NL NDP Leader Jim Dinn, MHA for St. John’s Centre, is calling on government to deal with the gaps in addiction supports, in harm reduction education, and take action before more people die from preventable drug overdoses. “Families across the province are grieving after the spike in opioid related deaths. Our hearts go out to […]
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Late Friday, August 4, 2023 the Registered Nurses’ Union Newfoundland & Labrador (RNU) signed a 4-year retention and stabilization contract with government on behalf of all Registered Nurses (RN) and Nurse Practitioners (NP). “RNs and NPs have been on the frontlines holding things together, while being without a contract since June 2022. They have shown […]
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Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services is advising the public of emergency room closures in the province due to staffing shortages. Urgent care services at the Dr. William H. Newhook Community Health Centre in Whitbourne will only be available from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. today, Tuesday and Thursday. The Green Bay Health Centre in Springdale […]
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There has been a large police presence on Riverview Avenue in Mount Pearl since late Sunday night into this morning. RNC has advised the public of this presence via social media. It is unsure at this time what the RNC are investigating on Riverview Avenue in Mount Pearl but they say “The situation has just […]
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Around 2:30 a.m. this morning, RNC officers responded to the report of an assault on Central Street in Corner Brook. A taxi operator reported being struck in the head by a customer with a wine bottle. He received medical care for minor injuries. Patrol Officers were assisted by RNC PDS in conducting a search for […]
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A family of four has been displaced by a weekend fire that destroyed their house in the community of Sunnyside. Canadian Red Cross volunteers are helping the two adults and four children with emergency lodging, transportation, and purchases like clothing and food. There were no injuries from the fire along Main Road.
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An area of low pressure to the east of the Avalon Peninsula dominates today’s weather pictures. This low is part of the system that brought bouts of heavy rain to the southern and eastern sections of the Island on Sunday. Which, if you were like me, made for a not-so-great ride on the highway. The […]
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Becky Daley checks out a company that’s meeting high demand for artistic glassblowing.
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With “Oppenheimer” packing movie theatres with its story of the development of the atomic bomb, Jim Furlong reflects on the Enola Gay, the plane that bombed Hiroshima, Japan.
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