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Local Descendant of Lebanese Community Recounts Emotional Return to Lebanon
The province has a strong and thriving Lebanese community dating back well over 100 years. The names are familiar to many, Bashas, Boulos', Tootons, Alteens, Gosines and Michaels just to name a few. C...
Feb 28, 2023
Health Officials Looking into Cause of Spike in ER Deaths
Health Minister Tom Osborne says his department is reviewing new numbers that show 326 people died in the province's emergency departments in 2022. That's up from the previous two years which saw 262 ...
Feb 28, 2023
Applications Open for Big Game Licence Draw
Online applications are now open for the 2023-24 big game licence draw with fewer moose licences available this coming season. The moose quota for the next season in Newfoundland is 27,575, including ...
Feb 28, 2023 (Photo via Gov NL Moose Management Plan 2022-2026.)
Feds Banning TikTok on its Work Phones; Urging Public To Be Vigilant
Ottawa is banning the use of the TikTok app on all government-issued mobile devices. Federal Treasury Board President Mona Fortier cited an "unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security" as dete...
Feb 28, 2023 Nordskov Media
Province Signals Move To Acquire Schools in RC Church Bankruptcy
Fears that public schools on the Avalon and Burin peninsulas could be sold off, leaving students out in the cold, have been eased somewhat following the latest proceedings in Supreme Court. The roughl...
Feb 28, 2023
Long-Term Care Home Resident in Carbonear Brutally Attacked on Dementia Ward
The daughter of a man in a long-term care facility in Carbonear is asking some serious questions after her father was brutally attacked on the dementia ward. Stacey LeShane says she first received a c...
Feb 28, 2023 (Albert Sparkes pictured before the attack. Submitted by family.)
Corner Brook RCMP Officer Charged with Trafficking in Cocaine
The province's Serious Incident Response Team has laid some serious charges against an RCMP officer in Corner Brook. SIRT-NL Director Michael King says the investigation was initiated at the request o...
Feb 28, 2023
Province to Recruit Physicians from United Kingdom
First it was Ireland, then India, now the provincial government is heading to the UK to recruit physicians and other health care professionals to fill gaps in the health care system. The province says...
Feb 28, 2023 Health Minister Tom Osborne
Week Two of Canada Winter Games Underway in PEI
Week two of the Canada Winter Games has begun in Charlottetown, PEI. Team NL will compete in 10 sports this week including alpine skiing, cross country skiing, curling, women's hockey, figure skating,...
Feb 28, 2023
Fish Harvesters, DFO At Odds Over Mackerel Stocks
Fish harvesters are seeing an abundance of mackerel, but that is not being reflected in the science. That's according to Trevor Jones, a harvester based in Notre Dame Bay, who was speaking at an FFAW ...
Feb 28, 2023
