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Province to Expand Oil to Electric Rebate Program
The provincial government is expanding a rebate program which helps offset the cost of switching from oil heat to electric heat. They're working with Ottawa on a new multi-year program to expand resid...
Mar 13, 2023
Province Extends Gas Tax Cut for Another Year
The provincial government has announced the gas tax break will be extended for another year. The extension, brought in last year, will now be in effect until March 31, 2024. The break allows gas price...
Mar 13, 2023
NLESD Responds to Violent Assault at St. John's School
The school board has issued a statement on that violent incident at Prince of Wale Collegiate last week. School staff have been in constant contact with the victim's family. Board superintendent and d...
Mar 13, 2023
Urgent Care Clinic Opens in Whitbourne
The new urgent care clinic is opening today in Whitbourne. The clinic, announced last week, will serve people with unexpected, but non-life threatening health issues. Those requiring emergency care wi...
Mar 13, 2023
Second Person Charged in Violent Incident at Prince of Wales Collegiate
Police have now charged another in relation to that violent attack on a student at Prince of Wales Collegiate in St. John's last Thursday. The 18-year-old man will be in court today. He's the second p...
Mar 13, 2023
MUN President Taking Leave of Absence Following Questions Surrounding Indigenous Identity
The president of Memorial University will be stepping back from her duties for six weeks after a number of questions were raised about her Indigenous ancestry. Vianne Timmons confirmed last week that ...
Mar 13, 2023 (Photo courtesy Memorial University.)
NAPE Responds After Eastern Health Ends Ambulance Contract in Western Avalon
The President of NAPE is calling the situation involving paramedics in Whitbourne "a fiasco." Jerry Earle was responding to Eastern Health's decision to sever its contract with Smith's Ambulance which...
Mar 13, 2023
Labrador Winter Games Kick Off in Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Over 320 athletes from across the big land are in Happy Valley-Goose Bay this week for the return of the Labrador Winter Games. The games kicked off on Sunday with opening ceremonies after being postp...
Mar 13, 2023 (Image via Facebook.)
Rescue Group Offers Tips to Save Dolphins, Whales Trapped in Ice
It was a dramatic weekend in Heart's Delight-Islington where a pod of white-beaked dolphins became stranded on the coast by ice pushing into Trinity Bay. Residents, members of the local fire departmen...
Mar 13, 2023
House of Assembly to Open for Spring Sitting
The provincial legislature opens today for the spring sitting, and, unsurprisingly, it looks as though health care and the cost of living will be the top priorities. In a statement, Government House L...
Mar 13, 2023 (Photo: https://www.assembly.nl.ca/)
