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Some Customers Still Without Services Following Rogers Outage
Some customers still don't have the full range of communications services restored from Friday morning's failure of the core network at Rogers. The failure knocked out about 25 per cent of Canada's co...
Jul 11, 2022 Kaitlyn Baker / Unsplash
NL Brings Home Three Gold Medals from Minor Atlantic Soccer Championships
Newfoundland and Labrador captured three gold medals at minor Atlantic Soccer championships on the weekend. The girls' U-13 defeated PEI 6-2 at KGV in St. John's on goals by Kate Reimer, Danica Edward...
Jul 11, 2022
Aging Demographic, Slowdowns in Immigration Contributing to Labour Shortage
The continuing labour crunch is being described as the "single biggest issue facing employers" in all sectors and pressure is being put on the federal government to deal with a backlog in applications...
Jul 11, 2022
Government Still Considering Fixed Link Between Island and Labrador
The concept of a fixed link between the island and Labrador remains a priority for the provincial government after decades of being bandied about by successive governments. Millions of dollars were sp...
Jul 11, 2022 Minister Lisa Dempster
High Gas Prices Causing Food Crisis on North Coast of Labrador: Evans
If island residents thought the price of gas was high, spare a thought for the residents of the north coast of Labrador where MHA Lela Evans says an extra 50 cents a litre on gas is causing a food cri...
Jul 11, 2022 (Lela Evans, file photo.)
Two People Displaced Following Goulds House Fire
The Canadian Red Cross is helping out two people left homeless after a fire in the Goulds Saturday night. The blaze, which broke out around 7 p.m., caused considerable damage to the split-level house ...
Jul 11, 2022
Emergency Services Closed at Whitbourne Health Centre
Emergency services at the Dr. Williams H. Newhook Community Health Centre in Whitbourne are not available for the next week due to staffing shortages. Patients who feel they have a serious or urgent m...
Jul 11, 2022
Soccer, Minor Baseball, Latest Casualties of Mount Pearl Strike
Mount Pearl's soccer and minor baseball associations have been forced suspend games and programs due to the municipal workers' strike in the city. Minor baseball games are cancelled until further noti...
Jul 10, 2022
Brother of Terry Fox Encouraging Canadians to Join Ride of Hope Campaign
The brother of a Canadian hero is encouraging cyclists of all ages and abilities to join him in a special fundraising campaign for cancer research. Darrell Fox launched the Ride of Hope in 2015, aimed...
Jul 10, 2022
Brush Fire at Placentia Junction Under Control: RCMP
RCMP say a brush fire in the Argentia/Placentia area of the Avalon Peninsula is now under control. Police issued advisories shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon asking the public to avoid the area of...
Jul 10, 2022
