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'MUN is Not Being Restored' says CUPE on Limited Provincial Funding for University
One of the unions that represents workers at Memorial University says funding set aside in the provincial budget shows that MUN "is not being restored." CUPE local 1615 represents administrative, inst...
May 07, 2026 Bill Kavanagh (via Bill Kavanagh on X)
'They Will Have Electricity' Energy Minister Responds to Concerns about Cuts to Operations at IOC
Government has confirmed that cuts are coming to operations at IOC in Labrador West. According to AllNewfoundlandLabrador the economic driver will be decommissioning an electric drill pilot program, a...
May 07, 2026
College of Nurses Finds Two Nurses Guilty of Conduct Deserving of Sanction
The College of Nurses has released the outcome of separate adjudication panels on the conduct of two nurses in the province. The Adjudication Tribunal found Kimberley Dyke, who worked in the obstetric...
May 07, 2026 (VOCM News)
Geraldine Rubia Centre Temporarily Closed Following Fire
A facility which caters to adults with special needs is closed for the time-being after smoke damaged the large commercial building in which it is housed. The fire broke out over the supper hour, but ...
May 07, 2026 The Geraldine Rubia Centre (VOCM News)
Testy Exchange in House of Assembly
Tensions boiled over in the House of Assembly yesterday in an exchange between Opposition Leader John Hogan and Government House Leader Lloyd Parrott. Hogan, the former premier, addressed statements r...
May 07, 2026 Liberal Leader John Hogan and Government House Leader, Lloyd Parrott
World Health Organization Provides Update on Hantavirus Outbreak Aboard Cruise Ship
The World Health Organization has provided an update on the evolving situation involving human-to-human transmission of a deadly form of hantavirus on board a Dutch-flagged cruise ship travelling thro...
May 07, 2026 MV Hondius (Oceanwide Expeditions)
Man Retires from Renews Transportation Depot After 54 Years
A public servant was recognized in the House of Assembly this week. Leo Cose, who started his career in 1972, retired as supervisor at the transportation depot in Renews this week at the age of 83. Tr...
May 07, 2026 Leo Cose along with Ferryland MHA (Fisheries Minister) Loyola O'Driscoll, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Barry Petten and Premier Tony Wakeham
NAPE Appalled by Heavily Redacted Copy of Contract Between Medavie and NLHS
NAPE is concerned about what it sees as a lack of transparency surrounding a contract between the health authority and Medavie which the union says has direct implications for its members. Instead of ...
May 07, 2026 Some of the redactions in the document (Submitted)
Councillors Voice Concerns Over Plans to Cease Operations at Old Airport Comfort Inn
Some St. John's city councillors believe government made a mistake in deciding not to renew the lease on the old Airport Comfort Inn without a solid plan going forward. The former hotel has been conve...
May 07, 2026 Ward 5 Councillor Donnie Earle (St. John's City Council)
Forty Aircraft Diverted to YYT in 2025
St. John's International Airport has become somewhat of the lifeboat of the North Atlantic for air traffic needing to divert due to an emergency. Forty planes diverted to YYT in 2025 according to stat...
May 07, 2026 The TAP Air Portugal flight squawked 7700 (General Emergency) around 7:30 p.m. NST and requested to making an emergency landing at St. John's International (Submitted/Karter King)
