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Defending Brier Champs On A Roll
The Brad Gushue Rink won both matches yesterday to improve to 7-1 at the Tim Horton's Brier. The defending champs will be back on the ice at 8:30 NST tonight as the playoff round begins. Their opponen...
Mar 10, 2023 (Photo via Curling Canada.)
Eastern Health Hoping New Model at Whitbourne Clinic Will Improve Access to Care
Questions remain about how the Urgent Care Clinic at Whitbourne will work. Service at the clinic's Emergency Room hasn't been consistently staffed for an extended period and efforts to recruit for the...
Mar 10, 2023
Prince of Wales Collegiate Community Reeling Following Violent Assault at School
Parents of students at Prince of Wales Collegiate in St. John's say they're upset and frustrated with an escalation in violent incidents at the school. A 16-year-old boy was sent to the Janeway for tr...
Mar 10, 2023
Tourism Minister Returns to Work Following Emergency Surgery
The province's tourism minister says he is feeling good after he was forced to take time off following emergency surgery earlier this year. Steve Crocker, who is also the MHA for Carbonear-Trinity-Bay...
Mar 10, 2023 Tourism Minister Steve Crocker
Memorial Service This Sunday to Mark Loss of Cougar Flight 491
The annual memorial service to mark the loss of Cougar Flight 491 is taking place this weekend. March 12 is the 14th anniversary of the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of 17 of the 18 people o...
Mar 10, 2023
Harbour Grace RCMP Arrest Man on Impaired Driving Charges
A Harbour Grace man is facing impaired driving charges after he was found behind the wheel with over one and a half times the legal limit in his system, parked outside a house he was on court-ordered ...
Mar 10, 2023
Smith's Ambulance Service Says Eastern Health Unjustified in Severing Contract
Employees of Smith's Ambulance in Whitbourne, the company which suddenly lost the contract with Eastern Health last week to service the area, say the move was unjustified. Monique McGrath, a young par...
Mar 09, 2023
Newfoundland Teacher Launches GoFundMe to Help in Battle Against Rare Cancer
A school teacher from Newfoundland now teaching in northern Alberta has found him self between a rock and a hard place after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Bryan Bramwell, who taught at d...
Mar 09, 2023
Janeway Telethon Foundation Launches Fundraising Season in Happy Valley-Goose Bay
The Janeway Foundation officially launched its Telethon fundraising season with an event at Peacock Primary in Happy Valley-Goose Bay this morning. It's the first time the annual fundraiser has been l...
Mar 09, 2023
Clarenville Co-op Makes First Court Appearance in Workplace Incident Case
VOCM News has more details regarding a workplace incident at the Clarenville Co-op that left a worker with serious injuries. It happened two years ago this month at the grocery store in Clarenville. T...
Mar 09, 2023 Photo via Facebook
