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Nasty Winter Weather Hitting Avalon This Afternoon
A winter storm warning is in now in effect for the metro region and the southern Avalon. The winter blast will move over the southern Avalon this morning, and spread to the northeast Avalon - picking ...
Feb 21, 2025
Province Lowers Age for Breast Cancer Screening Through Self Referral
People in their 40s are now eligible for breast cancer screening through self referrals. The provincial government first announced they would be expanding screening criteria based on a change to natio...
Feb 21, 2025
Weather Warnings in Effect for Avalon for Tomorrow
Another winter blast is forecast to hit the Avalon Peninsula tomorrow, with accumulations in the 15 cm range in metro by the time it's all over. The storm system will hit the southern Avalon tomorrow ...
Feb 20, 2025
Opposition Raising Alarm Over Crown Land Sale; Government says Land Can't be Accessed
Opposition Leader Tony Wakeham is asking questions about a recent Order in Council that indicated government sold Crown land at Snow's Lane in St. John's to a private company for $5,000 an acre. The 3...
Feb 20, 2025
75 Doors Campaign a Success says Big Brothers Big Sisters, but Need Remains
Big Brothers Big Sisters says they have exceeded targets for their 75 Doors campaign. The initiative, launched last August is based on the idea is that each door represents a child waiting to be match...
Feb 20, 2025 Via Big Brothers Big Sisters on Facebook.
Joe Tulk, Well-known St. John's Businessman, Passes Away
A dedicated businessman who is familiar to many in the capital city has passed away. Joe Tulk of Tulk's Glass & Key Shop passed away on Tuesday after a lengthy illness. He was 72. Tulk, a talented loc...
Feb 20, 2025
Canada Adds Seven Trans-national Criminal Groups to List of Terrorist Organizations
"Today, we're going after the money." And with that, Public Safety Minister David McGuinty added seven trans-national criminal organizations to the list of terrorist organizations under the Criminal C...
Feb 20, 2025 Photo via CPAC
Bell Aliant Fibre Cut, Second in Less Than a Year, Fixed, Investigation Underway
RCMP have been called in to help Bell Aliant pinpoint the cause of the latest cut to its subsea fibre optic cable linking Cape Breton with the southwest coast of Newfoundland. The cut, which had to ha...
Feb 20, 2025
Kids Eat Smart Launches Fundraiser to Feed More Students Across NL
The Kids Eat Smart Foundation officially launched its provincial Feed the Kids fundraising campaign at A. P. Low Primary in Labrador west this morning. The campaign is being sponsored by PAL Airlines....
Feb 20, 2025
MUN Historians Urging Province to Keep Social Studies Mandatory for Junior High
Over a dozen historians at Memorial University have written a letter imploring the provincial government not to go ahead with changes to the social studies curriculum in junior high. The proposed chan...
Feb 20, 2025
