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Province Seeks Indigenous Input to Preserve Caribou and Cultural Ties
The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture says they will be reaching out to Indigenous groups in Labrador to "secure the future" of local caribou herds and protect the "deep cultural relat...
Feb 11, 2025 (File photo)
Agriculture Day Celebrated in Corner Brook with Local Leaders
Canada's Agriculture Day is being celebrated today with an event in Corner Brook, hosted by the NL Federation of Agriculture and the provincial government. Those involved in today's event at the Blomi...
Feb 11, 2025 Dan Gold / Unsplash
About a Hundred More People Using Provincial Shelters This Winter
The number of people availing of the province's shelter system this winter has increased by about 100 compared to last year. That's according to housing minister John Abbott. Abbott says that number i...
Feb 11, 2025
Trump's Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Disastrous for Industry, says Unifor President
The National President of Unifor says North America is staring down the greatest industrial crisis in her lifetime. US President Donald Trump yesterday signed executive orders imposing 25 per cent tar...
Feb 11, 2025 (Photo courtesy Unifor.)
All City Streets Expected to be Cleared This Afternoon
The City of St. John's expects to have all streets cleared from yesterday's snowstorm by this afternoon. Crews have been flat out working to clear more than 40 cm of snow that was dumped on the capita...
Feb 11, 2025
Parfrey Making Announcement at Corner Brook Long Term Care Home
NL Health Services CEO Pat Parfrey will hold a news conference at the Western Long Term Care Home in Corner Brook today. Concerns have been raised in recent months about overcrowding at the emergency ...
Feb 11, 2025 NL Health Services CEO Pat Parfrey. (VOCM News/file)
St. John Ambulance Expands Therapy Dog Program to YYT
Expect to see a few more friendly faces, and wagging tails, at St. John's International Airport starting this morning. St. John Ambulance has formed a new partnership with the St. John's International...
Feb 11, 2025
Rapid Testing Study Aims to Improve Disease Surveillance and Reduce Antibiotic Use
People with flu-like symptoms in the metro region could be eligible for a new study that offers free, rapid testing. Dr. Peter Daley, an associate professor of infectious disease at Memorial Universit...
Feb 10, 2025
First Winter Storm Dumps 41 cms of Snow on Northeast Avalon
The first storm of the winter season on the northeast Avalon has left a mark. 41.1cm of snow was recorded in the east-end of St. John's before the system started to move off around mid-morning, accord...
Feb 10, 2025
Opposition Criticizes Furey's 'Buy Local' Campaign as 'Afterthought'
The opposition PC's say Premier Furey's "buy local" campaign should have been a priority long before tariff threats from the U.S. The provincial government unveiled its new buy local campaign last wee...
Feb 10, 2025 Pleaman Forsey
