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New Tax Changes Proposed to Encourage Affordable Housing Projects in St. John's
The provincial government has introduced proposed amendments to the Urban and Rural Planning Act and the City of St. John's Municipal Taxation Act to better support housing development and affordable ...
Dec 03, 2024 (Photo via City of St. John's.)
Province Proposes Removing Sick Note Requirement After Three Days of Leave
The provincial government has brought forward a proposed amendment to the Labour Standards Act that will remove the requirement for workers to provide employers with a sick note after three consecutiv...
Dec 03, 2024 Photo via House of Assembly
Driver Ticketed for Illegally Passing School Bus in Dunville
A 25-year-old driver was ticketed this morning for passing a school bus picking a student up on the main road in Dunville. Placentia RCMP were notified around 8:00 this morning. A truck, which was rep...
Dec 03, 2024
Government to Release Long-Term Care Review in Coming Weeks, Says Premier
A review of long-term care and personal care homes in the province is with the Department of Health, and the premier is hopeful it will be released publicly in the coming weeks. The review was launche...
Dec 03, 2024
Hit and Run Driver Leaves Evidence Behind
Police are looking for someone who crashed into a utility pole in Bay Roberts this morning and left the scene, leaving a large portion of a front bumper behind as evidence. Police were called just bef...
Dec 03, 2024 Photo via RCMP
NDP and PCs Demand Transparency in Privacy Commissioner Appointment Process
The NDP and the PCs are calling out what they say has been a lack of transparency in appointing a new privacy commissioner. Tory leader Tony Wakeham and NDP leader Jim Dinn held a joint news conferenc...
Dec 03, 2024
Mount Pearl Man Pleads Not Guilty in Fatal Highway Crash
A Mount Pearl man has pleaded not guilty to causing a horrific highway crash that claimed the lives of two young women. Seventy-one-year-old Austin Deir faces four counts - two each of impaired drivin...
Dec 03, 2024 Haley Keating (left) and Erin Pretty. (Facebook)
Community Comes Together for Rogers Rogers Moyse 'Christmas Miracle' Dinner
The Christmas spirit was on full display yesterday at the Rogers Rogers Moyse Annual Community Dinner. 200 people were fed, and the crowd was serenaded by Arthur O'Brien of the Navigators. For some it...
Dec 03, 2024
Lighting up Hope: Stella's Circle Kicks Off Christmas Season in St. John's
Stella's Circle is ushering in the Christmas season with its annual Lighting up Hope ceremony in St. John's this evening. The lighting of the big Hope sign coincides with Giving Tuesday, a time when c...
Dec 03, 2024 Photo via Stella's Circle
Air Canada Rolling Out Facial Recognition at Some Airports
Air Canada is set to introduce facial recognition technology at the gate, but the move is leading to questions about data storage and personal privacy. The carrier is the first airline in Canada to in...
Dec 03, 2024 Photo via Air Canada
