First responders are preparing to roll up their sleeves to participate in the annual Sirens for Life campaign with Canadian Blood Services. The event takes place Thursday, November 5. Participating organizations include the RCMP, RNC, St. John’s Regional Fire Department and Northeast Avalon Fire Departments, NL Health Services Paramedics and the Newfoundland and Labrador Search […]
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The RCMP arrested eight people for impaired driving over the weekend, four of them on Saturday and four on Sunday. On Saturday at 7:15 p.m., Clarenville RCMP responded to the report of a two-vehicle collision in Arnold’s Cove. The driver of one of the vehicles, a 63-year-old-man, showed signs of alcohol impairment and failed a roadside […]
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Minister of Education Krista Lynn Howell announced the Early Childhood Educator Recruitment and Retention Grant, to encourage more early childhood educators to enter, or re-enter the workforce. The Early Childhood Educator Recruitment and Retention Grant will provide funding to Level I to IV early childhood educators to become certified and work in regulated child care […]
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The province’s Privacy Commissioner is calling on the government to change the law to restore transparency. That’s after he lost a court of appeal ruling on whether he had the right to review documents that government claims are subject to lawyer-client privilege. Earlier this month the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal ruled that the […]
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The province’s largest union is sounding the alarm after the number of ambulances available to the public reached a terrifying low yesterday. Six of the 13 were off the road in the metro region. It’s a serious concern, according to NAPE President Jerry Earle. On Monday, nearly half of the ambulances that should have been […]
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