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FFAW Meets in Gander with Minister
The FFAW is hosting its Triannual Convention in Gander today. The last couple of years have been tumultuous ones in the fishery and members have plenty to talk about. Items on the agenda include the u...
Nov 18, 2024 Photo via X
New Wheelchair Accessible Bus Coming to Clarenville
The town of Clarenville will have a new wheelchair accessible bus on the road early in the new year. The bus, to be operated by Clarenville Region Extended Seniors Transportation, will provide low cos...
Nov 17, 2024
Top Cop: Deer Lake RCMP Officer Wins National Award
MADD Canada has named Constable Caleb Pellerin of RCMP Traffic Services West as its 2024 Police Officer of the Year. Pellerin, a traffic investigator who works out of the Deer Lake RCMP detachment, ha...
Nov 17, 2024
Them Days Magazine Celebrates 50 Years with $50K Provincial Grant
A Labrador publication dedicated to preserving the history and traditions of the region has been provided with $50,000 in funding from the provincial government to mark its 50th anniversary. Them Days...
Nov 17, 2024 Photo via Them Days
Indigenous Traditions celebrated in New Mural
Anyone passing through the Harvey Road area near the Rooms and the Basilica may have noticed a bright new mural on the retaining wall near Bonaventure Avenue. The new mural, by local artist Jerry Evan...
Nov 17, 2024
Province Backs MUN Students with $350K for New Satellite Project
The province is supporting a group of MUN students in the development of another satellite for launch into space. The province is providing MUN engineering students with $350,000 for a second earth ob...
Nov 17, 2024
Upgrades Coming to Grand Falls-Windsor Hospital Obstetrics Unit
Redevelopment work is set to begin at the hospital in Grand Falls-Windsor to upgrade obstetrics at the facility. The project will see the obstetrics unit moved to the same floor as the operating room ...
Nov 17, 2024 (File photo.)
Dial-A-Carol A Big Success: VOCM Cares Foundation
The VOCM Cares Foundation says this year's Dial-A-Carol was another huge success. The organization raised over $10,500 in support of local charities in Newfoundland and Labrador. Phones were kept busy...
Nov 17, 2024
Jagmeet Singh to Hold News Conference in St. John's tomorrow
A federal political leader is visiting the metro region for the next couple of days. Jagmeet Singh, the leader of the NDP, will be attending the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour Conventi...
Nov 17, 2024 Jagmeet Singh (File Photo)
DFO Affirms Canada's Control Over Northern Cod Management
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is weighing in following concerns raised about northern cod management by provincial fisheries minister Gerry Byrne. A recent EU news release suggested that Nort...
Nov 17, 2024 (Photo via CCFI)
