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Applications Open for Community Garden Support Program
Applications are opening for the 2022 Community Garden Support Program. The program helps municipalities and community groups establish community gardens to increase food security through $100,000 in ...
Apr 17, 2022 Dennis Sylvester Hurd / CC
NL Waives Immigration Application Fees Under Provincial Nominee Program
Among the budget items announced last week was the elimination of immigration application fees under the Provincial Nominee Program. The hope is that it will make it easier for people to bring in fami...
Apr 17, 2022
Fitness Coach Launches Boxing Camps Focused on Mental Health Benefits
A training camp focusing on the mental health benefits of boxing is taking place this summer. Button Adventures, located in Broad Cove, will be holding non-contact boxing training camps, looking to in...
Apr 17, 2022 (Photo via Button Adventures/Facebook.)
Police Searching for Driver Involved in Collision in Metro
There was a serious two-vehicle collision on Water Street West last night and police are still looking for one of the drivers. The accident happened in the Patrick Street area just before 9:30. The RN...
Apr 17, 2022
CMOH Believes Provincial COVID Curve Ahead Rest of Country
The province's Chief Medical Officer of Health believes Newfoundland and Labrador's COVID curve is ahead of the rest of the country. For much of the pandemic, our trends seemed to be lagging behind th...
Apr 17, 2022 (File photo.)
Labrador Expecting Messy Weather Over Easter Weekend
There's some heavy weather blowing into parts of Labrador this Easter Weekend with storm warnings and storm watches out. Coastal and southern Labrador could get between 15 and 30 cm of the white stuff...
Apr 17, 2022
Land Use Planning Crucial, says Minister of Municipal Affairs
The Minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs is stressing the importance of professional land use planning. Minister Krista Lynn Howell says over half of municipalities in the province have munici...
Apr 17, 2022 (File photo.)
Man Charged Following Disturbance at Western Regional Hospital
Police have made an arrest in connection with a disturbance at the Western Regional Memorial Hospital in Corner Brook. The incident happened yesterday morning at about 9:00 and the RNC have charged a ...
Apr 17, 2022
"Faith Can Survive Without Buildings," says Local Priest
This could be the very last Easter Sunday service in some Roman Catholic churches in Newfoundland, but a local priest is putting this Easter in perspective. Father Paul Lundrigan of Holy Trinity in To...
Apr 17, 2022
Mallard Cottage to be Featured on Food Network's Big Food Bucket List
Newfoundland and Labrador's culinary scene will be on display once again on the Food Network, as Mallard Cottage is set to be featured on the Big Food Bucket List show. Host John Catucci says the show...
Apr 17, 2022 (Photo via Food Network Canada Twitter page.)
