NL Health Services is advising the public that emergency services at Dr. Walter Templeman Health Care Centre on Bell Island will be temporarily closed due to human resource challenges from: Wednesday, November 15 at 8:00 p.m. to Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. In case of emergency: Patients with a medical emergency who require […]
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WestJet will be bringing back its non-stop service from the St. John’s International Airport to London-Gatwick Airport. The service returns on May 1, 2024. The announcement was made this morning. In partnership with the Provincial Government, the St. John’s International Airport Authority has entered into an agreement with WestJet to offer this route for the […]
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Premier Andrew Furey will join officials from WestJet and the St. John’s International Airport Authority in making a significant announcement related to air access today. The event will take place at Theatre Hill café at the Majestic Theatre beginning at 9:00 a.m. Furey will be joined by Minister Steve Crocker, Minister Andrew Parsons, as well […]
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Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture Elvis Loveless and federal Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canadian Opportunities Agency Gudie Hutchings will make a funding announcement today for the provincial fishery and aquaculture sectors. The announcement will take place at the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University in St. […]
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Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited announced that it will temporarily shut down all its operations for a period of seven days, beginning November 20. The company cites the difficult business environment in the newsprint sector as the reason for the shutdown. Production is expected to resume on November 27. Approximately 300 employees will be […]
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Around midnight last night, the RNC conducted a traffic stop on Brier Ave in St John’s. One of the occupants of the vehicle, a 24-year-old male, was arrested on an outstanding arrest warrant for robbery. The man was additionally charged with resisting arrest, four counts of breaching a release order, breach of probation and possession […]
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Roads across the Island are mostly bare and dry with good visibility. There are some icy patches in the Corner Brook area. Across Labrador, there are icy patches along the Trans-Labrador Highway. Routes 513, 514, and 516 are partly snow-covered. Both the MV Beaumont Hamel and the MV Legionnaire are on the Bell Island to […]
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The day is certainly starting off on the chilly side and while we will recover some this afternoon, it’s by no means going to be a warm day. Here are temperatures as of 6:52 AM NST. Wind chills for a lot of us are close to -10. Weather-wise today, we are looking at generally the […]
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On Tuesday afternoon several RNC officers responded to the area of the Colonial Building on Military Road in St. John’s to a complaint of an assault with a weapon in progress. Police spoke to witnesses who indicated that a female was in the area brandishing an axe and threatening people. The 24-year-old female was located […]
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