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Gas Up Slightly, Diesel Down By Four Cents in Latest Price Adjustment
Most fuels cost less today than yesterday but there are a couple of slight increases. The Public Utilities Board adjusted its price schedule at midnight. Gasoline is up by about half a cent but diesel...
Sep 08, 2022
Union Defends Right to Picket Outside Homes of Councillors
The union representing workers with the city of Mount Pearl-on strike for the last ten weeks-is defending its right to picket outside the homes of city councillors. Mount Pearl's virtual council meeti...
Sep 08, 2022 (Ken Turner, CUPE Local 2099.)
Eastern Health Looks to Improve Capacity Due to High Demand at Mundy Pond Clinic
More than 4,700 patients have passed through the doors of Eastern Health's new clinic on Mundy Pond Road since it opened in January of 2022. The clinic, which is staffed by a rotating team of health c...
Sep 08, 2022
Best Friends Cash In $15.5-Million Lotto 6/49 Ticket
Two best friends are the province's newest millionaires. Doug Ellsworth and Lawrence Russell, who have been best friends for over three decades, won $15.5-million from the August 27th Lotto 6/49 draw....
Sep 07, 2022 Photo Courtesy Atlantic Lottery
Federation of Labour Urges Government to Leave Temporary EI Measures in Place
The NL Federation of Labour is raising the alarm about changes to Employment Insurance once temporary measures imposed during the pandemic expire September 24. Access to EI was made easier when COVID ...
Sep 07, 2022 (VOCM File photo.)
Marystown Man Charged with Abduction After Allegedly Taking Child to St. John's Without Family's Consent
A 25-year-old Marystown man is facing multiple charges, including a charge of abduction after he allegedly took a young person to St. John's without the consent of the child's family. The RNC located ...
Sep 07, 2022
Six Charged for Salmon Poaching on Baie Verte Peninsula
Six people have been charged with poaching Atlantic salmon following two separate investigations on the Baie Verte Peninsula. On July 6, Resource Enforcement Officers arrested two people in Westport, ...
Sep 07, 2022 (Stock photo.)
Province Reports Five New Deaths due to COVID; Hospitalizations and Confirmed Case Counts Drop Considerably
Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting five new deaths due to COVID-19 over the last week. There has, however, been a considerable drop in the number of hospitalizations due to COVID. Currently, three...
Sep 07, 2022
Former School for the Deaf Administrator Following Carter Churchill Case
A complaint made to the NL Human Rights Commission by Kim and Todd Churchill, parents of Carter Churchill, has led to a human rights inquiry that is ongoing in St. John's. The hearing also stirs emoti...
Sep 07, 2022
Wanted Man on Bonavista Peninsula Turns Himself In
A wanted man has turned himself in. A warrant was issued for 39-year-old Jason Howard Little of Upper Amherst Cove last Friday, who was wanted on charges of assaulting an officer with a weapon, mischi...
Sep 07, 2022
