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Majority of Eligible Students Requiring Busing Now Accommodated: Stack
The province's largest school board says it has made significant progress in student transportation since the early days of this school year. The English School District found out in mid-August that c...
Sep 29, 2020 (Image by Wokandapix from Pixabay)
Load Priority on Marine Atlantic Should Continue for Food and Pharmacy Products, says RCC
Marine Atlantic is returning to sequential loading, shifting away from the load priority given to food and pharmacy products during COVID-19. That is raising concerns for the Retail Council of Canada....
Sep 29, 2020
Federal Funding Brings Some Relief for Sports and Recreation in NL
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on just about everything in some way or another, and sports and recreation organizations across the province are no exception. Troy Croft the Executive Director...
Sep 29, 2020 SportNL Executive Director, Troy Croft
Doctor Concerned Inmates' Human Rights Being Denied at HMP
A local doctor who has been providing virtual health care to inmates at Her Majesty's Penitentiary for the last three years says he's concerned their human rights are being denied. Dr. Todd Young who ...
Sep 29, 2020
Funding Announcement This Afternoon for Aquarena
The provincial government is set to make a funding announcement this afternoon at the Aquarena in St. John's. The facility announced it would not be able to reopen its pool, earlier this month, due to...
Sep 29, 2020
Rigolet Continuing to Work with Government to Keep Lone Gas Station Open
While its future is not yet clear, the gas station in Rigolet will continue operating under the Rigolet Inuit Community Government on an interim basis. The lone gas station faced uncertainty as the co...
Sep 29, 2020
Rate Increases Won't Kick in Until Muskrat Falls Project Complete: Marshall
Nalcor says final completion of the Muskrat Falls project has been pushed back another year, to September of 2021 due to software delays and the impact of COVID-19. Nalcor CEO Stan Marshall says proje...
Sep 29, 2020
Minimum Wage Increasing 50 Cents in October
The minimum wage in Newfoundland and Labrador is due for a slight increase as of Thursday. It's the second step of a four-stage wage increase announced by the provincial government in February. When O...
Sep 29, 2020 (Stock photo.)
NAPE Brings Staffing Concerns to Health Minister
Union officials met with Health Minister John Haggie last week to impress on him staffing issues in the province's long-term care facilities. NAPE raised serious issues earlier this month about staffi...
Sep 29, 2020
Radiothon Raises Over $135,000 in Support of Burin Peninsula Health Care Foundation
The spirit of generosity was evident today as people came together to raise over $135,000 in support of the Burin Peninsula Health Care Foundation Radiothon with VOCM Cares. The fundraiser hit the air...
Sep 28, 2020 (The Town of Burin makes a donation during the Burin Peninsula Health Care Foundation Radiothon.)
