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NAPE Not Pleased With Idea to Contract Out Ultrasounds in Labrador-Grenfell Zone
NAPE says NL Health Services has proposed that ultrasound services in the Labrador-Grenfell Zone be contracted out, a move which the union is slamming as the "encroachment of privatization." NAPE Pres...
Feb 28, 2025 NAPE President Jerry Earle
Deadline to Nominate Torchbearer for Canada Summer Games
The Canada Summer Games, which are being held in the St. John's area this summer, are looking for torchbearers. The capital city says it will need over 130 people to carry the torch as part of 15 stop...
Feb 28, 2025 Photo via Canada Summer Games
AG Wants More Oversight on Government Incentives for Health Professionals
The Auditor General would like to see government monitor incentive programs for health professionals, particularly doctors and nurses. For the 18-month period between April 2023 to October 2024, NL He...
Feb 28, 2025 Auditor General Denise Hanrahan. (VOCM News)
Conception Bay South Hosting 2026 Allan Cup
The 2026 Allan Cup tournament is coming to Newfoundland and Labrador. The event will take place at the Conception Bay South Arena, with the Conception Bay Baker Flooring Senior Blues serving as the ho...
Feb 28, 2025 Conception Bay Baker Flooring Senior Blues Team captain Kyle Tibbo (VOCM News)
Icewater Seafoods Hoping to Get Processed Northern Cod to U.S. Before Tariffs Hit
Icewater Seafoods in Arnold's Cove has celebrated the first offshore northern cod to be caught and processed locally in more than a generation. CEO Alberto Wareham says it's been a long time coming. H...
Feb 28, 2025 Photo via Icewater Seafoods
Applications Now Open Big Game Hunting Licence Draw
Big game licence applications are now open for the 2025-26 hunting season licence draw. Eligible hunters and trappers must have an account in order to apply for a licence. The moose quota for the isla...
Feb 28, 2025 (Photo via Gov NL.)
Woman Faces Slew of Charges After Smashing Car Window With Stick
A woman who smashed out a car's window had an unusual weapon of choice to do so. RNC were called to the west end of St. John's over the supper hour yesterday after a woman beat out a car window with a...
Feb 28, 2025
Doug Ford's PCs Win Ontario Snap Election
Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservatives waltzed to victory as another term as Premier of Ontario yesterday. He had roughly twice as many seats as all other parties combined. The NDP, led by Newfou...
Feb 28, 2025 Ford delivering his victory speech on Thursday night. (CPAC)
Monitoring of Nurse, Doctor Recruitment Cash 'Insufficient': AG
The auditor general's latest report is a less-than-flattering assessment of the checks and balances designed to keep the provincial government's fiscal house in order. The report looks at the across-t...
Feb 28, 2025
Province Increases Contribution Toward 'Raise Her Up' Campaign
The provincial government has come through with another $25,000 to raise up a statue of women's suffrage leader Armine Gosling. That's in addition to the $40,000 the province provided to kickstart the...
Feb 27, 2025 Artist Sheila Coultas with a smaller version of the life-size statue of Armine Gosling that will be erected in Bannerman Park. (VOCM News)
