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Nurses Holding Rallies Across Province Amidst "Crisis"
Nurses across the country - including metro and the rest of NL - rallied today in protest of working conditions amid what they categorize as a national crisis. The Registered Nurses Union says there a...
Sep 17, 2021
MHA Does Not Foresee Any Cuts At Carbonear Hospital
Local residents are concerned about possible downgrades in service at Carbonear General Hospital, but the area MHA says there are no such plans in the works. A rally protesting potential changes has b...
Sep 17, 2021
Vehicle Impounded, Another Under Inspection in Central, Say RCMP
A vehicle has been impounded and another under inspection after a series of traffic stops by RCMP in Grand-Falls Windsor. Shortly before 4:00 p.m. police pulled over a pickup truck without a front bum...
Sep 17, 2021
NAPE and Department of Health Teaming Up on Emergency Services Issue After 'Tense' Meeting
NAPE and the Health Minister went another round yesterday over paramedics and emergency services, and the lack thereof. The issue has been brought back to the fore by the increasing number of so-calle...
Sep 17, 2021
SJRFD's Raise the Bucket Event Postponed Due To Impending Weather
The St. John's Regional Fire Department's Dollar a Day fundraiser has been temporarily sidelined due to tropical storm Odette. Raise the Bucket for Mental Health was scheduled for Sunday outside Mile ...
Sep 17, 2021 Photo courtesy: Dollar A Day Twitter page.
Quidi Vidi Brewery 25th Anniversary Bash Changes Venue
The 25th-anniversary celebration for Quidi Vidi Brewery has had to pivot because of Hurricane Larry. There was to be an event at Bannerman Park on September 18, but the park is closed after sustaining...
Sep 16, 2021
Protecting Pedestrian Trails Group Draws Mixed Responses From Candidates
A group opposed to sharing the city's Grand Concourse trail system with cyclists has received mixed responses to a question posed to candidates running for council. The group Protecting Pedestrian Tra...
Sep 16, 2021 (File photo.)
Back and Forth Continues Between NAPE and Department of Health Over Paramedic and Ambulance Services
The back and forth between NAPE and the province continues over paramedic and ambulance services. Health Minister John Haggie says an emotional meeting with paramedics this morning further opened his ...
Sep 16, 2021
NAPE Launches Campaign Urging Unionization
NAPE has launched an advertising campaign urging people who work in a non-unionized environment to consider the benefits of unionizing. President Jerry Earle says they have received a large influx of ...
Sep 16, 2021 (File photo.)
Terry Fox Run Going Ahead Under Modified Restrictions
This weekend thousands of people will be taking to the streets for the 41st annual Terry Fox Run, though this year will still look different with pandemic restrictions in place. Kirk Leach, Provincial...
Sep 16, 2021
