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Almost a Dozen Builds Green Lit Under Rental Housing Loan Program
The provincial government has provided final approval for 11 projects under the Rental Housing Development Loan Program. The projects, part of the third phase of the program's rollout, have gone throu...
Dec 19, 2024 (Shutterstock.com)
Collective Soul, Mick Davis to Christen New Jag Soundhouse in March
Jag Soundhouse, the capital city's newest live music venue, will be opening March 15th of next year, the lineup for which was announced this morning. Collective Soul, along with local rockers Mick Dav...
Dec 19, 2024
Coady Coy on Whether NL Will Seek Cash Back From HST Holiday
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt might be headed for a confrontation with the federal government over $70 million in tax revenue the province will lose as a result of the federal sales tax holiday. Bu...
Dec 19, 2024
Province Sets Sights on Young and Old For Upper Churchill Careers
The provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec announced last week that an MOU has been reached on the Upper Churchill project that should pave the way for development of the massive Gull Islan...
Dec 19, 2024
Newfoundland and Labrador to Host 2025 U18 Women's Hockey Nationals
Newfoundland and Labrador will host the 2025 U18 Women's National Hockey Championships next fall from November 3rd to the 9th. It's the first time this province has hosted the event, which will featur...
Dec 19, 2024
Premier Furey Condemns 'Evil' Gang Attack on Haitian Trauma Centre
Premier Andrew Furey is calling a gang attack on a major trauma centre in Haiti "evil." The premier knows of what he speaks; he's spent years on the ground providing humanitarian and medical care in H...
Dec 19, 2024
Heart's Delight Residents Assist Police in Arresting Suspected Thief
People in a neighbourhood on the edge of the Avalon lent a helping hand to police to solve a crime this week. Twenty-seven year-old Jordan Mercer has been charged in connection with the theft of an AT...
Dec 19, 2024
Annual VOCM Blood Drive Aiming to Fill Holiday Donation Gaps
Canadian Blood Services is encouraging people to come out and give the gift of life heading into the busy holiday season. The need for blood and blood products never fades, yet the number of donors av...
Dec 19, 2024
First Responders Jump into Action After Transport Truck Plunges into North West Gander River
Numerous first responders from various agencies were involved in a dramatic rescue operation in central Newfoundland yesterday. A transport truck went off the bridge at the North West Gander River on ...
Dec 19, 2024
Police Investigate Suspicious Fire, Theft from Makinsons Cabin
Whitbourne RCMP are investigating a break, enter, theft and arson at a cabin in Makinsons on the weekend. RCMP were called to reports of a cabin fire on Old Hodgewater Line on Grand Pond around 10:30 ...
Dec 19, 2024
