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Province, Tourism Sector Wary of Potential Strike at Air Canada
The provincial government and Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador are urging Air Canada and the Air Line Pilots Association to work together to avoid a strike. Air Canada could start suspending some...
Sep 11, 2024 Tourism Minister Steve Crocker with Hospitality NL CEO Craig Foley on Wednesday. (VOCM News)
Celtics Corp. Faces Building Code Offences at D.F. Barnes Arena
The group formed to operate the former Feildian Gardens has been charged with 19 violations of St. John's property bylaws. The Celtics Centre Hockey Corporation was established by the Avalon Celtics M...
Sep 11, 2024
Darin King, Jonathan Rowe Seeking Federal Conservative Nomination
A couple of names have come forward seeking the Conservative nomination in the federal riding of Terra Nova - The Peninsulas. Former MHA and Trades NL Executive Director Darin King announced on social...
Sep 11, 2024
Black Bears Spotted in Western Newfoundland
Provincial wildlife officials are once again warning the public about black bears following sightings on the west coast. Black bears have recently been spotted in Corner Brook, Pasadena and Hampden. T...
Sep 11, 2024 (Stock photo.)
22-Year-Old Charged Following Road Rage Incident on Topsail Road in July
Charges have been laid in connection with an incident of road rage in St. John's a couple of months ago. A 22-year-old man, who objected to the driving ways of others, is accused of getting out of his...
Sep 11, 2024
NL Reporting Few Hospitalizations Despite Whooping Cough Spike
Newfoundland and Labrador is seeing a significant increase in cases of whooping cough this year, but most cases have not required hospitalization. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald...
Sep 11, 2024 Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, Chief Medical Officer of Health for Newfoundland and Labrador
Pair Facing Firearms Charges Following Dramatic Chase in Carbonear
RCMP have charged a second man in connection with a dramatic sequence of events that culminated with a collision between a pickup and a police vehicle. RCMP arrested a 27-year-old man this week after ...
Sep 11, 2024
Flanders Expected to Return to Service This Month
The Flanders, which was extensively damaged in an engine fire that sent eight people to hospital back in May, is scheduled to be back in service by the end of the month. The Department of Transportati...
Sep 11, 2024
Crews Respond to Early Morning West End House Fire
The St. John's Regional Fire Department rushed to a house fire in the west end in the early-morning darkness. The fire broke out on Beaumont Street near Campbell Avenue. Crews quickly extinguished the...
Sep 11, 2024
City Enthusiastically Eyeing Housing Development Near St. Clare's
New plans for the former Holy Cross school on Rickett's Road in St. John's just got a whole lot bigger. The city is poised to approve a sprawling development for the area, near St. Clare's Hospital, i...
Sep 11, 2024
