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As Churches Embrace Marriage Equality, More People Consider Revisiting Their Faith
The first ever same sex marriage ceremony held earlier this month in the historic Anglican Cathedral of St. John The Baptist has had an unexpected positive spin off. Brenda Halley and Susan Green have...
Nov 21, 2019 (Photo by Wanita Bates.)
Government Can't Use Public Sector to Balance the Books: NAPE
The President of NAPE is unapologetic for vowing to fight for his membership. Jerry Earle recently told union members he will not stand for the status quo and balance the budget on the backs of worker...
Nov 21, 2019 (Jerry Earle, file photo.)
Current Model Working, but City Open to Other Operating Arrangements for Mile One
The city of St. John's is not ruling out changing its current management model at St. John's Sports and Entertainment. Yesterday, the city released details of the findings of the KPMG report, comparin...
Nov 21, 2019
One Night Stand Against Cancer at Daffodil Place
Daffodil Place is holding one of its biggest fundraisers of the year. The One Night Stand Against Cancer is taking place today as VOCM's Greg Smith takes up residence at Daffodil Place for 24 hours. J...
Nov 21, 2019 Greg Smith and Matthew Piercey.
Possibly Weeks Away from Private Clinic Cataract Surgery: Haggie
The province's Health Minister says he hopes they're only weeks away from allowing ophthalmologists to to perform cataract surgery in private clinics. Haggie was questioned in the House of Assembly ab...
Nov 21, 2019 (File photo.)
Province Moving Forward on Fast-Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles
The Co-Founder of Drive Electric NL says the biggest thing holding the province back from growing the number of electric cars, is the lack of fast-charging stations. Fast-charging stations take approx...
Nov 21, 2019
Ball Questioned by Coffin, Evans on Response to Death of Inuk Woman in Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Indigenous Affairs Minister Dwight Ball fielded serious questions in the House of Assembly yesterday following the tragic death of Tama Bennett, a young Inuk woman in Happy Valley-Goose Bay last week....
Nov 21, 2019
Snow and Freezing Rain Blast Island Today
A blast of wintry weather is taking aim at parts of the island today. According to Environment Canada meteorologist Rodney Barney a mixed bag of weather is going to be moving across the island from so...
Nov 21, 2019
Man Arrested Following Armed Robbery at Royal Bank, Marie's in Mount Pearl
A pair of armed robberies in Mount Pearl in broad daylight ended with a man in custody Wednesday. Around 1:40 p.m. RNC officers were called to a robbery in progress at the Dunn's Road Marie's Mini Mar...
Nov 21, 2019 (Photo by Earl Noble.)
Antibiotics Unnecessary in Up to Half of Prescriptions: Quality of Care NL Future Forum
It seems that communication may likely be the key to help solve the the overprescribing of antibiotics in Newfoundland and Labrador. Quality of Care NL hosted an "Antibiotics Future Forum" at Memorial...
Nov 21, 2019
