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1 week ago

Memorial University Students’ Union raises concerns over university job and program cuts

The Memorial University Students’ Union is sounding the alarm. They say that job and program cuts at MUN will negatively affect students, faculty, and staff. This follows the university’s decision to eliminate one hundred and seven positions, including more than thirty instructor, professor and assistant professor positions. Ninety-six positions have been identified as eliminated in the […]

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1 week ago

38th annual Rennies River Rubber Duck Race held this weekend

The 38th annual Rennies River Rubber Duck Race was held this weekend in St. John’s.

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1 week ago

Overnight fire destroys pickup truck; police investigating

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary are investigating an overnight fire that destroyed a pickup truck in the downtown area of St. John’s. At about 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning firefighters were called to a parking lot on Empire Avenue, between Bonaventure Avenue and Carpasian Road. Crews arrived to find the interior of a pickup truck engulfed in […]

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2 weeks ago

No serious injuries following single-vehicle crash on Southern Shore Highway

There were no serious injuries to report following a single-vehicle crash on the Southern Shore Highway early Saturday afternoon. At about 1:30 p.m. emergency crews were called to the highway, just south of Bay Bulls Big Pond. The driver of a southbound sedan had lost control of the vehicle, crossing the road and going down […]

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