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St. John's Pride Festival Kicks Off This Sunday
Despite a late start in planning this year's event, things are well in place for the upcoming St. John's Pride Festival. The two-week-long event gets underway this Sunday with a queer market at the St...
Jul 05, 2023 (Eddy St. Coeur)
Preliminary Inquiry Set for Corner Brook Man Charged with Second-Degree Murder
The preliminary inquiry has been set for a Corner Brook man charged with second-degree murder. Forty-eight-year-old Blair Walsh was initially charged with aggravated assault after a man was rushed to ...
Jul 05, 2023
Office of Privacy Commissioner Denies Request for Information on Chemicals Used at Aquarena
A person who tried to get information on the types, cost and amount of chemicals being used at the Aquarena has been denied by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. Memorial University, which owns t...
Jul 05, 2023
Man Acquitted of Sexual Offences Against 14-Year-Old Girl
A man has been acquitted of sexual offences against a 14-year-old girl in metro in Supreme Court in relation to incidents one night in February, 2020. In delivering her verdict, the judge was critical...
Jul 05, 2023
Province Eliminates Fee for Electronic Medical Record Program
Government will now fully cover the cost of its medical record program. The province is eliminating the operational fee for health care providers for their eDOCSNL system to reduce the administrative ...
Jul 05, 2023 Health Minister Tom Osborne
Community Groups Question Government Funding for Downtown Safety Coalition
A number of community groups representing marginalized and vulnerable people have penned an open letter to the province and the capital city, expressing concerns over funding for the Downtown Safety C...
Jul 05, 2023
Sharing the Harvest Encourgaing Donations of Capelin to Food Banks
Sharing the Harvest NL is encouraging the donation of capelin to food banks as the fish have starting rolling. The group looks to get local foods such as moose meat and fish to food banks and food pro...
Jul 05, 2023
Urgent Care Services Temporarily Unavailable in Whitbourne
Urgent care services in Whitbourne are unavailable today. Urgent care services are cancelled for today at the Dr. William H. Newhook Community Health Centre, however they will resume tomorrow at 8:00 ...
Jul 05, 2023
Minnesota Wild Hire Newfoundlander as Assistant Coach
A Newfoundlander is switching NHL teams. Jason King has been hired as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Wild. The Corner Brook native spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach with the Van...
Jul 04, 2023 Photo via Tiwtter
Veteran's Memorial Highway Currently Impassable Due to Collision
The Veteran's Memorial Highway is currently impassable between Tilton and Danny Cleary Arena due to a car crash. Traffic in the area is being diverted along Route 70. There is no word on injuries or t...
Jul 04, 2023
