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Vanier Elementary School Teacher Recognized for Excellence in Teaching
A French immersion teacher at Vanier Elementary School in St. John's has again been singled out for excellence in teaching. Ashleigh Hudson was recognized with the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching ...
Nov 29, 2020 Area MHA Bernard Davis presents Ashleigh Hudson with the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence.
Bonavista Native Selected as Rhodes Scholar
Bonavista's own Jevon Marsh has been selected as a 2021 Rhodes Scholar, earning him a prestigious scholarship to the University of Oxford worth more than $100,000. Marsh received a Master of Science d...
Nov 29, 2020 (Photo: Facebook)
Paradise Students Helping Family in Need During Holidays
The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at Holy Family Elementary School in Paradise. The grade 2 French class at the school decided to help a family in need this holiday season by collecting donati...
Nov 29, 2020
St. John's To Hold Holiday Lights Celebration
The City of St. John's is organizing a holiday lights celebration for Thursday, December 3. The city is encouraging people to join in a countdown to turn their holiday lights on at 5:45 p.m. Mayor Dan...
Nov 29, 2020
NL Reports Four New Cases of COVID-19 on Sunday
Newfoundland and Labrador reported four new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. All four cases are in the Eastern Health region and are not connected to each other nor the cluster in Grand Bank. The first ne...
Nov 29, 2020
St. John's Mummers Festival Returning for Twelfth Year
The St. John's Mummers Festival is returning for a twelfth year in 2020. Events will be running until December 12 at various venues around the city, as well as streaming online. Executive Director of ...
Nov 29, 2020
Man Charged with Flight from Police, Dangerous Driving in Metro
A 47-year-old man was arrested and charged in the metro region last night with flight from police. Shortly after 9 p.m., the RNC attempted to stop a vehicle travelling west on Pitts Memorial Drive. A ...
Nov 29, 2020
Minister Andrew Parsons Highlights MUN Research and Development Week Projects
The Minister of Industry, Energy, and Tech is highlighting various projects receiving funding over MUN's Research and Development Week. Minister Andrew Parsons announced more than $1.6 million going t...
Nov 29, 2020 (File photo: Andrew Parsons.)
RNC Delivering Virtual D.A.R.E. Program
The coronavirus pandemic has forced schools to shut their doors to non-essential school visitors, even restricting parents from going inside the building's doors. However, even though they aren't allo...
Nov 29, 2020
VOCM Dial-A-Carol In Progress!
It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. The annual VOCM Dial-A-Carol is taking place today until 6 p.m. For more than three decades Dial-a Carol has commenced the holidays, while also raising fu...
Nov 29, 2020 (Dial-A-Carol 2019)
