NL Health Services is advising residents about a whooping cough outbreak in the eastern part of the province. Since February 2024, there have been 42 cases of whooping cough reported in the eastern urban and rural zones of the province. A follow-up ...

The province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Janice Fitzgerald is encouraging the public — especially pregnant people and people in close contact with infants — to be aware of symptoms related to pertussis (whooping cough) and to ensure ...

Rex Murphy, the loquacious and voluble National Post columnist, radio host and podcaster, has died. For decades, Murphy was a fixture of the Canadian media and punditry scene, a regular on the public-speaking circuit, and, perhaps less well-known, an ...

The lawyer for one of five people charged in an interprovincial drug trafficking investigation has received more disclosure in relation to the charge against her client. Sean Gibbons, 51, of Steady Brook, was not present in provincial court in Corner ...

The City of St. John’s and the First Voice Urban Indigenous Coalition have established a joint coordinating committee on Indigenous rights to implement commitments outlined in city council’s 2020 declaration in support of the rights of Indigenous ...

Mining Industry N: In will be under new leadership with the immediate appointment of new executive director Amanda McCallum. In a career spanning more than two decades, McCallum has navigated both private and public sectors whether leading prospect ...

Commuters headed downtown via Pitts Memorial Drive will need an alternate route for the next couple of months. Starting at 7 a.m. on Monday, May 13, the government is closing the Water Street east off-ramp at the CN Viaduct overpass to allow for ...

Mark Hoffe Special to SaltWire According to a report titled “What Golden Years?” – released in November 2023 by Susan Walsh, Seniors’ Advocate for Newfoundland and Labrador – 32 per cent of seniors across the province do not have enough income to ...

Some of the fears Colin Way’s neighbours in the Outer Battery had about development in the area may be true, based on some comments made by his lawyer in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador on May 8. Bob Buckingham, who is representing Way ...

From Newfoundland to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and beyond, truckers have been paying their respects for a lost comrade by lighting up the rigs they drive. Brian Lush, 51, of Cold Brook, near Stephenville, was an owner/operator with DownHome Movers ...