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Concerns Over Province's Finances Not Tied to Fall Fiscal Update: AG
The province's auditor General is clarifying that a cautionary message she recently gave to the province is not connected to the fall fiscal update that was given on Wednesday. Denise Hanrahan's offic...
Nov 01, 2024
NLMA Supports Calls To Do Away With Short-Term Sick Notes
The Canadian Medical Association is calling for an end to workplace sick note requirements for short-term absences from work. And the NLMA agrees. President Dr. Steve Major says the province is in a h...
Nov 01, 2024 Hush Naidoo Jade Photography / Unsplash
Confirmed Whooping Cough Cases Up in Labrador-Grenfell Zone
The number of confirmed cases of whooping cough has jumped in the Labrador-Grenfell health zone. Officials say that since July, there have been 26 confirmed cases in the region, in people ranging in a...
Nov 01, 2024 (Photo courtesy Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)
Man Charged After Causing Damage at George Street Pub
A night on the town turned into a night behind bars for one man after he was caught up to no good at a pub on George Street. Police were called around 11:30 to reports of a man threatening patrons and...
Nov 01, 2024
Mounties Believe They Got Their Man in Grand Falls-Windsor Holdup
A 29-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with an armed robbery earlier this week in Grand Fall-Windsor. Police were called after a man armed with a knife entered Pondview Variety ...
Oct 31, 2024 (Via Google Streetview)
Police Seek Video, Witnesses Following Hit and Run on Kelsey Drive
Police are looking for the public's help in their investigation of a hit and run on Kelsey Drive in St. John's. RNC say a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle near Walmart around 7:30 on the evening of ...
Oct 31, 2024
St. John's Man Wanted For Alleged Crimes on Island's West Coast
An arrest warrant has been issued for a St. John's man wanted for alleged offences committed on the west coast of Newfoundland. Police say 34-year-old Colin McNeil is wanted by Deer Lake RCMP on two c...
Oct 31, 2024 (Colin McNeil via RCMP)
Postal Union Cites Big Strike Mandate Ahead of Christmas Rush
Postal workers have given their union an overwhelming strike mandate, but whether that means a possible halt in postal activities before Christmas remains to be seen. Local Canadian Union of Postal Wo...
Oct 31, 2024
Works Comp Rates For Injured Nurses Too Low To Live On: RNU
The province's Registered Nurses' Union is calling for an increase to income replacement rates for workers injured on the job. Union president Yvette Coffey says there have been no increases for those...
Oct 31, 2024
No Evidence Metal in Halloween Treats Was Intentional, RCMP Say
The RCMP say there was no ill-intent, and information is pointing to a manufacturing issue, after pieces of metal were found in Halloween candy earlier this month. Cpl. Jolene Garland says police rece...
Oct 31, 2024 (Cpl. Jolene Garland File Photo)
