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ER Wait Times Over 8 Hours for Non-Urgent Cases in St. John's
NL Health Services is working to improve the flow of patients through St. John's ERs, but wait times are long, with many patients leaving before being seen by a doctor. The number of patients who left...
Nov 06, 2024
Judge Orders Belbin To Stand Trial for Mayor Avenue Murder
A young St. John's man has been committed to stand trial for second-degree murder in the stabbing death of another man early last year. The incident played out in the Rabbittown area of the city on Fe...
Nov 06, 2024
Canada, France Draft Plan to Rebuild 3Ps Cod Stocks
A rebuilding plan is in the works for 3Ps cod stocks that for the last 25 years have remained in the critical zone. The primary reason researchers believe that the fish are not growing in either numbe...
Nov 06, 2024 (Photo via CCFI)
30 Per Cent of NLers Without Family Doctor: Poll
A new Narrative Research poll commissioned by the NL Medical Association shows that 30 per cent of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians asked do not have a family doctor. The NLMA says based on the provin...
Nov 06, 2024
Newfoundland Power Braces for Winter, says Reliability Contingent on Holyrood Should LIL Fail
Newfoundland Power hosted a sit-down to brief media on its short and long-term initiatives yesterday. But the conversation quickly turned to the immediate future, as in this winter, and the reliabilit...
Nov 06, 2024 From left, executive team of Newfoundland Power: Byron Chubbs, Vice President, Engineering and Energy Supply, Gary Murray, President and CEO, Paige London, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Jamie Mullins, Vice President, Customer Operations.
Petten Questions Fit to Sit program, says N.L. seniors Lack Comfort, Respect
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services' Fit to Sit program is not fit for patients in the province, according to the opposition. PC Health critic Barry Petten first raised concerns about the progra...
Nov 06, 2024
Government Considering Changes to Sick Note Requirements
The provincial government is considering changes to sick note requirements in Newfoundland and Labrador. Finance Minister Siobhan Coady indicated as such in the House of Assembly on Tuesday. The Canad...
Nov 06, 2024
Clarenville Hockey Player Indefinitely Banned from Arena After Violent Encounter With Fan
Clarenville Caribous defenceman Justin Pender is barred from entering the Danny Cleary Arena in Harbour Grace "indefinitely" after a shocking and violent off-ice confrontation with a CeeBees fan. Surv...
Nov 06, 2024
Mysterious Blobs Found in Placentia Bay Man-Made, says MUN Prof
A chemistry professor at Memorial University and his students have confirmed that gooey blobs that started to wash up on beaches in Placentia Bay last month are man-made. Chris Kozak of MUN's Chemistr...
Nov 06, 2024 Photo via Philip Grace on Facebook
Impaired Driver Charged After Crashing Truck into Pole
A man who crashed his vehicle into a pole outside a metro gas station now has a date with the court. RNC were called to the Ultramar on Elizabeth Avenue just before 2:30 this morning after a truck ram...
Nov 06, 2024
