Month: January 2024

2 years ago

Deantha Edmunds to tour Labrador with play ‘Stolen Sisters’

Inuk performer and recent Order of Canada recipient Deantha Edmunds will perform in the play STOLEN SISTERS during its tour of Central and Northern Labrador from January 17-29, visiting the communities of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Sheshatshiu, Nain, Natuashish, Hopedale, Postville, Makkovik, and Rigolet. STOLEN SISTERS is a one woman play presented by the PerSIStence Theatre Company that centers around the lives and legacies of three Beothuk […]

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2 years ago

Date set for Ward 4 by-election in St. John’s

The City of St. John’s will hold the Ward Four by-election on March 12. Nomination days are Feb. 6-13. Nominations must be in writing and state the name and residence of the candidate and be signed by the proposer and seconder, both of whom shall be present with the candidate, who will also sign signifying […]

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2 years ago

Shakespeare by the Sea’s 31st season to include Twelfth Night and The Winter’s Tale

Sharon King-Campbell, Shakespeare by the Sea’s new Artistic Director, announced the season at a Twelfth Night Masquerade held at the Pleasantville Legion on January 6th. “A Season for a New Beginning,” which will run from July 5th to August 12th at outdoor venues in St. John’s, will also include a staged reading of a new […]

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2 years ago

Snowmobile rider charged with impaired after getting stuck in snowbank

A 65-year-old man was arrested for impaired driving by Forteau RCMP on Jan. 10 after police responded to the report of a vehicle stuck in a snowbank at the intersection of Harbour Drive and Route 510 in Forteau. At approximately 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, police received the report and responded. The driver, who was located at […]

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2 years ago

Whitbourne RCMP investigate break and enters at Newfoundland Power properties

Whitbourne RCMP are investigating recent break and enters at various Newfoundland Power properties, as well as a break and enter at a Highway Maintenance Depot. Since Jan. 3, police have responded to three break and enters at Newfoundland Power facilities and a break and enter at a Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Highway Maintenance Depot.  […]

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2 years ago

College of the North Atlantic signs new MOU with Qalipu First Nation

College of the North Atlantic (CNA) and the Qalipu First Nation (QFN) signed a new five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Friday. The purpose of the MOU is to further strengthen the relationship between the two and advance common objectives. CNA and the QFN signed their first five-year MOU in 2018.  This second MOU continues […]

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2 years ago

Rocky Harbour RCMP investigate theft of utility trailer

Rocky Harbour RCMP is investigating the theft of a utility trailer that occurred sometime between December 29, 2023 and January 3, 2024. The trailer, a grey 2021, 18-foot K-Trail D612 dump trailer with NL licence plate GMN 071, was stolen while parked at the Town of Rocky Harbour’s maintenance yard on Eastern Drive in Rocky […]

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2 years ago

Provincial NDP leader Jim Dinn releases statement honouring former federal leader Ed Broadbent

Provincial NDP leader Jim Dinn released a statement this week honouring the memory of former federal NDP leader Ed Broadbent. Broadbent died Thursday at the age age of 87. He led the federal NDP in Parliament from 1975 to 1989. “It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the death of Ed Broadbent,” Dinn said […]

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2 years ago

Ktaqmkuk Mi’kmaw Fluency Project moving forward with federal funding

The Ktaqmkuk Mi’kmaw Fluency Project is moving forward after receiving funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage. The Ktaqmkuk Mi’kmaw Fluency Project is a student-led, not-for-profit organization, committed to bringing back fluency in the Mi’kmaw language, as a cornerstone of the Mi’kmaw cultural revival in Ktaqmkuk. As more funding sources become available, learning opportunities will […]

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2 years ago

N.L. Health Services advises of virtual ERs in central region

Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services advises the public of the following temporary changes to the availability of emergency services at A.M. Guy Memorial Health Centre in Buchans due to human resource challenges. On-site emergency services for this site are being supported through a Virtual ER physician from: Saturday, January 13 Thursday, January 18  When […]

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