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Six Units Closed After Mould Found At New Kidney Care Centre
Eastern Health has confirmed an issue at its Kidney Care Centre in Mount Pearl that has temporarily closed six kidney dialysis units just one year after opening. The Kidney Care Centre opened in the M...
Jun 10, 2019
Auditor Reviewing Operations At CNA’s Placentia Campus
The College of the North Atlantic has called in an external auditor to go over operations at its Placentia campus. A college official says the auditor was called in four to five weeks ago after a conc...
Jun 10, 2019
Sun Shines Out In Time For Growlers Victory Parade In St. John’s
The weather for the Newfoundland Growlers victory parade downtown St. John's today should not pose any problems. The parade will mark the province's very first professional sports championship. The pa...
Jun 10, 2019 (Photo by Amy Fitzpatrick.)
Vandals Strike Clarenville Park
Disappointment and concern is being expressed after damage was recently caused to Elizabeth Swan Park in Clarenville. Mayor Frazer Russell says town workers were surprised to come across damage to the...
Jun 10, 2019
709 Roller Derby Hits The Track At Jack Byrne Saturday
Action returns to the flat track at the Jack Byrne arena this weekend as the 709 Roller Derby league plays the first game of the 2019 season. Saturday the Neversweets and Vixens step back up to the ja...
Jun 10, 2019
Regatta Committee Officially Opens Beer Tent Proposals
A request for proposals has been issued by the Royal St. John's Regatta Committee for the Adult-Beverage Concession. The St. John's Kinsmen Club withdrew in a huff after the Regatta raised the concess...
Jun 10, 2019
Blue Lobster Snagged Near Garnish
A bright blue lobster caught in the ocean near Garnish on the Burin Peninsula is turning heads. Trina Grandy says she was pulling in her catch when a splash of blue caught her eye. Blue lobsters are t...
Jun 07, 2019
Price Of Snow Crab Going Up
Crab fishermen will be getting raise. The season began with a price of over $5.00 per pound, but that later fell to $4.90. The Fish Price Standing Committee has reassessed the price for snow crab acco...
Jun 07, 2019 (Stock photo.)
Review Will Take Broad View Of Cannabis Industry, Says Auditor General
The province's Auditor General has not yet set a date or a time frame, but she has confirmed she will be conducting a review of the cannabis industry, including a supply contract awarded to Canopy Gro...
Jun 07, 2019
It Never Gets Easier: Family Of Cortney Lake Marks Two Years Since Disappearance
Two years ago on this date, Cortney Lake climbed into a pickup truck in Mount Pearl and was never seen again. Lake's family will be marking the grim anniversary this morning with a private church serv...
Jun 07, 2019
