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Canada Post Workers Hit the Picket Lines
Postal operations have ground to a halt as thousands of CUP-W workers across the country hit the picket lines overnight. Many post offices are closed outright and the union doubts that even retail out...
Nov 15, 2024 Workers on the picket line outside the Kenmount postal station in St. John's in November 2024 (VOCM News)
National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims Being Recognized Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the National Day of Remembrance for people who have been killed or seriously injured in road crashes, and to that end there is a public event at Confederation Building. Loved ones are invi...
Nov 14, 2024
Medical Radiation Technologists to be Recognized as Regulated Profession
Newfoundland and Labrador is finally recognizing medical radiation technologists as a regulated profession. On May 1st of 2025 the provincial government will proclaim into force the Health Professions...
Nov 14, 2024
Ottawa Provides Funding for 2025 Canada Summer Games
The federal government is contributing just over $19-million to help the province host the 2025 Canada Summer Games. The announcement was made this morning at the MUN Field House in St. John's. Just o...
Nov 14, 2024
New Rules For Police Paraphernalia in Wake of N.S. Shootings
Newfoundland and Labrador has introduced legislation aimed at preventing the kind of mass shooting that occurred in Nova Scotia four years ago. The worst gun rampage in Canadian history left 22 people...
Nov 14, 2024 Justice and Public Safety Minister Bernard Davis. (VOCM News)
Opposition says New Hospital Development Will Need Pricey New Water Tower
The new hospital development slated for a piece of land at Kenmount Crossing will require the construction of a new water tower at a cost the Opposition says could be in the range of $15 million - $20...
Nov 14, 2024 Then-premier Andrew Furey at the site of the new acute care hospital in Kenmount Crossing in November 2024 (VOCM News)
Fisheries Minister Taken Aback by EU Boast that NAFO Has Management of Northern Cod Fishery
The province's fisheries minister is encouraging Newfoundlanders and Labradorians to rally for joint management of the stocks off the province's coast after learning that NAFO has taken control of man...
Nov 14, 2024 (Photo via CCFI)
UPDATE: Minister Won't Say if Manager(s) Involved in Health Care Conflict of Interest were Disciplined or Fired
The Registered Nurses Union is "deeply troubled" by remarks made in the House of Assembly yesterday by Health Minister John Hogan. The minister revealed during Question Period that a number of leasing...
Nov 14, 2024
Bay du Nord Project Necessary to Fund Energy Transition, However, Work will be Phased-In
Equinor maintains that Bay du Nord is an important project for the company and the province as a whole. Tore Lseth of Equinor Canada says oil and gas energy is needed and will continue to be needed fo...
Nov 14, 2024 (Map courtesy Equinor.)
NL Leads Atlantic Canada in Economic Growth for 2024
Economists says Newfoundland and Labrador had the strongest economic growth in the region this year with an increase of 2.6 per cent in GDP. The Atlantic Economic Council is holding its Outlook Confer...
Nov 14, 2024
