts this week so that green space will be fenced off with no public access to the area during the project. Heavy equipment will re...
May 10, 2022
Central Health Continues Virtual Town Halls to Address Doctor Shortage
Central Health is continuing its series of virtual town halls this week for residents who are having trouble accessing a family doctor. The health authority has been having trouble recruiting physicia...
May 10, 2022
DFO Research Scientist Commending Officials for Protecting Walrus on Middle Cove Beach
A research scientist with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans believes wildlife officials handled the situation well when a walrus ended up on Middle Cove Beach. The marine mammal spent all day Sat...
May 10, 2022
Baie Verte Mayor Resigns Over Road Work
The recent resignation of the Mayor of Baie Verte over infrastructure work was raised on the floor of the House of Assembly. Transportation critic Barry Petten put the question to Minister Elvis Lovel...
May 10, 2022 (Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, Elvis Loveless.)
Matthew Twyne Awaiting Bail Hearing Following Weekend Arrest
Repeat sex offender Matthew Twyne remains behind bars following another arrest over the weekend. The 36-year-old was picked up near a school in the centre of St. John's for allegedly breaking conditio...
May 10, 2022 (File photo.)
Lynx Air Adding More Flights Through YYT
Lynx Air is adding more flights in and out of St. John's International. The airline is adding two "through-flights" from Edmonton and Calgary, as well as expanding its previously announced Toronto rou...
May 10, 2022
Price of Gas Jumps by 11.3 Cents
The price of gas continues its relentless climb. It jumped last night by up to 11.3 cents a litre. There is no change in other fuels at this time. Benchmark crude oil prices dropped by 6 per cent yest...
May 10, 2022
