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CUPE Holding Information Picket in Response to Reset Plan
CUPE members are calling on the public to reject Premier Andrew Furey's big reset plan, and will be holding an information picket this morning. Sherry Hillier, CUPE NL President, says the Premier want...
Dec 05, 2021 (Sherry Hillier via Facebook.)
Province Thanks Canadian Armed Forces for Assistance Following Damaging Storm
The provincial government is thanking the Canadian Armed Forces for its help following last week's damaging rainfall on the southwest coast. Thirty-four members of Joint Task Force Atlantic were assig...
Dec 05, 2021 Photo via Justice and Public Safety NL Twitter.
Woman Charged in Connection With Multiple Thefts in Metro
A 26-year-old woman has been charged with multiple thefts, one of which occurred in November. At approximately 9:00 Saturday night, RNC officers were at a business on Blackmarsh Road to investigate a ...
Dec 05, 2021
Growlers Fall to Royals 4-2, Marking First Losing Streak of Season
The Newfoundland Growlers dropped their second straight game to the Reading Royals at the Mary Brown's Centre last night, this time by a score of 4-2. Marcus Power and Orin Centazzo each lit the lamp ...
Dec 05, 2021
Deer Lake Airport Launches New Strategic Plan
The Deer Lake Regional Airport Authority has launched a new strategic plan as it rebrands in the face of significant challenges presented in the last two years. The strategy, released on Friday, outli...
Dec 04, 2021
Local Tourism Operator Wins Sustainable Tourism Award
A local tourism operator, in operation for a quarter century, has won the Sustainable Tourism Award at the Canadian Tourism Awards in Ottawa. Chair of Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador, Brenda O'R...
Dec 04, 2021
Newfoundland Pony Society Working Towards Quarter-Million Dollar Fundraising Goal
The Newfoundland Pony Society is reporting progress in achieving its $250,000 fundraising goal to help establish a Heritage Park near Hopeall, Trinity Bay. Some $75,000 dollars has been raised in the ...
Dec 04, 2021 (Photo courtesy Matthew Emberton.)
Growlers Fall to Royals 3-1
The Growlers winning streak will stop at seven, as they fell 3-1 to the Reading Royals last night. Reading took the lead early, scoring midway through the first and never looked back. Marcus Power net...
Dec 04, 2021
Submissions Open for High School Short Film Festival and Symposium
High school students are being invited to exercise their creative talents over the holidays by putting together a short film for submission to the province's first High School Short Film Festival and ...
Dec 04, 2021
Music NL Holding Gala Night
It's gala night for the province's music industry. Music Week celebrations wrap up this evening on stage at Holy Heart Theatre in St. John's. Music NL Executive Director Rhonda Tulk Lane says they hav...
Dec 04, 2021 Photo Courtesy: Music NL
