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Know the Signs: Stroke Foundation Highlights FAST Acronym for Stroke Month
June is Stroke Month, and the Heart & Stroke Foundation is using it as an opportunity to raise awareness of the signs of the medical condition and ways it can be prevented. The foundation says the...
Jun 08, 2025
New Radios Boost Marystown Volunteer Fire Department's Communication Capabilities
The Marystown Volunteer Fire Department has received $15,000 worth of new communications equipment. The department was given the equipment by JVC Kenwood Canada as part of their Kenwood Cares program....
Jun 08, 2025 Members of the Marystown Fire Department show off new equipment purchased through KENWOOD Cares grant (Submitted photo)
Metro Walk of Hope Raises Funds for Ovarian Cancer
Preparations for an annual fundraiser for ovarian cancer later this year are well underway in the metro region, driven by the personal experiences of its organizers. The 2025 Walk of Hope is taking pl...
Jun 08, 2025 (Ovarian Cancer Walk for Hope 2023)
MHA Fred Hutton: Gary Gosine 'Didn't Realize His Impact' on Bell Island
The MHA for Bell Island is remembering former Mayor Gary Gosine as one who was passionate about his community. Gosine passed away yesterday at the age of 67. Fred Hutton says the long-time mayor was o...
Jun 08, 2025 Photo via Facebook
New $15,000 Bursary Aims to Boost RNC Recruitment
A new bursary program has been created to help recruit officers for the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. The $15,000 bursary will be granted to each successful RNC recruit, based on a three-year retur...
Jun 08, 2025
Marystown Pride Parade to Honour Memory of Local Drag Performer Reign Michaels
There will be an added layer of emotion surrounding the Marystown Pride Parade this year as it will be held in memory of a local drag performer who died suddenly last year. Jonathan Nichol, who was or...
Jun 08, 2025
Provincial Government Reviews Children, Youth, and Families Act
The provincial government has begun a review of the Children, Youth, and Families Act - which guides the delivery of child protection, in-care, and youth services programs. A review of that legislatio...
Jun 08, 2025
Fort Amherst Healthcare First in Province to Achieve National Accreditation
Fort Amherst Healthcare has become the first personal care home operator in the province to become accredited by a third-party organization. The organization, which operates four homes that care for a...
Jun 08, 2025 Submitted photo
East End Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest for Dangerous Driving, Weapon Charges
A 37-year-old man has been taken into custody following a traffic stop in the east-end of St. John's last night. Officers first started getting calls about the man just after midnight, where 911 calls...
Jun 08, 2025
Overnight Fire Destroys New Pennywell Road Home
There were no reported injuries following a fire in St. John's last night. RNC officers on patrol first noticed the fire and called firefighters to the abandoned home on New Pennywell Road just after ...
Jun 08, 2025
