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Conservation Corps Stressing Importance of Climate Change Education
The Conservation Corps Newfoundland and Labrador is stressing the importance of getting messages out to children early about how they can protect the environment. The organization made a presentation ...
Jun 07, 2022
Meetings Underway with Premier's Youth Council
Two days of meetings are underway with government representatives and members of the Premier's Youth Council. Co-chairs Katherine Dibbon and Benjamin Oates are leading a group of approximately 25 peop...
Jun 07, 2022
Federal Government Cuts Funding for Easter Seals Summer Job Program
Easter Seals NL is hopeful a solution can be found to a cut in federal funding for their Summer Jobs program. Easter Seals hires students each year to put off their summer camp for children and young ...
Jun 07, 2022 Easter Seals House on Mt. Scio Road.
Family of Cortney Lake Marking Five Years Since Disappearance
Today marks the 5th anniversary of a missing persons' case that has haunted the entire province. 24-year-old Cortney Lake went missing on June 7, 2017. Following a call for surveillance or dash cam fo...
Jun 07, 2022
Province to Announce Measures to Help Recruit and Retain Doctors
The provincial government is announcing new measures today to help support the recruitment and retention of physicians. The NLMA last week released a survey showing 24 per cent of people asked do not ...
Jun 07, 2022 (File photo.)
Gas Up 9 Cents as PUB Raises Fuel Prices
A big jump in some fuel prices today, including gas and diesel. The PUB has intervened to make fuel price adjustments in response to recent market conditions. Gas is up by 9 cents a litre, while diese...
Jun 07, 2022
NLC Reports Increase in Cannabis Sales Over Last Year
The NLC is reporting an increase in cannabis sales for the fiscal year ending in April of 2022. Sales through licensed cannabis retailers increased by 17.2 per cent over the previous year for a total ...
Jun 07, 2022
St. John's Council Approves Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
St. John's City Council has passed a proposal for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in the city. Deputy Mayor Sheilagh O'Leary says a total of 26 Level 2 electrical vehicle chargi...
Jun 07, 2022
School Bus Driver Frustrated After Oncoming Vehicle Almost strikes Student
A school bus driver in metro is shaking her head at irresponsible drivers after a near-miss on her run through Portugal Cove this morning. Wendy Squires-Ennis says a vehicle coming toward the bus blew...
Jun 06, 2022 (Image by Wokandapix from Pixabay)
Province's Tourism Industry on the Rebound, says West Coast Tourism Operator
It appears that the tourism industry in Newfoundland and Labrador is on the rebound. With travel restrictions being lifted, people are looking to catch up on the travelling they have missed. Some folk...
Jun 06, 2022 Via Holiday Inn Express Deer Lake on Facebook
