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Labrador City Driver Charged with Impaired After Blowing Twice the Legal Limit
A driver in Labrador City has a future court date after he blew over twice the legal limit on Saturday. The RNC received a tip just after 1 a.m. about a near-miss in the area of Bartlett Drive. Office...
Nov 25, 2024
Sale of Downtown Property Criticized Amid Calls for Community Centre
A long-time resident of downtown St. John's who advocates for improved services and supports is disappointed that the provincial government has sold off a property on Livingstone Street instead of con...
Nov 25, 2024 The property on Livingstone street., pre-fire. (Via google Maps)
MUNSU Not Pleased With Hybrid Process Being Used in Search for New President
The Memorial University Students Union says members are "disgusted" and "shocked" that MUN has decided to go with a hybrid search process for the next president. In an update posted to the MUN Gazette...
Nov 25, 2024
Province Spends $148,000 on 24/7 Security at St. John's War Memorial
The province has paid out in excess of $148,000 for 24/7 security presence at the National War Memorial in downtown St. John's since July. The remains of an Unknown World War I soldier were interred a...
Nov 25, 2024
Taxpayers Federation: Temporary Tax Breaks Not Enough to Ease Burden
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says while the temporary two-month tax break on many essential items is welcomed, they want to see government take tax relief much further. Franco Terrazzano says the...
Nov 25, 2024
Canada Post Strike: Federal Cheques Delivered, Provincial Payments Still Stalled
Striking postal workers have an agreement to deliver federal money cheques, but no such arrangement is in place for provincial payments. CUP-W has been on strike for over a week, but from the outset, ...
Nov 25, 2024 (File photo.)
NL Health Services Launches Program to Curb ER Violence in St. John's
NL Health Services is introducing a new program in the emergency rooms at the Health Sciences and St. Clare's that it hopes will reduce aggressive and violent behaviour. The authority has already ackn...
Nov 25, 2024
RNC Investigating Double Stabbing at Centre City Home
Metro police continue trying to find out who stabbed two people in the centre city area on the weekend, leaving them with serious injuries. Two people were hospitalized after the incident, which happe...
Nov 25, 2024
Eastbound Lanes of Pitts Memorial Drive Near Downtown Closed for Winter
Work on the westbound lanes of the CN Viaduct where Pitts Memorial Drive connects with the downtown is now complete, however the two eastbound lanes will remain closed while work pauses through the up...
Nov 25, 2024 (File photo, 2024)
West Coast MP Defends Eligibility Criteria for $250 Cost of Living Benefit
An MP from this province is defending her government's move to exclude people who did not work last year from eligibility for the $250 cheques going out in April. The one-time $250 payments will be th...
Nov 25, 2024 MP Gudie Hutchings. (VOCM News)
