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Funding To Help Memorial, Marine Institute Beef Up Cybersecurity
A group of Memorial University researchers have been awarded $1.8 million through a consortium funded by Ottawa to help safeguard against cyberpiracy and cyberattacks in the marine industry. Dr. Jonat...
Nov 13, 2024 From left, Dr. Steven Mallan, Dr. Jonathan Anderson, Maria Halfyard and Capt. Christopher Hearn.
RCMP To Announce Gradual Rollout of Body Cams Here and Abroad
RCMP have called a news conference for Friday to announce the use of body-worn cameras by their officers in this province. The Mounties will show off the new equipment and how it works for media. It's...
Nov 13, 2024 (File/Motorola Solutions)
RNU President Questions Promises Made to International Nursing Recruits
The president of the Registered Nurses Union says she'd like to know what nurses in Dubai and India were promised before coming to NL to practice. The RNU says many internationally-trained nurses who ...
Nov 13, 2024 Yvette Coffey
'Thumbs-Up': Politicians Pay Tribute to Jake Anstey
Members of the House of Assembly paid tribute to a brave young boy with a unanimous 'thumbs-up' yesterday. The touching tribute took place before Question Period in the legislature. Eleven-year-old Ja...
Nov 13, 2024 Paul Dinn (VOCM)
Canadian Federation of Independent Business Furious Over Tax on Small Business Carbon Rebate
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is accusing the federal government of adding insult to injury after learning that the long-overdue small business carbon rebate will be taxed. The CFIB ...
Nov 13, 2024
Council Approves Apartment Building in Back of Village Shopping Centre Parking Lot
A surprisingly controversial development near the Village Mall has nonetheless been given the green light. St. John's councillors voted unanimously yesterday to approve the six-storey apartment buildi...
Nov 13, 2024
Opposition Parties Call on Government to Halt Plans for St. Clare's Replacement Over Process Concerns
Both of the opposition parties believe the agreement for government to build the St. Clare's replacement should be paused, or cancelled outright following concerns about the process that led to the de...
Nov 13, 2024 Fred Hutton (VOCM News)
Visitation and Service for Local Aviator Taking Place This Week
Friends and colleagues of aviator and businessman Pat White are being invited to gather in the EVAS-Gander Flight Training hangar in Gander tomorrow. Pat White passed away on Sunday after a short batt...
Nov 13, 2024
Sentencing for Nicholas Villeneuve Set for Next Month
The Crown and defence are on the same page when it comes to how much time Nicholas Villeneuve should spend in prison. The now 26-year-old was convicted yesterday on two counts each of impaired driving...
Nov 13, 2024
Education Minister Fires Back at Opposition on Nursing
The Minister of Education got involved in a debate on health care in the House of Assembly. Krista Lynn Howell was a registered nurse working under Labrador-Grenfell Health for ten years before enteri...
Nov 13, 2024
