The 2025 Royal St. John’s Regatta will take place on July 30, 2025 and not the first Wednesday of August, as per tradition. The change is to accommodate the 2025 Canada Games which will be held in St. John’s from Aug. 8-25. This is the first Canada Summer Games hosted in the province since 1977. […]
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The Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society is looking for an artist to design the poster for this years Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival. This summer will mark the 48th annual Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival, and the group is looking for submissions from artists interested in creating various designs and branding materials for the […]
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Medavie Blue Cross is opening Newfoundland and Labrador’s first Medavie Benefits+ location. The company touts itself as “an inclusive space where individuals can explore their health insurance plans and options with a team of benefit specialists and learn more about online self-service options for submitting claims or accessing online connected care service providers”. The location […]
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Speed Traffic Cameras are coming to provincial roadways. Results of a pilot project launched last spring saw roughly 94,000 drivers caught on camera at speeds of 11 km’s/hour over the limit at least. Service NL Minister Sara Stoodley says the results prove the need for camera’s but they are still working out the details to […]
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The inflation rate in December rose 3.4 per cent, following a 3.1 per cent increase in November. In December there was an increase in the cost of gasoline, rent, airfares, and passenger vehicles. Prices for food purchased from stores rose 4.7 per cent year over year in December, unchanged from the increase in November. In […]
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Canadian Blood Services is hoping people will roll up their sleeves once again to fill vacant appointments. As of Friday, January 19, Canadian Blood Services will need to fill 291 appointments here in this province to meet their quota from now until January 31. Canadian Blood Services is asking for both blood and plasma donors […]
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Andrew Parsons, Minister of Industry, Energy and Technology, recently announced $101,050 in funding for Nucliq Biologics Inc. to support the continued growth of the local health technology sector. Nucliq Biologics Inc. is a health tech company located in St. John’s. It is leveraging its knowledge of interactions between the microbiome and human body to understand […]
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Dozens of schools across the province were closed today because of weather conditions. But the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers Association is calling for an investigation into why schools on the west coast did not close during messy weather on Thursday. NTV’s Beth Penney reports.
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Recycling household waste is now part of most of our lives, but in Central Newfoundland compliance is on a downward trend. The waste management committee is trying to change that. NTV’s Colleen Lewis reports.
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