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Rooms CEO Dean Brinton Out - Permanent Replacement Being Sought
More details have come to light regarding the parting of ways between former CEO Dean Brinton and The Rooms. The provincial government issued a release this morning indicating that Anne Chafe had been...
Jul 12, 2019
New Canadians Invite You to Go 'Scoff the Beaten Path' with Global Eats Food Truck
The new Global Eats food truck is providing two groups of 12 refugees with training, mentorship and work experience - but, it goes much further than that. The Global Eats food truck is a partnership w...
Jul 12, 2019
Experience Over Online Sales: Lots of Benefits to Shopping Local
Monday and Tuesday of next week is Amazon Prime Day, a mid-summer sale during which items sold online are marked down considerably. The sale has been compared to a summer online Black Friday event. Bu...
Jul 12, 2019
Planned Parenthood Foregoes Protesting Anti-Abortion Movie, Showing Mean Girls Instead
Planned Parenthood NL is hosting a fun movie night fundraiser later this month to counter an anti-abortion film set to hit theatres across Canada today - including the Cineplex in St. John's. "Unplann...
Jul 12, 2019
St. Mary's Bay Residents Pitch in to Fix Local Wharf
Residents of a small community took things into their own hands earlier this year after the local wharf fell into disrepair. Not satisfied to bemoan what once was, the residents of Gaskiers-Point la H...
Jul 12, 2019
Hill Family Asks for Privacy as Little Leeland Enjoys His Wish to Visit Great Granny
The family of Leeland Hill is asking for privacy to allow him a visit with his great-grandmother - a wish he sought through the Children's Wish Foundation. Little Leeland traveled across Newfoundland ...
Jul 12, 2019
Ball Hockey Association Gets Boost from ECSHL
The Newfoundland Ball Hockey Association has received a financial boost from the East Coast Senior Hockey League. Four junior ball hockey teams are traveling to British Columbia this month to compete ...
Jul 12, 2019
Former RNC Chief Laid to Rest Today
An RNC Honour Guard paraded through the streets of St. John's today as part of the send off for a former chief, much respected and admired. The funeral service of retired RNC Chief of Police Robert Jo...
Jul 12, 2019
Impossible to Meet Federal Wastewater Requirements on Schedule, say Municipalities
The Mayors of Mount Pearl, Paradise and St. John's say it is impossible to meet federal secondary wastewater requirements by 2020. And without meeting that deadline, the municipalities face serious fi...
Jul 12, 2019
Climate Crisis Effects Hitting NL, But Actions Have to Make Sense: Decarbonize NL
There is plenty to be done, and plenty of business opportunities, to mitigate the effects of climate change, if people want to get around to it. That was the topic this morning in the packed room of t...
Jul 12, 2019
