Orthopaedic surgeons in Newfoundland and Labrador’s Eastern Urban Zone are calling for a dedicated surgical centre to address lengthy wait times for hip and knee replacements, warning the number of patients waiting for surgery could more than double by 2030. About 2,800 patients are currently waiting for joint replacement surgery, a figure surgeons say could […]
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Tony Wakeham, the leader of the PC Party announced today that Tina Neary will represent the district of Conception Bay East – Bell Island in the upcoming by-election following the retirement of MHA David Brazil on December 29, 2023.
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Police have arrested at least four people in St. John’s as part of an investigation by the RNC’s Weapons and Drug Unit. Police can be seen here at an apartment building on LeMarchant Road, near St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital, one of multiple locations in the metro-region with police operations this afternoon.The RNC confirmed that a […]
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The residents of Canada’s smallest town, Tilt Cove, have voted to resettle – all four of them. Located southeast of Baie Verte, Tilt Cove was Newfoundland’s first mining town, founded in 1813. The mine opened in 1864 and closed for the last time in 1967. The population peaked in 1916 at 1,500 residents. But as […]
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Harbour Grace RCMP arrested 74-year-old George Malcolm Whalen on Nov. 23 after he fled the scene of a collision between his vehicle and a dirt bike. Whalen has been restricted from operating a motor vehicle since 2017, due to a lifetime driving prohibition which was imposed after his conviction on the charge of impaired operation […]
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