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Buyer Beware, Vehicles Bought Online Require Vigilance says Service NL
Buyer beware. A recent incident involving an online vehicle purchase has ended up costing the new owner more than they expected after an inspection certificate presented as required by law, wasn't wor...
Nov 12, 2024 The Motor Registration Division building in Mount Pearl.
Neighbours in Need Facebook Page on Pause Following Security Breach, Further Concerns Raised
The Neighbours in Need Facebook group, run by a Newfoundlander in Alberta to help people in need of items has been temporarily paused following a privacy breach involving information from the Single P...
Nov 12, 2024
RCMP Hoping to Identify Grinches Who Stole Christmas Lights
RCMP are seeking the public's help in identifying two Grinches who made away with a significant amount of Christmas lights in Catalina earlier this month. Police say two suspects broke into a storage ...
Nov 12, 2024
CUP-W Delivers 72-Hour Strike Notice, Canada Post says Delivery Will Continue While Negotiations Underway
Canada Post intends to continue delivering the mail in the event of a possible rotating strike by members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. The union will be in a legal strike position starting...
Nov 12, 2024
Federal Officials Continuing Probe into Mysterious Blobs Discovered in Placentia Bay
Environment and Climate Change Canada is continuing its analysis of a mysterious substance that washed up in blobs on beaches throughout Placentia Bay in recent weeks. Memorial University chemistry pr...
Nov 12, 2024 Photo via Philip Grace on Facebook
Human Resources Plan Needed in Health Care says NLMA
A critical shortage of physicians in some areas of the province requires an appropriate human resources plan to determine who's needed, and where. That's according to Medical Association President Dr....
Nov 12, 2024 Hush Naidoo Jade Photography / Unsplash
All MUN Nursing Grads Will be Offered Jobs: NL Health Services Responds to Concerns Raised by RNU
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services says all of the province's 2025 nursing graduates will be offered jobs. Last week the Registered Nurses Union issued a release indicating that conversations w...
Nov 12, 2024 (Photo courtesy Registered Nurses Union.)
Teen Facing Several Charges After Altercation at Avalon Mall
A 17-year-old boy is facing serious charges following a disturbance Saturday evening at the Avalon Mall. Responding officers spoke to two men who were involved in an altercation with another person wh...
Nov 12, 2024
Jobs Being Offered to All 2025 Nursing Grads, says Health Authority
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services says all 2025 nursing graduates will be offered jobs. Last week the Registered Nurses Union issued a release indicating that conversations with nursing grads ...
Nov 12, 2024
Villeneuve Convicted of Impaired Driving Deaths; Crown Seeks 5-6 Years
A central Newfoundland man has been convicted of killing two people and seriously injuring two others while driving drunk near Gander more than five years ago. Nicholas Villeneuve pleaded guilty to fo...
Nov 12, 2024
