Category Archives: Local News

Eastern Health has launched a virtual care survey as they look for feedback from the public about their experience with virtual medical appointments. Virtual care refers to any health care appointment...

Gas is more expensive today - just over 2 cents (2.1) a litre. Diesel is up by 1.9 cents, while furnace oil is up 1.58 and stove oil goes up 1.62 cents a litre. Propane is up by less than a cent a lit...

Premier Andrew Furey insists neither Quebec nor Hydro-Quebec are involved in talks to achieve rate mitigation due to Muskrat Falls. The Opposition Tories say they're concerned the province is looking ...

A Long Beach, Trinity Bay woman and her young family came upon an unusual sight while walking the beach earlier this week. Lynette Peach, her son and daughter noticed thousands of tiny creatures linin...

Walk-in clinics for the COVID vaccine will be opening up on the province's west coast beginning today. The clinics are available for first doses for those 12 and older. Walk-ins will be accommodated b...

One of the most glaring omissions from the province's reopening plan is the K-12 school system, but the province's chief medical officer contends that is an issue that must be addressed separately. Un...

As long as case counts remain low and vaccination rates stay on track, the province will be opening to the rest of Canada by July 1st. That means a whole new swath of travellers entering Newfoundland ...

Labrador-Grenfell Health is reassuring the public following what the health authority calls misinformation being circulated regarding health services on the tip of the Northern Peninsula. The health a...

This week's provincial budget contained half a million dollars for an Electric Vehicle Adoption Accelerator program, with more rebates possible pending PUB approval. The aim is to encourage people to ...

The Opposition Tories are asking serious questions about how the province managed to receive some 100,000 counterfeit N95 masks, some of which were used in the healthcare system. The information was r...