There will be a virtual ER operating at the A.M. Guy Memorial Health Centre in Buchans due to human resource challenges beginning today. From today until Wednesday, March 27 at 8:00 a.m. the area will be served by a healthcare professional onsite, as well as a physician or nurse practitioner by video. There is also […]
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The RNC has teamed up with the RCMP and Memorial University’s School of Pharmacy to host a community pill drop. The public is invited to bring unused or expired medications to RNC Headquarters in St. John’s today between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. for proper disposal. Accepted medications include; all types of prescriptions, vitamins, antibiotics, […]
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The next phase of this system will be the transition to a colder day on Friday, with areas of flurries Island-wide. The flurries will be the most intense on the West Coast, where snow squalls will develop on Friday. Some of the squalls will be intense, and driving in some areas will be reduced in […]
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The Newfoundland Growlers are on their final road trip of the regular season this weekend. The team will face off tonight at the Cross Insurance Arena against the Maine Mariners. Newfoundland took three of a possible six points during their last home game earlier this month when they played against the Idaho Steelheads. The first […]
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Roads are mostly bare across the Island with a few snow-covered areas along the west and south coasts. From the Quebec Border to Happy Valley-Goose Bay roads are bare. There is poor visibility and travel is not recommended from Happy Valley Goose Bay to Cartwright. Roads are snow-covered with drifting snow south of Cartwright Junction. […]
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The Nunatsiavut Government has launched an awareness campaign to educate the public and the provincial and federal governments about false Indigenous claims from the NunatuKavut Community Council. Representatives from the council are in Ottawa this week to support the Innu Nation in its challenge to a Memorandum of Understanding between the federal government and the […]
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On April 1, the federal minimum wage will increase from $16.65 to $17.30 per hour. This adjustment reflects the 3.9 per cent increase in Canada’s annual average Consumer Price Index for 2023 and is aligned with inflation. There are approximately 30,000 employees in the federally regulated private sector who will benefit from this raise. Employers […]
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