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Site Modifications at Soldiers Pond After Heavy Vibrations Shake Generation Unit
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is taking steps to reduce or eliminate heavy vibrations at one of the generating units at Soldiers Pond. Nalcor president and CEO Stan Marshall visited the site late la...
Dec 23, 2019
Hanukkah Begins with Bannerman Park Menorah Lighting
The first candle on the Menorah shone bright at Bannerman Park as Hanukkah celebrations officially began. The local Chabad of St. John's held their Third Annual Menorah Lighting Ceremony yesterday aft...
Dec 23, 2019
Canadian Teachers Send Out Warning of Increasing Violence in Schools
Teachers are concerned about what they see as a rising level of violence in our secondary school system. It was only a couple of weeks ago that two students from Sacred Heart, a K-7 school in Marystow...
Dec 23, 2019
Christmas Snow to Make for Rough Travel Over Holiday
If you were dreaming of a white Christmas you're in luck, Snow starts tonight in the southwestern region of the island, spreading to the Avalon by tomorrow morning, with most of the island seeing 10-1...
Dec 23, 2019
Corner Brook Man Among Firefighters Heading Down Under
Sixty-nine Canadians, including Joe Russell of Corner Brook, are giving up their holidays at home to join the battle for the first time against the deadly wildfires devastating vast tracts of several ...
Dec 23, 2019 Photo courtesy Commissioner Andrew Crisp
Parkway Crash Leaves One in Hospital
One person was taken to hospital following a collision in the east end of the city last evening. Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Prince Philip Drive and Portugal Cove Road at about ...
Dec 23, 2019 Picture by Earl Noble
ArtsNL Awards $380,000 in Grants to Local Art Groups
ArtsNL announced almost $380,000 in grants for 18 art groups and organizations across the province last week. The Sustaining Program for Professional Arts Organizations is a one-time initiative aimed ...
Dec 22, 2019
Newfoundland Family Raising Funds for Three-Year-Old Daughter's Rare Surgery
A family in Newfoundland is fundraising money for a surgery in the United States for their three-year-old daughter. Paige Brushett was born with Congenital Melanocytic Nevus (CMN), a rare condition th...
Dec 22, 2019
IIHF Global Girls' Games Coming to St. John's
Hockey NL is partnering with Hockey Canada and the Hockey Canada Foundation to host the 2020 Global Girls' Game. 16 players across Newfoundland and Labrador will represent the province and Canada. The...
Dec 22, 2019
Act of Christmas Kindness Praised Ahead of Holiday Season
After a woman took to Facebook to share her experience from a random act of kindness, the man who paid for her items while Christmas shopping was tracked down - and it turns out, it wasn't his first t...
Dec 22, 2019
