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RNU Pleased With News of Upcoming Public Hearing into AG Report on Agency Nurses
The Registered Nurses Union is welcoming news that a date has been set for a public hearing into the Auditor General's report into agency nurse contracts. The hearing will take place in the House of A...
Jul 16, 2025 (RNU President Yvette Coffey)
Two Adults, Teen Charged After Barricading Themselves Inside Sheshatshiu Home
Two adults and one teenager in Sheshatshiu have been arrested and charged after barricading themselves inside a home in the town on Monday. The RCMP went to the home around 1:30 p.m. Monday to arrest ...
Jul 16, 2025
Officials Advising More Cabin Owners to Evacuate Due to Chance Harbour Wildfire
More cabin owners are being told to evacuate due to the wildfire near Chance Harbour. Forestry officials say cabin owners in the Great Chance Area should leave by mid-morning as the blaze has potentia...
Jul 16, 2025 (Ryan Pitts/Facebook)
New Ambulatory/Urgent Care Hub in East End St. John's on Track to Open in October
A new health facility will be opening in the east end of St. John's come the fall. The ambulatory health hub and urgent care centre, located in the old Costco building on Stavanger Drive, will open in...
Jul 16, 2025 (VOCM News)
Three Charged After Break and Enter at Downtown Home
Three people, including a young person, is in custody after a break-in at a home in downtown St. John's last night. RNC were called to the home as the incident was unfolding around 11:30. As officers ...
Jul 16, 2025
Heat Warnings Out for Parts of Island, Thundershowers Expected in Labrador
We have some weather watches and warnings out for parts of Newfoundland and Labrador today. Environment Canada has extended a heat warning from Clarenville and the Bonavista Peninsula to central and n...
Jul 15, 2025
Man Driving With Toddler in Vehicle Near Labrador City Charged with Impaired
A Wabush man has been arrested and charged with impaired driving while the RNC say there was a toddler inside the car. The vehicle was pulled over just before 11:30 last night along the Trans Labrador...
Jul 15, 2025
Parfrey to Face Questions from Public Accounts Committee on Explosive AG Report
NL Health Services CEO Pat Parfrey and other seniors officials will be in the hot seat next month during a public hearing into the information contained within the latest Auditor General's report. The...
Jul 15, 2025 NL Health Services CEO Pat Parfrey. (VOCM News/file)
Corner Brook Woman Charged With Impaired After Crashing into Tree
A 33-year-old woman has been charged with impaired following a single-vehicle crash in Corner Brook over the weekend. The RNC first responded to the scene on Bayview Heights just after 4 p.m. on Sunda...
Jul 15, 2025
Guilty Pleas Expected, Sentencing Set in Attempted Murder Case
Sentencing has been set for a St. John's man accused of nearly stabbing a woman to death a year and a half ago. Thirty-seven-year-old William John Oliver was first charged with aggravated assault in t...
Jul 15, 2025
