The health care system is outdated. There are staffing shortage, long wait times, and geographic challenges at the forefront. But Health Minister Tom Osborne is optimistic that the system is changing. NTV’s Ben Cleary reports.
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St. John’s International Circus Fest is coming up on September 21. NTV’s Amanda Mews is in Your Community with the details.
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After a busy summer of fast racing in Avondale, the big winners took home titles over the weekend, including the first championship for a talented young racer. Here’s NTV’s Mark Dwyer.
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An area of low pressure will swing through the region overnight into Wednesday. This will drive rain across the Island and into southeastern Labrador during the time frame. In Labrador, the rain will move in overnight and continue into Wednesday. There may even be some snow in the higher terrain of the Mealy Mountains, as […]
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Police removed two aggressive drivers from the roadways in recent days on the Northeast Avalon. On Sunday, at 4 p.m., a member of RNC was conducting traffic safety enforcement on the Trans-Canada Highway when a vehicle was clocked travelling 161 km/hr in the 100 km/hr speed limit zone. The officer conducted a traffic stop with […]
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Communities around the province are voicing their concerns over a difficulty in recruiting new members for volunteer fire departments. In the Town of Bishop’s Falls, they’re offering to pay stipends and cover expenses. Yet the membership is continuing to decline. Mayor Bryan King says even though there are already federal and provincial tax breaks, more […]
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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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