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NL College of Nurses Formed from Merger of Registered Nurses and LPN Regulatory Bodies
The College of Registered Nurses and the College of Licensed Practical Nurses are merging into a single regulatory body - the NL College of Nurses. It's being called a "historic unification," which wi...
Apr 07, 2025
Inquiry into Treatment of Innu in Child Protection System Resumes
The inquiry into the child protection system in Newfoundland and Labrador as it relates to Innu resumed today. The formal hearings will be open to the public and the media, and will be livestreamed an...
Apr 07, 2025
Canada Could See Long-Term Benefit from Trump Tariffs says Financial Advisor
A local financial advisor says U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war will do long-term damage to the U.S. economy as countries, including Canada, start to form trade alliances that exclude the Unite...
Apr 07, 2025 Larry Short (Submitted)
MUN's Doors Open to U.S. Researchers Looking Northward
There are hopes that an expected U.S. brain drain may be a gain for research and development in this country. The Trump administration has cut billions of dollars in funding for scientific research, a...
Apr 07, 2025 MUN's Core Science Building (VOCM News)
House Fire Claims Life in Port Saunders
One man is dead as the result of a house fire in Port Saunders early Sunday morning. Firefighters were called to the scene shortly before 1:00 yesterday morning. Despite their efforts, the structure c...
Apr 07, 2025 Port Saunders Fire Department (via Facebook)
MUN Researchers to Participate in 'Gong Show'
Scientists and other academics can often get bogged down in technical terminology when talking about their work, and an event at MUN later this week aims to help them explain their research in a way t...
Apr 07, 2025
Two Separate Weekend Incidents of Shots Fired in Capital City Under Investigation
RNC are continuing their investigation into two separate daylight shooting incidents in the metro area on the weekend. Police were called to a home at the intersection of Virginia Place and Newfoundla...
Apr 07, 2025 Police investigation into reported shots fired in St. John's, April 5, 2025 (Submitted photo)
NDP Promising Solution to Health Care Staffing Shortage: Access to Physicians for All Canadians by 2030
A cellist with the NSO who returned to Newfoundland to retire got a rude awakening during a recent visit to the ER in Carbonear. Pierre Kusters who recently settled in Conception Bay South, found hims...
Apr 07, 2025
Sad End to Search for Missing Man
RCMP have confirmed that a 45-year-old Bonavista man, reported missing from the community last week, has been found deceased. Foul play is not suspected. Police are thanking local ground search and re...
Apr 07, 2025
RCMP Investigating Shooting Incident in GF-W Friday
RCMP have released more information on an incident in Grand Falls-Windsor on Friday that resulted in a warning to residents to shelter in place. Police were contacted about multiple shots fired from t...
Apr 07, 2025
