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Police Investigating Theft of $9,000 in Diesel Fuel from Crane in Argentia
Placentia RCMP are investigating the recent theft of approximately $9,000 dollars in diesel fuel from an industrial crane parked near the wharf at the Port of Argentia. Diesel fuel prices have skyrock...
Apr 12, 2022
Deer Lake Regional Airport Authority Holding AGM
The Deer Lake Regional Airport Authority is holding its annual general meeting this evening. Deer Lake is one of a number of local airports that recently received $250,000 dollars in assistance from t...
Apr 12, 2022
Province Commissions Research to Address Healthcare Staffing Issues
The province's Health Minister says ways forward must be found to deal with a shift in the way in which health care workers want to work. At last count, there were some 500 or so health care workers o...
Apr 11, 2022 (File photo.)
Cuts for MUN the Latest Challenge in Series of Difficult Years: University President
Memorial University calls the provincial budget a challenging one for them, with a cut of over $13-million in its operating grant from the province. President Vianne Timmons says the past six years ha...
Apr 11, 2022 (Photo courtesy Memorial University.)
Cost of Living Debate Leads to Lively Exchange in HoA
The Opposition grilled government Monday in the House of Assembly on measures to help Newfoundlanders and Labradorians with the rising cost of living, leading to a lively exchange between Education Mi...
Apr 11, 2022
X-Ray Services to Resume in Port aux Basques This Week
X-ray services will resume this week at the Dr. Charles LeGrow Health Centre in Port aux Basques. Western health says blood work and medical imaging services will be by appointment only effective Apri...
Apr 11, 2022
Polar Bear Problems Bearing Down on Northern Peninsula
There have been numerous polar bear sightings in and around St. Anthony in recent days. In one case, a polar bear was caught on surveillance video climbing on the roof of a home in St. Anthony after c...
Apr 11, 2022 Via Kenneth Keats on Facebook.
Legislature Approves Salary Increase for Provincial Court Judges
The legislature has passed a resolution approving an eight per cent salary increase for provincial court judges retroactive to April 1st, 2017. The change comes after the legislature failed to vote on...
Apr 11, 2022
Alberta Construction Company Recruiting NL Workers as Province Sees Labour Crunch in Some Industries
A labour shortage in Alberta means at least one company in that province is actively recruiting workers from this province. Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland referenced Canada's booming econo...
Apr 11, 2022
MUN Hosting First-Ever Women in Leadership Conference
Memorial University is hosting its first-ever conference on women in leadership this coming June. Reimagining Leadership: Portraits of Resilience is being described as a day of listening to real-life ...
Apr 11, 2022
