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It’s a tradition that has brought generations of families together and after nearly five decades of operating, the Teddy Bear Picnic is still going strong. NTV’s Maria Kavatsiuk reports

An evacuation order has been issued for the Town of Musgrave Harbour due to extreme wildfire behaviour in the area. This includes Banting Memorial Park Campground which is near the town. At this time the wildfire is approximately two kilometres from the community. A reception centre has been set up at Steele Memorial Centre, 155 […]

Residents of Musgrave Harbour have been advised to prepare for a possible evacuation because of a nearby wildfire. Currently, the fire is southwest of the Town of Musgrave Harbour in the Pine Pond area. The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture will have waterbombers and a helicopter fighting the fire tomorrow. The Provincial Emergency Operations […]

The RNC is warning the public of a dangerous drug known as phenazolam, detected in a pill sold on the illicit market. Through laboratory testing of substances connected to a sudden death in March on the Northeast Avalon, Health Canada has confirmed that a pill presenting as xanax is actually phenazolam. The benzodiazepine is not approved for medical […]

The new ambulatory health hub and urgent care centre located at 28 Stavanger Drive (the former Costco building) will open in phases to patients this fall. The first outpatient appointments for health-care services to be offered will be on October 21, 2025. The first patient/client services relocating from the Health Sciences Centre and St. Clare’s […]

High school transcripts, including final marks, are now available to students throughout the province. Transcripts are available digitally through the PowerSchool portal, which all students can access at https://nlsis.powerschool.com/public/. Ninety-six per cent of this year’s eligible graduates have met the requirements for graduation. Eligible graduates are defined as anyone who started the 2024-25 school year with […]

Whitbourne RCMP is investigating a moose-vehicle collision that occurred over the weekend and resulted in the death of an 18-year-old driver in hospital. On Friday, July 11, Whitbourne RCMP responded to a collision on the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) involving an SVU with two occupants and a moose. The driver of the SUV, an 18-year-old man, […]