Donna Hearn travels thousands of kilometres a year for cancer treatment, so winning free gas for a year couldn’t have come at a better time. (Fred Hutton/CBC) A Newfoundland woman with stage 4 cancer has been graced with a stroke of luck amidst the battle for her life. Donna Hearn travels hundreds of kilometres a week […]
The Muskrat Falls inquiry exposed some deep divisions between Indigenous groups in Labrador Tuesday, with inflammatory language from a lawyer representing the Innu Nation causing the leader of another group to allege “hate speech.” The issue of land claims is not on the agenda at the inquiry, and commissioner Richard LeBlanc several times had to […]
Government News Release Advanced Education, Skills and LabourSeptember 18, 2018 Provincial Government Acknowledges Yom Kippur The Honourable Al Hawkins, Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour, wishes Jewish Newfoundlanders and Labradorians a rewarding Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is Judaism’s holiest day. Known as the Day of Atonement, Jewish families […]
Government News Release Children, Seniors and Social Development September 18, 2018 Media Advisory: Minister Dempster to Attend SeniorsNL Annual General Meeting The Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development, will address attendees during the SeniorsNL Annual General Meeting tomorrow (Wednesday, September 19). The meeting will take place […]
Government News Release Children, Seniors and Social Development September 18, 2018 Media Advisory: Minister Dempster to Speak at Lighting Ceremony for Big Brothers Big Sisters The Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development, will speak at the Big Brothers Big Sisters Day lighting ceremony tonight (Tuesday, September […]
Government News Release Executive CouncilSeptember 18, 2018 Premier Ball to Open the 2018 Placentia Bay Industry Showcase The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, will speak at the official opening of the Placentia Bay Industry Showcase tomorrow (Wednesday, September 19) at 9:00 a.m. at the Unity PARC Arena […]
Government News Release Office of the Chief Electoral Officer September 18, 2018 Media Advisory: Attendance at the Polls, Windsor Lake By-Election Members of the media are advised that Elections Newfoundland and Labrador requires advanced notice of intent to visit polling stations on by-election day, Thursday, September 20. Please […]
One of the last Newfoundland and Labrador veterans of the Second World War has died. Reverend Wesley Oake died in Gander on Sunday. He was 96. Speaking to CBC last year, he described Christmas 1944, when his regiment was dug in all winter, and the time he spotted something in the snow. “A mother and a baby, wrapped up […]
Wildlife officials are looking for information about a moose that was allegedly killed illegally by someone on an all-terrain vehicle in Cape Broyle. The Department of Fisheries and Land Resources’ fish and wildlife enforcement division are asking for the public’s help getting information on the Sept. 6 incident. It says someone in the community said a […]
A dashcam video taken on Newfoundland’s west coast shows a harrowing near-collision between a truck and a semi. The video shows a truck passing a vehicle on the Trans-Canada Highway — on a solid line, and in wet weather — with a semi truck approaching in the other direction. The driver of the truck darts […]
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