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Timing of Seal Fishery Could Help Address Seal Population: Fisheries Minister
Provincial Fisheries Minister Derek Bragg says a solution needs to be found for an exploding seal population off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. The FFAW has launched a campaign in hopes of ad...
Apr 03, 2022 (Derrick Bragg File Photo)
Big Brothers Big Sisters Sees Massive Increase in Demand for Services
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Newfoundland is reporting an increased demand for service through 2021. Kelly Leach, Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters Eastern NL, says the demand is t...
Apr 03, 2022
Controversial Snowcrab Comments Lead to Calls for Resignation of Association of Seafood Producers Executive Director
SEA-NL is calling for the resignation of the Executive Director of the Association of Seafood Producers. SEA-NL says Derek Butler should resign after publicly criticizing the province's snow crab reso...
Apr 03, 2022
Newcomers Explore Employment Opportunities at Association for New Canadians Job Fair
Dozens of newcomers attended a recent job fair hosted by the Association for New Canadians in St. John's Hediseh Khalilpourmeymandi, who has a masters degree in Safety and Risk Engineering from Memori...
Apr 03, 2022 Hediseh Khalilpourmeymandi at the ANC job fair.
Growlers Shut Out Railers for Second Straight Night
The Newfoundland Growlers scored their second shutout win of the weekend at Mary Brown's Centre last night. The game against the Worcester Railers was almost a mirror image of Friday's matchup, with t...
Apr 03, 2022
Police Investigating Serious Collision on Pitts Memorial
Police are investigating following a serious two-vehicle collision early this morning on Pitts Memorial Drive near Mount Pearl. Emergency crews were first called to the scene after 12:30 a.m. There's ...
Apr 03, 2022
Crews Respond to Serious Fire in Downtown St. John's
One person has been sent to hospital, and several others displaced by what's being described as a "serious" fire in downtown St. John's. Crews first arrived on the scene on Coronation Street just afte...
Apr 03, 2022 Photos by Rolanda Ryan
Indigenous Artists Visiting Titanic Site Alongside Research Expedition
An expedition to the Titanic site this summer will include some unlikely participants. Not only will the 2022 Titanic Survey Expedition, launched from St. John's in June, involve some groundbreaking d...
Apr 02, 2022
Avalon Expo 8 Coming in Spring
Avalon Expo 8 is coming this spring. The sci-fi and comic convention will be at the Holiday Inn on Portugal Cove Road and feature over 60 vendors, video and tabletop games, and a variety of guests tak...
Apr 02, 2022
RNC Investigating After Suspicious Fire in St. John's
The RNC is investigating a fire at a business in the metro region early Saturday morning, which they say is suspicious in nature. At around 2:30 a.m., officers rushed to a business in the city centre....
Apr 02, 2022
