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Provincial NDP Raises Alarm Over Potential End to Emissions Cap
The NDP is worried about the future of the emissions cap - now that Ottawa has signaled it might become a thing of the past. Prime Minister Mark Carney's federal budget appears to put the wheels in mo...
Nov 09, 2025 NDP Leader Jim Dinn (VOCM News)
First Light Creates New Advocacy Council
First Light is making changes to the way it conducts its advocacy work. The branding of First Voice, which was the group's urban Indigenous coalition, is being retired. Now, a First Light Advocacy Cou...
Nov 09, 2025 Stacey Howse, Executive Director for First Light.
AI Tool Helps Detect Cancers Missed in Regular Screenings
A local tech blogger says doctors are now able to use AI as a tool to help detect breast cancer on tests that would otherwise be missed. Kevin Andrews says AI is using "deep learning" to study thousan...
Nov 09, 2025 (Kevin Andrews File photo)
Local Restaurants Face Fragile Economic Situation
A recent social media post is shining a light on the fragile economic situation that many restaurants are facing. The post by Arbour Restaurant in Bay Bulls has been shared nearly 400 times. It says t...
Nov 09, 2025 (VOCM News)
Petty Harbour to Get New $8-Million Breakwater
The federal government has allocated $8-million for a new breakwater in Petty Harbour to replace the current structure, which was built about 60 years ago and is showing its age. Cape Spear MP and par...
Nov 08, 2025 MPs Tom Osborne and Paul Connors in Petty Harbour for the announcement on Saturday (VOCM News)
Future of South Coast Hinges on Dialogue, Says Federal Minister
The fisheries minister says no decisions have been made regarding the creation of a marine protected area off the south coast. The fishing, fish farming and other industries are concerned about what k...
Nov 08, 2025 Federal Minister of Fisheries Joanne Thompson
Dinn Calls on Federal NDP to Take a Stance on Budget
The leader of the provincial NDP is urging his colleagues in Ottawa to participate in the upcoming budget vote as the federal NDP deliberates on their stance. Federal NDP leader Don Davies has indicat...
Nov 08, 2025 NDP Leader Jim Dinn (VOCM News)
National Council Formed to Advance Health Care Solutions
A National Health Care Innovation Council has been created to help bring health innovation into practice to improve patient access and outcomes. NLHS held its annual Health Innovation Summit this past...
Nov 08, 2025 Ron Johnson (VOCM News)
Federal Support for Music Industry Welcomed by MusicNL
MusicNL is encouraged to see the maintenance of the Canada Music Fund in the latest federal budget. Executive Director Tamara Kater says it's good to see Ottawa recognize the economic impact of the mu...
Nov 08, 2025 Tamara Kater (Music NL)
Provincial Unemployment Rate Drops to 10.1 Per Cent
The unemployment rate in Newfoundland and Labrador has dropped by half a percentage point. The jobless rate in September stood at 10.6 per cent, but that dipped to 10.1 last month according to Statist...
Nov 08, 2025
