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NLTA Supports Ending Rapid Test Program in K-12 Schools
The NLTA says now is as good at time as any for the discontinuation of the K-12 COVID rapid test distribution program. Union President Trent Langdon was responding to the Public Health decision announ...
Jun 22, 2022
Contract Awarded to Improve Route 430 on Great Northern Peninsula
About 10 kilometres of road on the Great Northern Peninsula is about to see upgrades, as government has awarded a $4.5 million contract to Nortech Construction to complete improvements in the region a...
Jun 22, 2022
Emergency Room Services Temporarily Closed at New-Wes-Valley Health Centre
What Central Health is calling a temporary human resource challenge at the Dr. Y.K. Jeon Kittiwake Health Centre has lead to the temporary closure of Emergency Room services at the centre. The closure...
Jun 22, 2022
Tuckamore Centre Named Recipient of Love of Reading Grant
The Tuckamore Centre in Paradise has been named among the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation grant recipients for 2022. The Tuckamore Centre, run by Eastern Health, provides services to students with c...
Jun 21, 2022 Eastern Health Photo of Tuckamore Centre
Oceana Canada Applauds Federal Governments Additions to Plastic Ban
Oceana Canada is applauding the federal government's decision to ban six new categories of single-use plastics by December of this year. The ban includes plastic utensils, straws (with some exceptions...
Jun 21, 2022
Response Team Established to Address Homelessness in Happy Valley-Goose Bay
The provincial government has established an Acute Response Team to address homelessness and transient homelessness in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. In January, a woman was found dead outside the Labrador I...
Jun 21, 2022
RCMP Nab Three Drivers Speeding Well Over The Limit
RCMP recently removed three aggressive drivers from the road, all of whom were clocked doing more than 50 km/h over the speed limit. On Saturday, police stopped a 45-year-old St. John's man who was dr...
Jun 21, 2022
RCMP Confirm Body Found in Ocean Near Witless Bay
RCMP have confirmed that a body has been found in the waters off Witless Bay. They say the body was discovered in the ocean this morning by a commercial vessel. The deceased is being transported to th...
Jun 21, 2022
Cybersecurity, Identity Theft Top Agenda at National Meeting
Digital Government Minister Sarah Stoodley has returned from a meeting with federal, provincial and territorial counterparts on the issue of cybersecurity. The province's health systems were the targe...
Jun 21, 2022 (Sarah Stoodley/ IABC-NL)
Capital City Opens New Photo Exhibit for World Refugee Day
The city of St. John's is inviting the public to recognize World Refugee Day by viewing a new photography exhibit at City Hall. "Brighter Future...Together" is an exhibit of photographs captured by Sa...
Jun 21, 2022 Photo from @CityofStJohns Twitter
