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NL Housing Renting Out Rooms at Hotel Corner Brook for Emergency Housing
Corner Brook Mayor Jim Parsons believes not enough supports are being provided to help people living in transitional and emergency housing in the city-an issue that's come to the fore in the west coas...
May 30, 2025 (Google Maps)
Asthma Canada Provides Health Tips During Wildfire Season
Asthma Canada is offering tips on how asthmatics and others can stay safe during forest fire season. Even those many thousands of miles away from a forest fire can be affected by the smoke which conta...
May 30, 2025
CBN Business Owners Face Hurdles in Attempt to Claim Body Listed by Health Authority
Two well-meaning business owners have learned that claiming a body for burial is not as easy as it sounds. Gordon French, who owns the Easton 1602 Pub in Harbour Grace and Pauline Yetman who owns the ...
May 30, 2025 (Facebook)
St. Matthew's School Celebrates Cultural Diversity with Special Concert
Students at St. Matthew's School in St. John's have put together a special concert showcasing the cultural diversity in their school community. Cultures in Concert is a school-wide ArtSmarts project i...
May 30, 2025
Premier Calls PCs Suggestion to Pause Churchill Falls Negotiations a 'Bad Idea'
Premier John Hogan is dismissing comments from PC Leader Tony Wakeham, which asserted the province should pause negotiations on the Churchill Falls MOU to see how a national energy corridor plays out....
May 30, 2025 John Hogan (VOCM News)
Crews Continue to Monitor Wildfire Moving Away from Churchill Falls
A massive forest fire that came perilously close to the hydro plant in Churchill Falls Wednesday evening, is still listed as out of control, but is now a smoldering, dampened fire according to forestr...
May 30, 2025 (Submitted/Robert Dawe)
Opposition Questions Health Authority's Recruitment and Retention Blueprint
NLHS says it's using a recently released HR resources plan as a "blueprint" for hiring staff in the years to come. The report examines 2022 numbers and projects potential staffing levels through 2032,...
May 30, 2025 NL Health Services CEO Dr. Pat Parfrey and Health Minister Krista Lynn Howell (VOCM News)
Price of Most Fuels Down Overnight
The price of most fuels is down this morning. Gas is 3 and a half cents cheaper, while diesel drops by 3 cents per litre. Furnace oil is also down by about 3 cents. Stove oil in Lab West drops by 2 an...
May 30, 2025 (VOCM News file photo)
Suspect Nabbed in Overnight Armed Robbery at Deer Lake Gas Pumps
Police are investigating an unusual armed robbery at the Irving Big Stop in Deer Lake very early this morning. The first hint of trouble came from an alarm triggered by a worker at the busy, 24/7 gas ...
May 29, 2025 Irving Big Stop in Deer Lake. (Courtesy Google Streetview)
Favourable Conditions Benefit Firefighters Battling Forest Fire Near Churchill Falls
Forestry officials say conditions have improved, and a massive fire that came within feet of the hydro plant in Churchill Falls is no longer threatening residents or infrastructure. While the fire, wh...
May 29, 2025 Photo via Facebook
