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Canada Braces for Latest Round of Trump Tariffs due This Afternoon
U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariff plan is set to be unveiled late this afternoon. While questions remain about what will be affected, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith thinks food production and o...
Apr 02, 2025 Photo via C-Span
Federation of Students Demands Mental Health and Student Loan Supports in Election
The Newfoundland and Labrador chapter of the Canadian Federation of Students is looking for commitments from all federal parties that would make post secondary education more accessible. They say the ...
Apr 02, 2025 (Photo: Canadian Federation of Students)
St. John's Enhances Crosswalk Safety with $200,000 Improvement Program
Venturing onto a crosswalk in St. John's can be frustrating, futile and even fatal. However, the city is doing what it can to make it safer with its annual crosswalk improvement program. Council's com...
Apr 02, 2025 (Image via Google Maps.)
RCMP at Carbonear Home, Public Asked to Avoid Area
RCMP are advising of an increased police presence on the Southside Road in Carbonear at this hour. Police are asking the public to avoid the area while officers are on the scene. They say there is no ...
Apr 02, 2025
Val Kilmer Dead at 65
A Hollywood icon from the 1980s and 90s has passed away. Val Kilmer, who starred in movies like Top Gun and Batman Forever, passed away on Tuesday from pneumonia. He was 65. Kilmer was praised for his...
Apr 02, 2025 Photo via ValKilmer.com
City of St. John's Releases 2024 Accessibility Plan
The capital city has released its 2024 annual report on the City of St. John's Accessibility Plan. Council representative on the city's Inclusion Advisory Committee, Ophelia Ravencroft outlined some o...
Apr 02, 2025
Seniors' Advocate and NAPE Respond to Scathing Personal Care Homes Audit
The province's Seniors' Advocate says it's hard to say whether staffing and training are contributing to some shocking incidents at personal care homes in the province without the same kind of investi...
Apr 02, 2025 (Office of the Auditor General)
Council Plans to Convert Southlands Property from Commercial to Residential, Hopes to Solve Housing Crisis
St. John's city council is planning to flip a large swath of land in Southlands from commercial to residential, and so far everyone agrees it's for the best. The wooded area on Southlands Boulevard, b...
Apr 02, 2025
Poilievre Open to Cutting Marine Atlantic Fees if Elected
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he plans to have another look at the Marine Atlantic fee structure if elected to government. Poilievre was in St. John's yesterday, announcing support for the...
Apr 02, 2025 Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in St. John's on Tuesday, April 1. (CPAC)
Trump Unveiling Reciprocal Tariffs Later Today
President Donald Trump is set to unveil his plans for reciprocal tariffs on what he is calling "Liberation Day" in the United States. It's Trump's latest round of tariffs that have been driving a wedg...
Apr 02, 2025 (@WhiteHouse/X)
