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Memorial University Introduces Program to Aid Diverse Med School Applicants
Applying to medical school can be expensive, but a new initiative at Memorial University, known as the Vision Program, seeks to alleviate the burden by covering some application fees for applicants fr...
Jan 19, 2025
Two Women Flee Police on Goulds Bypass, Driver Arrested
Two women stopped by police on the Goulds Bypass (Robert E. Howlett Drive) in St. John's late yesterday morning decided to run for it instead. They got out of the vehicle and ran into the woods, but t...
Jan 19, 2025 (Photo via RNC Twitter.)
Virtual Care Expanded on the Northern Peninsula
NL Health Services has expanded virtual emergency care to two more sites on the Great Northern Peninsula. Patients can now access virtual emergency care at the White Bay Central Health Centre in Roddi...
Jan 18, 2025 Photo via NLHS
Massive Canadian Fishing Vessel Makes Port in St. John's
What's being touted as one of the largest Canadian-owned fishing vessels has docked in St. John's Harbour. The Inuksuk II is owned by Baffin Fisheries. That company is owned by five different Inuit hu...
Jan 18, 2025
Hockey Community Mourns the Loss of 16-Year-Old J.D. Trainor
The province's hockey community is mourning the passing of a young hockey player who lost his battle with cancer this week. J.D. Trainor of Paradise was just 16 years old. The president of Hockey NL, ...
Jan 18, 2025 Photo via Facebook
Business Owner Calls for Water Street Pedestrian Mall to Shift to Weekends
The owner of a well-established men's clothing store downtown St. John's would like to see the pedestrian mall on Water Street become a weekend thing. As it stands, four blocks of Water Street are bar...
Jan 18, 2025 The downtown pedestrian mall, St. John's
Financial Struggles Hit NL Folk Arts Society, Prompting Temporary Layoffs
The NL Folk Arts Society is navigating some "rough waters" - experiencing what it calls a "cash flow crunch" resulting in the temporary layoff of a number of employees. Executive Director Diana Daly t...
Jan 18, 2025 Photo via Facebook
Failed Traffic Stop Leads to Pursuit and Arrest For Drug Possession
RCMP arrested a man who failed to pull over for police in Carbonear overnight. The Mounties attempted to stop the vehicle on Pondside Road shortly after midnight, but the driver fled and later jumped ...
Jan 17, 2025
Defence Wants Results of DNA Testing Prior to Pleas in Fatal Hit-and-Run
Police have executed a warrant for DNA from a man charged with impaired driving following a fatal hit-and-run in St. John's last Regatta Day. The lawyer for 37-year-old Mark Duke of Fox Harbour says h...
Jan 17, 2025 (VOCM News/file)
Newfoundland Power to Re-evaluate Costs After PUB Rejects Rate Hike Proposal
Newfoundland Power has acknowledged receipt of the PUB's decision on the utility's General Rate Application. The Board rejected Newfoundland Power's request for a 10.6 per cent rate increase, asking i...
Jan 17, 2025
