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Two Contracts Awarded for Highway Repaving on Southern Avalon
Two contracts have been awarded for highways on the southern Avalon. Farrell's Excavating upgraded and repaved about 10 kilometres of the Southern Shore Highway between Cappahayden and Portugal Cove S...
May 30, 2022 (File photo of paving on the Outer Ring Road.)
Federal Government Spends $430,000 on Healthy Eating Project
The federal government is providing $430,000 for a project designed to encourage healthier eating in eight communities across the province. St. John's East MP Joanne Thompson made the announcement las...
May 30, 2022 (VOCM News)
Justice Minister Says Building of HMP Replacement Getting Closer
The province is getting closer to building the long-awaited replacement for HMP. That's according to Justice Minister John Hogan who says the location for the new facility has already been identified ...
May 30, 2022
Employers' Council Welcoming Any Offset to Increased Costs
The NL Employers' Council says any offset to help with increased costs is welcomed, but those increases just keep coming. Employers' Council Executive Director Jaclyn Sullivan was responding to a one-...
May 30, 2022
RNU President Optimistic Relief to Address Shortages Coming
The President of the Registered Nurses Union is optimistic that some relief is coming to address staffing shortages affecting nurses and the health care system as a whole. Yvette Coffey says there are...
May 30, 2022 Yvette Coffey
St. John's Considering Military Road Transition House Application
The city of St. John's is considering an application from Stella's Circle to develop a transition house on Military Road. The application in question is to redevelop a building across the street from ...
May 30, 2022
Large Crowd Gathers for Alzheimer's Awareness Walk
A walk in support of the Alzheimer's Society of Newfoundland and Labrador took place on Sunday. The rain was not enough to stop a large crowd from participating in a walk and social event at Westbury ...
May 30, 2022
VOCM Cares Radiothon Raises Upwards of $150,000 for Burin Peninsula Health Care Foundation
More than $150,000 was raised Sunday during the VOCM Cares Foundation's Radiothon in aid of the Burin Peninsula Health Care Foundation. Money raised during the four-hour event will go toward purchasin...
May 30, 2022
MUN Holding First Post-Pandemic Convocation
For the first time in three years, Memorial University is holding spring convocation ceremonies in St. John's beginning Monday. The university says about 2,700 students will be graduating this spring ...
May 30, 2022 (File Photo courtesy Memorial University.)
Torbay ATV Collision Sends One to Hospital
The operator of an all-terrain vehicle was rushed to hospital with serious injuries following a crash in Torbay. The accident happened at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday. An ATV collided with a pickup truck in...
May 30, 2022
