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Parrott Presses Government on Specialist Shortage in Rural NL
Opposition Immigration critic Lloyd Parrott sought answers in the House of Assembly yesterday on efforts to recruit for medical specialists in the health care sector. Parrott, who is the MHA for Terra...
Mar 04, 2025 Lloyd Parrott (File photo)
Trump's Tariffs in Place, Canada Retaliates
President Donald Trump's long-threatened tariffs against Canada and Mexico have gone into effect, kicking off a trade war with America's neighbors. Trump's executive order puts 25 per cent across-the-...
Mar 04, 2025
Mayor Who Led Fiona Recovery Bowing Out of Municipal Politics
A municipal leader who led his community through one of the worst natural disasters in Canada in recent years will not be seeking municipal re-election. Brian Button of Channel-Port aux Basques has op...
Mar 04, 2025 PAB Mayor Brian Button
New Bill Reforms RNC Act, Replacing Public Complaints Commission
The provincial government is looking to change how police misconduct is investigated. The bill will change the RNC Act and replace the Public Complaints Commission. Instead, under the new act all comp...
Mar 04, 2025
Icebreakers Capture 2025 U18 Female AAA Title in Dominant Fashion
The Sportscraft Eastern Icebreakers claimed the 2025 U18 Female AAA Hockey Championship, defeating the Central Ick Pak two games to none in the best-of-three final this past weekend. The Icebreakers w...
Mar 03, 2025
No More Negotiations-Trump Says U.S. Tariffs on Canada Are Coming
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly says Canada is ready with its own set of retaliatory tariffs should the U.S. impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods tomorrow. U.S. President Donald Trump...
Mar 03, 2025 Photo via C-Span
Trudeau Pushes Sovereignty as Starmer Addresses Trump's '51st State' Remark
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with King Charles III at Sandringham today, and while there's no immediate word on what was discussed, Trudeau said prior to the meeting that Canadian sovereignty was...
Mar 03, 2025
Pharmacy Appreciation Month Highlights Pharmacists' Expanding Role
The Pharmacy Association of Newfoundland and Labrador is marking Pharmacy Appreciation Month with a new digital campaign entitled Ask a Pharmacist - We Can Help With That! President of PANL, Dr. Ashle...
Mar 03, 2025 Dr Ashley Waghmare, PANL President (Photo via Twitter)
Up to 1 Million Jobs at Risk if U.S. Moves Forward with Tariffs
Indications are that the United States will impose tariffs on Canadian goods heading south of the border as of midnight tonight, but as of this afternoon, it still wasn't clear if that is an absolute ...
Mar 03, 2025
Government Challenges Opposition to Take Crown Land Sale Concerns to Auditor General
The provincial government is challenging the Opposition to contact the Auditor General, if they think anything untoward occurred in the sale of 32 acres of Crown land in the east end of the capital ci...
Mar 03, 2025
