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Celtx Acquired by Major Global Media Technology Company
A local company has been acquired by a major new global media technology company in a $200 million dollar deal. Backlight has acquired Celtx which was founded in St. John's more than 20 years ago. Cel...
Apr 14, 2022
New Film School Will Put NL Industry on Global Stage, Says Producer
A local producer says recent steps taken to bolster the film industry will help the province stand up on the global stage. Yesterday, the College of the North Atlantic announced a new Film and Media P...
Apr 14, 2022
CMOH Expecting Province's Epidemiology to Improve Over Coming Weeks
With hundreds of thousands of cases, Newfoundland and Labrador is near the peak of its current COVID wave, according to the province's Chief Medical Officer of Health. Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says while...
Apr 14, 2022 (File photo.)
Exploits Search and Rescue Member Locates Missing Beagle
Exploits Search and Rescue is usually called upon to help find lost or missing humans, but it seems some members will also go above and beyond to help find missing pets. That's what happened when Roge...
Apr 14, 2022
Fuel Prices Down This Week
A slight decrease at the gas pumps today, while some other fuels are seeing a more substantial drop in prices. The regulated price of gas is down 1.1 cents a litre, while diesel on the island portion ...
Apr 14, 2022
Group Recruiting Athletes to Compete in 2022 Canada 55 Plus Games in B.C.
A new local group is hoping that Newfoundland and Labrador will have representation at the 2022 Canada 55 Plus Games set for Kamloops, British Columbia in August. This province is the only one without...
Apr 13, 2022
Visitor Restrictions in Place at Numerous Eastern Health Facilities
Eastern Health has imposed temporary visitor restrictions in a number of long-term and acute care facilities throughout the health authority due to the spread of COVID-19. Each resident or patient in ...
Apr 13, 2022
One in Hospital, Several Others Displaced by Fire in Sheshatshiu
One person is in hospital and around a dozen people have been displaced by a fire in Sheshatshiu. Around 2:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, a building containing four apartments in the community caught fire...
Apr 13, 2022
VOCM Cares Ronald McDonald House Radiothon Raises $295,000 for Family Time Park Campaign
Ronald McDonald House, a home away from home for families of patients undergoing treatment at the Janeway Children's Hospital, will be able to put shovels in the ground this summer for the development...
Apr 13, 2022
Report Tabled in House of Assembly Calling for Suspension of Independent MHA Eddie Joyce
The Commission of Legislative Standards is calling for Independent MHA Eddie Joyce to be suspended from the House of Assembly. Bruce Chaulk's report was tabled in the legislature this afternoon and de...
Apr 13, 2022
