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New Service Canada scheduled outreach office opens in Nain, N.L.
Service Canada has recently added a new scheduled outreach office in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador’s most northerly community. Located on 17 Sandbank Road, the office is a single point of access to federal government services provided on a regular, ...
Murphy Centre gets additional $300K from N.L. government
Murphy Centre director Tim Turner says an additional $300,000 in funding from the Newfoundland and Labrador government will help the adult education organization deal with a financial shortfall and enhance academic services. The province says the new ...
Former Goulds shooting suspect arrested on new weapons charges in Mount Pearl
Less than five months after having attempted murder charges tossed due to delays in court proceedings, Mount Pearl's Brandon Chafe is returning to provincial court on new charges Friday, May 3. Around 10:30 p.m. Thursday night, the RNC’s weapons and ...
'War against income inequality': Why these N.L. shoppers are joining the Loblaws boycott
There’s a certain grape juice Shelley Senior buys because it agrees with her sensitive stomach. It’s only available at Dominion, but the Corner Brook resident is willing to go without that product for the next month as she participates in the ...
'Just not acceptable': West coast businessman steps up to help family of man in health-care limbo
Dave Callahan would give anything not to be right in his belief that basing the province’s air ambulance service in St. John’s will be detrimental to health care in other parts of the province. However, he said a situation on the west coast this week ...
NL Health Services announces two-year plan to reduce reliance on and number of agency nurses
NL Health Services has a two-year plan to phase out agency nurses, CEO David Diamond announced at a news conference on May 2. The aim is to reduce agency nursing numbers back to pre-COVID-19 levels by March 2026, he said. “We want to do this in a ...
Furey says any potential deal on Churchill Falls will be debated and voted on in House of Assembly
Premier Andrew Furey gave a speech to the Empire Club in Toronto on Wednesday, May 1, and one of the topics discussed was the ongoing negotiations over Churchill Falls. He referred to the negotiations as a “generational opportunity,” but was mum on ...
Government reannounces increased funding for student assistants in N.L. schools
The provincial government announced on Thursday, May 2, as it did in the budget this spring, that it will increase funding for the number of student assistants in the K-12 public education system by $3 million, which would add 104 full-time ...
St. John's man charged with assault in downtown robbery
A 37-year-old man is facing charges after he allegedly threatened a person with a weapon during a robbery at a St. John’s residence on May 2. Just before 3 a.m., the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary patrol officers responded to a robbery report at a ...
City of St. John's cruise ship season starts with 900-passenger vessel arrive Sunday, May 5
The City of St. John's and the St. John's Port Authority are looking forward to a busy cruise season starting earlier than normal this year in May. On May 5, the first ship — Phoenix Reisen Amera — will bring up to 900 passengers to the province's ...