A Newfoundland and Labrador mother who lost her son to suicide last year had the opportunity to hear his heartbeat once again during a memorial softball tournament held in his honour this weekend. Deanne Penney lost her son, Ben Penney, to suicide in March 2025 at the age of 23. Ben was a registered organ […]
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The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to secure an additional swing vessel to provide relief on provincial ferry routes serving Fogo Island-Change Islands and Bell Island. Swing vessels play a critical role in maintaining service when regularly assigned ferries are out of operation for maintenance, repairs or refits. […]
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The provincial government says it will use a traditional procurement approach for twinning two sections of the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH). Last August, a request for proposals (RFP) was issued for a public-private partnership (P3) model covering design, construction, financing, and maintenance. That RFP has now been cancelled. Instead, qualified companies will be invited to bid […]
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Condolences are pouring in following the passing of Dr. Falah Maroun, a neurosurgery pioneer and skilled physician who practiced in the province for decades. Dr. Maroun was born in Beit-Meri, Lebanon in 1935 and found himself in St. John’s, NL when he came, having graduated from the Neurological Institute in Montreal, to do a locum […]
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Construction work for the replacement of the Quidi Vidi Slipway is scheduled to begin early in the new year. It’s one of the city’s most iconic waterfront structures. Earlier this year, after residents rallied to save the site, the city committed to rebuilding the slipway. Now the city says in preparation for construction the contractor […]
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